Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Tropical Cyclone Alfred live updates: wind and rain intensify as category 2 storm nears south-east Queensland and northern NSW

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

BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Saturday 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

Are we living through a ‘polycrisis’ or is it ‘just history happening’?

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

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More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs have been released in Victoria’s east as part of a record-breaking conservation breeding program.

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

‘Slavish’ catch limits ignored scientific advice, say conservationists in case against Defra

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:02:33 +0000

Blue Marine Foundation charity asks high court to declare quota decision unlawful amid concern over sustainability of fish stocks

At the start of 2024, Jerry Percy, who led the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association, dedicated to small boats, said he started to receive lots of calls from members. “They were calling my office to report that a lack of fish in the inshore grounds were putting their livelihoods in peril,” he said.

The fishers said they had noticed a depletion of species such as pollack, typically caught off Britain’s coasts.

Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels

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

Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say