Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Rescued turtles return home after NSW government cut flows to wetland

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:58 +0000

Environmental water to the area was halted after a complaint from a private landholder, leading to the deaths of wildlife and sheep

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A super el Niño threatens our food system. Here’s how farms can prepare | Liz Carlisle

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:55 +0000

Planting cover crops or perennial plants can protect soil amid potential flooding. Congress must act to protect these practices

As forecasters warn that this year’s El Niño could become the strongest on record, concerns are growing about its effect on agriculture and food security.

Balkan temperatures swing as heavy rain heads for Greece

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:48:26 +0000

Clear skies bring warm days and cold nights to Montenegro, while a low-pressure system moves towards Aegean Sea

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Temperatures fluctuated dramatically in the Balkans last week, with unusually large differences between daytime highs and overnight lows – known as the diurnal range.

Measuring the nutritional benefits of fisheries adaptations in the Pacific Islands region

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00248-4

Thousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:45:27 +0000

At least four deaths linked to storm amid warnings of flash flooding that could stretch into Appalachians

As what was left of Hurricane Isaias moved north on Sunday, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall across the central Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region, nearly 396,000 customers across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama remained without power.

‘A living hell’: how Los Angeles got taken over by mosquitoes

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:00:25 +0000

Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high

Los Angeles might be best known for blue skies, beaches and film premiers — but for the last several years it’s held another, unenviable distinction: the most mosquito-infested city in America.

‘I didn’t want to write about this’: the man who first saw chimps waging civil war

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:00:24 +0000

John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world

John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in Uganda’s Kibale national park. The old-growth east African rainforest enveloped him, its canopy stretching to heights of 40 metres. Fruit trees bowed under the weight of African star apples and bountiful Ficus mucuso figs. And then there were the chimpanzees. Furry black blobs darted through the jungle, their raucous calls often deafening.

‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:18 +0000

Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold

New homes could be built without solar panels, heat pumps and high-grade insulation, leading to higher household bills if the Conservative party wins the next general election.

Blooming beautiful! The Tesselaar tulip festival – in pictures

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:00:10 +0000

The annual month-long festival takes place at a flower farm in the Victorian town of Silvan when tulips and other springs flowers are at their most vibrant

Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:57:32 +0000

Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a head

A 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border, known as the “grandmother”, has been destroyed to make way for the construction of Donald Trump’s border wall, despite a months-long effort by protesters trying to save it.