Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:00:54 +0000

Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW

Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea? | Arwa Mahdawi

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:52 +0000

As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point

Donald Trump seems to spend an unusual amount of time thinking about toilets.

US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:51 +0000

Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in

DataOne, the Microsoft-linked New Jersey datacenter recently hit with a $1m fine for running unpermitted generators, emitted large amounts of health-harming air pollution for nearly a year before state regulators stepped in, according to public records obtained by Floodlight.

Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:30:49 +0000

Gavin Newsom says Trump is a ‘gift’ to the climate cause for dispelling notions of fossil fuel energy security

Of all the epithets hurled at Donald Trump since he became US president, perhaps the most unusual was delivered last week – that he is, in fact, some sort of environmentalist.

Trump is the “greatest gift” to the environmental movement, argued Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, due to the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran.

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:20:34 +0000

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with nature

Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.

The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a hedge full of berries, a beetle on the move, or a nervous deer.

Think more rain means more river water? Not necessarily

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:30 +0000

Some rivers are receiving more rain than before but have lower water flow, according to a study

More rain and snow equals more water in rivers, right? Not necessarily. A new study shows that, despite receiving more rainfall than they used to, river water levels are falling because of changes in climate.

‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:00:27 +0000

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say.

The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:00:25 +0000

There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

The Independent Planning Commission’s published reasons for approving the largest coalmine in New South Wales history in the context of mounting death, disaster and despair brought on by global heating reads like a hostage statement.

‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:00:25 +0000

The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown

The mother’s hands were peeling from walking on the torched ground. Her eight-month-old baby, which clung to her side, was dehydrated and thin. The pair, named Mama Abu and Abu (“ash” in Indonesian), were found in an oil palm subsidiary estate, rescuers say.

Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:01:21 +0000

Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows

Bird-shaped kites and a floating scarecrow are being tested to try to stop endangered seabirds drowning in fishing nets.

Every year an estimated 95,000 diving birds, including razorbills and guillemots, are accidentally caught in nets off European coasts.