Breaking Waves: Ocean News

The rise of end times fascism

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:00:15 +0000

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:07 +0000

Early reports have led experts to believe there could be a surge in the deadly invader, threatening native species

They have bright yellow legs, are about 25mm (almost 1in) long, and a single colony, if left unchecked, can “butcher” 90,000 pollinating insects in just one season.

Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 13 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00114-9

Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye

Outback publican finds hostelry coated in mud as residents return to tiny Queensland outpost after flooding

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:14:54 +0000

Avadale’s one police officer says damage is heartbreaking but locals are resilient – ‘They’ll get it done’

Rightwing lobby group Advance says it makes ‘no apology’ for support given to anti-Greens groups

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:00:57 +0000

Spokesperson acknowledges supply of flyers, T-shirts and corflutes to ‘dozens of community groups’ seeking to defeat party’s candidates

Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction? | Martha Gill

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:30:50 +0000

It’s not as sensational as recreating long-dead species, but conserving modern-day fauna is far more pressing

Inside the fight to save California’s dying sea lions from toxic algae: ‘We’re like 911 operators’

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:00:50 +0000

An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds

It was just after 8am on Tuesday, a thick morning fog still clinging to the California coastline, and SeaWorld’s animal rescue team had already made their first save of the day: a hefty, sick-looking sea lion that had been waddling dangerously close to a four-lane highway in downtown San Diego.

National Trust bans coaches from East Sussex beauty spot to cut visitor numbers

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:27:58 +0000

More than 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap, part of Seven Sisters cliffs, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion

The National Trust has banned coaches from one of Britain’s most popular beauty spots in an attempt to reduce the growing numbers of people visiting the site.

Up to 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap which is part of the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex on England’s south coast.

Mexico to send water to Texas farmers as US treaty threat grows

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:19:08 +0000

Mexico’s failure to keep up 81-year-old water-sharing treaty has sparked a diplomatic spat with the US

Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday.

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