Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:06:55 +0000

Most intense tropical cyclone to hit Jamaica in nearly two centuries leaves trail of devastation in its wake

Hurricane Melissa – live updates

Hurricane Melissa has torn through the Caribbean, slamming into Cuba while leaving parts of neighbouring Jamaica broken and reeling from ferocious winds and extreme rainfall.

UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:45:18 +0000

Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy

The UK government will go “all in” on clean energy and climate policy, the energy secretary has said, as he unveiled plans to put the UK back on track to reach its net zero commitments.

Matt Kean rebukes Coalition for ‘playing politics ’ as crunch time looms for nature laws

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:01:00 +0000

Environment minister Murray Watt’s Thursday speech warns parties it’s ‘now or never’ for overhaul to EPBC Act

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Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:10:42 +0000

Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat

A carnivorous “death ball” sponge is among 30 previously unknown deep-sea species found by scientists in one of the most remote parts of the planet.

Researchers sampled the depths of the Southern Ocean, including volcanic calderas, the South Sandwich trench and seafloor habitats around Montagu and Saunders islands.

Earth has hit its first climate tipping point, scientists warn

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:26:38 +0000

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 reveals how rising temperatures could trigger a cascade of system collapses, from the Amazon rainforest turning to savanna to the potential shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation.

Shark feeding frenzy spotted near shore at popular Australian surf beach

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:07:08 +0000

‘Wonderful’ for people to see the predators so close and feasting on bait fish at the Gold Coast’s Rainbow Bay, near Snapper Rocks, expert says

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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:00:34 +0000

In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

Aurora Nikula, 5, is having a normal day at her nursery. She is making a cake out of sand and mud, adding in make-believe carrots, potatoes and meat. “It’s overcooked,” she says as she splashes water in, then adds another dollop of sand. “More sugar, it tastes better,” she says. A handful of mud goes in, and the dish evolves into a chocolate cake.

All operational US liquefied natural gas terminals have violated pollution limits, says report

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:05:31 +0000

Analysis of public records comes as Trump administration aims to fast-track approval of new LNG export terminals

Every fully operational liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the US has violated federal pollution limits in recent years, a new report has found.

‘Animal cruelty’: two-year-old humpback whale found dead in NSW shark net causes anger

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:23:34 +0000

It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this year

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America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:01:27 +0000

Exclusive: Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

The US’s super-rich are burning through carbon emissions at 4,000 times the speed of the world’s poorest 10%, according to an analysis provided to the Guardian.

These billionaires and multimillionaires, who comprise the wealthiest 0.1% of the US population, are also running down our planet’s safe climate space at 183 times the rate of the global average.