Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 02:20:42 +0000

Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thrive

For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.

Australia’s clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here? | Kane Thornton

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 01:03:11 +0000

Voters have spoken with clarity. We want a renewable-powered future

Hawaii families receive payouts for 2021 fuel leak that sickened thousands

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:31:38 +0000

Judge grants payments between $5,000 and $104,000 after second world war-era tank leak contaminated water supply

Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: ‘Major loss’

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 19:59:31 +0000

US agency will no longer update major weather database in latest showing of Trump’s influence on climate resources

Database reveals vital ocean links to aid conservation

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:26:07 +0000

Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.

Just 30 species of tree dominate world's most diverse savanna

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:25:48 +0000

Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by a few species could help researchers understand how this vast ecosystem functions.

Former Greens leaders urge party to stand up to Labor ‘arrogance’ as jockeying begins to replace Bandt

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:36 +0000

Richard Di Natale says party can regain lost seats, while Bob Brown and Christine Milne praise Adam Bandt’s leadership against ‘nasty misrepresentations’

Flood waters pour into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in rare spectacle ‘supercharged by climate change’

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:34 +0000

Sacred site of the Arabana people could get its most significant top-up in a generation as floods spread across the outback

A pulse of flood water has surged into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in what could be the most significant top-up in a generation.

‘We’re still living with the aftermath’: Floridians brace for fresh hurricane season

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:00:30 +0000

With less than a month before the start of the 2025 hurricane season, residents are still recovering from catastrophic damage from the past two years

Idalia. Debby. Helene.

Not visiting friends, not neighbors. All hurricanes that have not yet faded into memory for the residents of Taylor county in Florida, where all three powerful storms hit in just two years.

‘The fledglings couldn’t escape’: Dartmoor blaze raises questions about wildfire strategy

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 09:06:09 +0000

Commoners say restrictive grazing may be raising risk of fires like one that scorched 500ha of moorland

The spot where the wildfire broke out could hardly have been worse. Cut Hill is one of the remotest and highest peaks on Dartmoor, miles from any road, a place of tussocky, ankle-turning terrain.