Breaking Waves: Ocean News

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:00:21 +0000

Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course

Soaring, scorching, record temperatures, yet again. Distressing, protracted droughts. Raging fires and devastating floods. Australia’s summer is drawing to a close, and a reprieve from climate whiplash can’t come soon enough.

‘Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:00:05 +0000

Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers

Words and photographs by Roberto García-Roa

North Dakota judge finalizes $345m judgment against Greenpeace in pipeline case

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:09:38 +0000

Judge slashed a $667m damages award to Energy Transfer over Greenpeace’s role in Dakota Access Pipeline protests

A North Dakota judge on Friday finalized a $345m judgment against Greenpeace in a lawsuit pursued by pipeline company Energy Transfer (ET.N) over the environmental group’s role in protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Last of the summer rain puts southern states on flood watch and Sydney on alert for bull sharks

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:33:05 +0000

SA premier Peter Malinauskas warns residents to prepare for heavy falls and possible flash floods

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Late summer rain is causing havoc across Australia, with South Australia on flood watch, Victoria cleaning up after a downpour, and Sydney issuing a shark warning after heavy falls.

Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:18:38 +0000

Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997

Red Hill, Canberra: its walking tracks, scar trees and ochre earth underfoot will always transport me

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:22 +0000

What is a favourite place if not one built upon our fondest memories?

Would I like to write about my favourite place?

Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:20 +0000

EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement

Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:32:02 +0000

With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected

Could lynx, the elusive wild cat driven to extinction in Britain more than 1,000 years ago, become the new Loch Ness monster? “Whether Nessie’s there or not, she draws tourists,” said Margaret Luckwell, a resident of Moray, Scotland. “It would be the same with lynx. I’d love to see a lynx in the wild.”

Most US coal plants could meet air pollution rules. Trump weakened them anyway

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:30:17 +0000

EPA found only 27 of 219 plants needed upgrades; 71 later got exemptions as Donald Trump scrapped mercury limits

Almost all coal-fired power plants in the US had the ability to comply with rules limiting their emission of dangerous pollutants such as mercury that can cause brain damage in children. Despite this, Donald Trump’s administration decided to demolish the standards anyway.

Week in wildlife: rescued dolphins, a white whale and a precious kākāpō chick

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:36 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world