Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Finland launches criminal investigation into Google’s clearing of forest for datacentre site

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:51:45 +0000

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Finnish ⁠police have launched a criminal investigation into possible breaches ⁠of the country’s environmental ⁠laws at the site of a planned Google datacentre in rural northern Finland.

A new wave of electric ferries is here in the US. Some even fly

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:31 +0000

Replacing diesel-powered ferries with electric vessels could reduce emissions and improve air quality

Cutting through New York Harbor in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the small white boat we were riding on caught the attention of passengers aboard a nearby sightseeing ferry.

“It’s quite a curiosity at the moment,” Eric Laakmann, the chief executive and co-founder of Vessev, said.

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Angry Labour MPs urge leadership not to overrule energy secretary on Rosebank

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:26 +0000

Exclusive: Backbenchers voice alarm over ‘intolerable position’ faced by Miatta Fahnbulleh over oilfield decision

Furious Labour MPs have been lobbying the prime minister and chancellor not to overrule the energy secretary should she decide to block the Rosebank oilfield.

Record-breaking high tides spark chaos – and kayak commutes – across California

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:22:39 +0000

Seawater surges into low-lying communities from San Diego to San Francisco Bay Area, submerging streets, homes and businesses

Historic high tides have caused chaos up and down the California coast this week, as parts of the state were inundated by record-breaking water levels. Seawater surged into low-lying communities from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay Area, submerging streets, flooding homes and businesses, and jamming important transportation corridors and train routes.

‘Worldwide legacy’: almost $20m raised to protect majestic tract of land in far north Queensland

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:06:14 +0000

Bush Heritage hopes to buy Wooroora station, which links wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland and is home to 12 endangered species

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Menindee Lakes water levels drop to lowest in five years as experts warn of mass fish deaths

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:00:07 +0000

NSW government imposes water restrictions after Menindee water volumes fall below 2021 levels

Mark Carney is celebrated abroad – while consolidating power at home | Shiri Pasternak

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:04 +0000

The Canadian prime minister’s reckoning with Trumpism in Davos clashes with his attacks on environmental, Indigenous and labour rights

The Canadian prime minister is a hero around the world for his Davos speech that reckoned with a reconfiguration of power in the shadow of Donald Trump.

Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:04 +0000

Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them

A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in Nepal, a super El Niño breaking records, Exxon publicly saying we may reach 3C by 2050 – could it possibly be any worse?

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:01 +0000

The radical Stern report showed that a low-carbon future is also good economics. But it seems that capitalism needs a reminder

Saving the only planet we have makes good economic sense. There is, after all, no money to be made on a dead Earth. There may be costs involved now, but they are worth paying to protect our children from certain destruction.

Sea of crimson: vivid ‘red beach’ transforms China’s wetlands and marshes – in pictures

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:04 +0000

A striking transformation takes place along the coast of Qingdao in autumn, when a native seepweed turns a brilliant shade of red.

The ‘red beach’ phenomenon can be seen in the salt marshes and wetlands on the coast of China’s Shandong province, where the Suaeda glauca plant matures and absorbs water, changing it from green to crimson between September and November