Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Azerbaijan accused of hypocrisy after calling for Cop29 global truce

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:00:33 +0000

Climate summit host positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponents

The host country of this year’s UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has been accused of hypocrisy in calling for a global truce to coincide with the conference taking place.

Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway’s seabirds

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:00:33 +0000

When Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images show a species decline echoed around the world

In the mid-1970s, seabird researcher Rob Barrett set out in a rubber boat to survey one of Norway’s largest seabird colonies. Equipped with a camera and a pair of binoculars, he planned to photograph the Syltefjord colony, in the far north of the country, then, back on land, develop the photos and fit them together to create a panorama. After that, he would count the birds.

Teenage male koala escorted from supermarket in Australia – video

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:26:29 +0000

A koala has been spotted browsing the aisles of an IGA grocery store in regional Australia. Koalas are frequent visitors to the Victorian town of Meeniyan, population 840, but it's the first time one has entered the local supermarket. After 20 minutes exploring, the marsupial was carefully removed from the store with the help of a wildlife carer

Hands off the koala: why cuddling Australia's iconic marsupial could soon be a thing of the past

Private schools urged to share grounds to help UK children access green spaces

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:00:33 +0000

Head of sports charity hails partnership that allows local people to use London independent school’s football pitch

Children in the UK urgently need more easy-to-access green space, according to the head of a sports charity calling on private schools to open up their grounds.

Kieran Connolly foundeed Sports Fun 4 All, which offers free football sessions to children in south London, and now works with a local private school that opens up one of its football pitches for his teams.

More than 200 inmates escape Nigerian prison in aftermath of flooding

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:33:39 +0000

Prisoners fled when the walls of their jail collapsed in the country’s worst flooding in two decades

More than 200 inmates escaped from a prison in north-east Nigeria in the aftermath of the worst flooding there in over two decades, authorities have announced.

How gaps in the canopy of a floodplain influence microclimate and soil biological activity

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:54:59 +0000

Canopy gaps in a mixed floodplain forest have a direct effect on forest soil temperature and moisture, but only have a minor impact on soil biological activity.

Europe beats the US for walkable, livable cities, study shows

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:53:46 +0000

Cities such as Zurich and Dublin found to have key services accessible within 15 minutes for more than 95% of residents

When Luke Harris takes his daughter to the doctor, he strolls down well-kept streets with “smooth sidewalks and curb cuts [ramps] for strollers at every intersection”. If the weather looks rough or he feels a little lazy, he hops on a tram for a couple of stops.

Criticism of sacred site decision shows we have learned nothing from Juukan Gorge | Calla Wahlquist

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:03 +0000

Cultural protection order has been framed as a push to curry favour with inner-city seats, ignoring grassroots campaigns from Indigenous and non-Indigenous locals

Deadly avian flu strain could enter Australia via thieving migratory birds, scientists warn

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Birds practising kleptoparasitism – harassing each other until they drop their saliva-covered food – seen as ‘plausible pathway’ for arrival of H5N1

The environment was meant to be ‘back on the priority list’ under Labor. Instead we’ve seen a familiar story | Adam Morton

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:01 +0000

There have been moments of modest progress but the Albanese government has not lived up to its early rhetoric