Breaking Waves: Ocean News

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the US east coast. How worried should we be?

admin — Sun, 10 May 2026 12:30:25 +0000

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead

Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of disinfectant solution surrounded them on the white sand; their gloved hands juggled test tubes while layers of rubber and plastic shielded their skin from the elements. As the two organized their seawater samples on the popular Florida shoreline last August, an older woman wearing a swimsuit walked over to ask what they were doing.

‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest

admin — Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:25 +0000

Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoples

The year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil’s democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to the United States.

Newborns to silverbacks: counting mountain gorillas in Uganda – in pictures

admin — Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:18 +0000

National Geographic photographer and WWF ambassador Jasper Doest joined conservation teams during the latest mountain gorilla census in Bwindi Impenetrable national park, taking pictures of the apes and the people essential to their survival

Sean Duffy faces backlash for new family reality show: ‘unfocused and out of touch’

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 20:25:24 +0000

US transportation secretary announces The Great American Road Trip amid transportation crises and rising fuel prices

Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, hauled his family into a van for a wholesome, seven-month trek across the nation, which was filmed for an upcoming reality TV program, he told Fox News on Friday.

The revelation drew immediate blowback as “tone-deaf”, from critics who pointed toward various crises that have recently hammered the country’s transportation sector.

Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:00:01 +0000

Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error

Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian.

‘Closing the chapter’ on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:57 +0000

Council’s plan will leave Federal Emergency Management Agency ill-equipped to respond to extreme weather events, experts say

Sweeping changes may be in store at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), the nation’s frontline emergency response coordinator, that experts warned could further erode US capacity to handle disasters as the risks of extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis continue to rise.

Climate governance overlooks the ocean: a structural limitation exposed at COP30

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 09 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00206-0

David Pocock applauds $387m in extra funding for CSIRO after tens of thousands sign petition

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 02:31:00 +0000

Analysis commissioned by independent senator found national science agency’s funding is at its lowest since 1978

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The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387.4m in a bid to meet the long-term costs of the national science agency.

Trump administration relaxing hunting restrictions in US parks and refuges

admin — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:09:10 +0000

After January order from US department of the interior, managers across 55 sites have lifted prohibitions

Donald Trump’s administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and the impact on wildlife.

King Charles features in surprise birthday tribute to David Attenborough

admin — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:50:36 +0000

Whimsical film shows relay of animals carrying centennial card from Balmoral Castle to naturalist in London

King Charles has featured in a surprise birthday tribute to David Attenborough, with a cast of wild animals helping to relay his handwritten congratulatory centenary card.

The whimsical film, A Very Special Delivery, begins with the king writing his tribute in the library of Balmoral Castle. Charles, wearing an animal-themed tie featuring elephants, reflects on more than 60 years of friendship with the renowned naturalist.