Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:26 +0000

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0000

While the election is ignoring the issue of Australia’s extinction crisis, volunteers and community groups all around the country are doing their best to save our endangered species. We want to hear about them

Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0000

Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis

Shipping companies to pay for carbon dioxide produced by vessels

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:06:49 +0000

Compromise deal falls far short of carbon levy poor countries were hoping for

Shipping companies will have to pay for the carbon dioxide produced by their vessels for the first time under new rules agreed by the world’s maritime watchdog.

California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:17 +0000

Some farmers recovered from president’s first-term trade war and a fresh one is estimated to cost the state $6bn a year

California’s $59bn agricultural industry is bracing for disruption as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to spike tensions and trigger economic turmoil with China – one of the state’s biggest buyers.

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:49:11 +0000

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

Arriving at the Kidbrooke Village housing development in Greenwich on a morning in early spring, the first thing you notice is the sound of birdsong and the scent of blossom. Geese are gently honking in the distance.

This was once the Ferrier estate, a postwar housing estate that was demolished in 2009 to regenerate the area.

Week in wildlife: ospreys reunited, a monkey thief and a London fox cub

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:00:33 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

‘Toxic cocktail’: study finds almost 200 pesticides in European homes

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:37:24 +0000

More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to toxic effects including cancer and hormone disruption

Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides.

Turbo chooks moved into our garden and had babies without telling us! What a dilemma | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:30:33 +0000

The chickens aren’t really happy about it either – whomst would be a chicken

Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:01 +0000

Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transition

Donald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.