Breaking Waves: Ocean News

The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:00:37 +0000

On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline

Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:41:24 +0000

‘Heartbreaking’ drone footage has captured the moment a mother and calf became trapped. Four humpbacks have been snared in recent days

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‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves?

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:00:36 +0000

The people of Johnshaven have watched the sea edge closer and closer. Preserving the path is key to protecting their community

Photographs by Murdo MacLeod

When Charis Duthie moved to Johnshaven with her husband in 1984, she could cycle along the coastal path out of the village. Now, she meets a dead end where the sea has snatched the land and is instead greeted with a big red warning sign of what is to come: Danger Coastal Erosion.

“You can see gardens that were there and now they’re gone,” she says.

Only a third of world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:00:34 +0000

Increasingly erratic water cycle is creating food scarcity, rising prices, conflict and migration, says UN agency

Only a third of the world’s river basins experienced normal conditions last year as the climate crisis drove extremes of drought and flood, sometimes both in the same region.

The increasingly erratic water cycle is creating big problems for societies and governments and causing billions of dollars in damage, scientists warned.

Australian government announces 2035 emissions reduction target – video

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:47:45 +0000

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced the Labor government will set a 62-70% emissions reduction target by 2035, taking the advice of the Climate Change Authority. In his announcement, Albanese said 'It is the right target to protect our environment, to protect and advance our economy and jobs and to ensure that we act in our national interest and in the interest of this and future generations.'

Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:04:23 +0000

Albanese says 62% to 70% range represents ‘the sweet spot’ as Coalition rejects ‘economy wrecking’ target while Greens label it a ‘betrayal’

What is a climate target, and how does Australia’s stack up?

San Francisco supervisor recalled after voting to close highway for car-free park

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:13:30 +0000

Joel Engardio, who becomes fifth elected city official to be ousted in four years, says he stands by his decision

A San Francisco supervisor was recalled on Tuesday after he successfully pushed to turn a stretch of coastal highway used heavily by neighborhood motorists into a car-free park despite strong objections by some of his constituents.

In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:19 +0000

Some Māori believe that when they die, their spirit travels up New Zealand to the tip of the North Island – souls flying like birds

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now

Trump golf course in Scotland accused of breaching sewage limits

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:18 +0000

Exclusive: Firm that runs Aberdeenshire resort says it is ‘categorically wrong’ to suggest it has caused environmental damage

Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal.

The 36-hole golf course, one of two that Trump owns in Scotland, also has a five-star hotel, a whisky bar and two restaurants. Trump International Golf Links, Scotland has a private sewage system that treats wastewater before releasing it into the ground by soaking it through gravel beds in raised filter mounds.

Labor’s 2035 emissions target a ‘sliding doors’ moment for future generations

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:17 +0000

Australia must lead other nations in committing to 1.5C pathway for safety, security, prosperity and the environment, experts say

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