Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:39:52 +0000

Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%

The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.

Migrating flies vital for people and nature

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:24:51 +0000

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows.

I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:00:07 +0000

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basket

About a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Roger Wynn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. He’d driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark.

Environment secretary’s appeal against Yorkshire river pollution ruling fails

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:50:54 +0000

Appeal court finds in favour of anglers who said plans to clean up river were so vague as to be totally ineffectual

UK politics live – latest updates

A group of anglers trying to restore the ecosystem of a river have seen off a challenge by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, who claimed that cleaning up the waterway was administratively unworkable.

In the event of a hung parliament, one wildcard has been largely overlooked – the Nationals

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:00:06 +0000

If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policy

The secret to finding one of the most endangered bumblebees in the US? Dogs

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:29 +0000

Experts are desperate to analyse rusty patched bumblebee nests for information that might help save them. But they are extremely hard to find – unless you’re a trained conservation canine

Words and photographs by Anne Readel in Somers, Wisconsin

On a summer day in Somers, Wisconsin, Dave Giordano heard an unexpected buzzing in his back yard. What he found shocked him – a rusty patched bumblebee nest. The discovery was so rare it made the local news.

Monster surf batters Bondi Icebergs pool and leaves trail of carnage across Sydney beaches

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:55:22 +0000

Wild 5.5 metre swells hammer the eastern NSW coastline, causing damage to key walkways and closing beaches

Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:00:05 +0000

More than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme finds

Last summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in Britain, according to the biggest scientific survey of insect populations in the world.

For the first time since scientific recording began in 1976, more than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline.

An elusive worm: the salinella is shrouded in mystery

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:00:05 +0000

A 19th-century zoologist found the ‘little salt dweller’, which could be a portal to the past – if only we could locate it again

Last February, with colleagues Gert and Philipp and my daughter Francesca, I made the long journey to an unremarkable city called Río Cuarto, east of the Argentinian Andes. We went in search of a worm of unusual distinction.

Greens promise to push government to spend 1% of budget on environment if they hold balance of power

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 02:31:07 +0000

The minor party makes pledge as Labor faces calls to explain its nature policy and plans for a federal EPA