Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Osprey cam’ streams life of nesting seabirds perched at tip of 55 metre-long Queensland rainforest canopy crane

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:02 +0000

Researchers believe the same pair of birds have been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive years

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It started by chance – but it should have come as no surprise that two ospreys would pick a hi-tech research facility to make their home.

Whey protein shortage looms as use of weight-loss drugs fuels global demand

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:53 +0000

Price of dairy product has risen fivefold after users of GLP-1 medications advised to increase protein consumption

The growing popularity of weight-loss drugs has fuelled global demand for whey protein, sparking concerns among industry experts over a potential shortage.

The price of whey has risen fivefold to record levels as companies race to secure supplies amid a boom driven by growing use of GLP-1 drugs, such as Mounjaro, which often require higher protein intake to preserve muscle mass.

This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:52 +0000

Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring

Jose Luis Salas looks up at the ladder. “Are you ready?” he asks Shance Taylor, an environmental project manager who’s holding a white container, about the size of a shoebox, covered with wires and numbers.

‘Woefully unprepared’: extreme heat will double US hospitalizations by 2040, study finds

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:51 +0000

Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bn

People in the US are poised to endure another summer of unusually ferocious heat and there will be little respite in the years ahead, with a new study finding that the coming 15 years could see a doubling in hospitalizations due to heat-related illnesses.

Here are 10 ways a ‘super’ El Niño could impact the planet | Benjamin Selwyn

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:50 +0000

The climate phenomenon is intensifying an already unequal global economy

The Galápagos is a wildlife haven. But is that enough to protect the rare scalloped hammerhead shark?

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:50 +0000

The species is abundant within the protected archipelago but when they migrate outside the marine reserve to give birth they run the gauntlet of industrial fishing

The unmistakable fluted T-shape of a scalloped hammerhead shark slides by, followed by a diver holding his breath and a metal spear like an extra-long snooker cue. The spear hits the fish behind its dorsal fin and the 2-metre shark darts away, disgruntled but otherwise unharmed.

‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 host

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:49 +0000

Third of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Murat Kurum, as priorities set out for this year’s UN climate summit

The world should aim to meet a third of its energy needs from electricity within a decade to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the host of the next UN climate summit has said.

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:48 +0000

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say

The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found.

World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:45 +0000

Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent

The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country’s artificial intelligence boom.

The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, has a capacity of 24 megawatts. It is a joint effort between HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction, a state-owned company.

Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:38 +0000

The 12 finalists will be exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery during Beaker Street festival from 6 to 17 August, including images of newborn fish, a native wasp and satellite trails across the night sky

The language of termites: Liss Fenwick’s The Colony – in pictures