Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:34:41 +0000

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

A US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as the Trump administration remains locked in a race with China for control of critical ocean minerals.

Australia news live: KMPG axes hundreds of staff in wake of audit leaks scandal; jobseeker now barely two-thirds of pension

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:05:14 +0000

Audit and consulting giant reports revenue fall of 1% year-on-year. Follow today’s news live

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Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week

Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces thousands to evacuate homes

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:22:15 +0000

Human-caused Hawk fire covers more than 15,000 acres as blaze approaches University of Nevada campus in Reno

A fast-moving Nevada wildfire exploded to more than 15,000 acres (6,000 hectares) on Sunday, pushing from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno and urging nearly 90,000 residents to evacuate as flames threatened neighborhoods and reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus.

Ella Baron on AI and the drought – cartoon

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:03:48 +0000

Scientists left this farm field alone. Thousands of orchids appeared

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:01:34 +0000

An abandoned farm field became a flourishing wildflower meadow within little more than a decade, with plant diversity doubling and thousands of orchids appearing naturally. The discovery suggests that simply giving nature time to recover could be a powerful and inexpensive tool for restoring biodiversity.

The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:00:36 +0000

Once the economic lifeblood of the region, Latrobe Valley’s coal industry is in terminal decline. Jesse Thompson’s photographic project aims to document this period of rapid change and examine its legacy

‘Extremely effective’ organised campaigns against wind and solar undermining support for renewable energy

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:00:36 +0000

Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems

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Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:33 +0000

Capitalism and the climate crisis are conspiring to destroy the concept of seasons. I’ll take solace in my pumpkin spice

Happy spooky season, everyone! Get those jack-o’-lanterns out, because Halloween is just around the corner!

Just kidding, no, it’s not.

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:32 +0000

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno

Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:00:30 +0000

Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequality

Ryan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean.

“I had no views other than the darkness at work,” he said. “Then I went polar opposite.”