Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches the Queensland coast – in pictures

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:03:03 +0000

Cyclone Alfred is heading for the south-east Queensland coast, causing high winds and big surf. It’s expected to make landfall late on Friday or early Saturday between Noosa and Coolangatta.

Alfred’s slow progress to the mainland could prolong already severe conditions to the south of its projected path, particularly in parts of the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales

London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:01:30 +0000

Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found.

Levels of deadly pollutants that are linked to a wide range of health problems – from cancer to impaired lung development, heart attacks to premature births – have dropped, with some of the biggest improvements coming in the capital’s most deprived areas.

Cyclone Alfred live updates: Brisbane city CBD deserted; power outages across Gold Coast; BoM tracking map and weather forecast shows flood risk for Queensland and northern NSW – latest news

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:33:04 +0000

BoM path track map predicts cyclone off Australia’s coast to make landfall in SE Qld on Saturday morning near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates today

Butterfly population in US shrinking by 22% over last 20 years, study shows

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:00:22 +0000

Drop in line with rate of overall insect loss as scientists point to habitat loss, pesticide use and the climate crisis

Butterflies may be among the most beloved of all creatures, routinely deified in art and verse, but they are in alarming decline in the United States with populations plummeting by a fifth in just the past two decades, according to the most comprehensive study yet of their fortunes.

This food researcher is on a mission to make fake meat taste better. Will she succeed?

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:00:21 +0000

Caroline Cotto’s research group taste-tests meat alternatives so plant-based companies can attract new customers – and help the climate

What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:02:06 +0000

The term ‘polycrisis’ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. It’s overwhelming – but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step to addressing it

Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:00:08 +0000

Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburb

The proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial government and local leaders, who say they oppose putting US trash into a local peat bog.

BP cuts boss’s pay by 30% after company misses profit targets

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:06:54 +0000

Murray Auchincloss paid £5.4m in 2024 as oil company ditched green investment strategy

BP cut the pay of its chief executive after a chastening year in which the British oil company missed profit targets and ditched its green investment strategy as it came under pressure from a US-based activist investor.

Murray Auchincloss’s pay decreased by 30% to £5.4m for 2024, according to the company’s annual report published on Thursday.

‘You just hope for the best’: rarely seen froglets – the length of a grain of rice – released into small patch of Victorian wilds

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:00:10 +0000

Exclusive: More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs set free in a high-altitude forest to bolster dwindling population

Former NSW asbestos investigator calls for more controls on waste disposal

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:00:06 +0000

As chief scientist says state should drop ‘zero tolerance’, former EPA official says many problems could be solved during demolition process