Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’

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This summer, Yosemite national park has been rife with traffic jams and throngs of visitors. Can these popular national treasures withstand a future of strained resources?

On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an ancient grove of giant sequoias, casting a tranquil backdrop for a mule deer as it ambled across the trail. Families from around the world gazed up at the towering trees in awe, speaking in hushed tones and different languages.

Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:00:13 +0000

Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform

The Merlin bird ID app will allow users to feed real-time bird identifications into one of the world’s biggest citizen-science biodiversity projects in an update it is hoped will aid conservation of at-risk birds.

As auto costs rise, will the US miss the golden age of electric vehicles?

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:00:12 +0000

Shifting demands and political ideology have left the industry vulnerable to global competition from cheap Chinese cars

Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:08 +0000

Group, whose constituencies have derelict or at-risk pools, are campaigning to make outdoor swimming available for all

Cooling, blue expanses of water have been a lifesaver for many lucky enough to live near a lido during the recent UK heatwave.

Now, a group of 20 MPs, along with the Fabian Society, are calling for this relief to be made accessible for all by getting water companies to fund the reopening of the country’s lost lidos.

Sydney records hottest June since 1859 as expert warns new high a ‘signature’ of global warming

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:37:24 +0000

Bureau of Meteorology says city’s mean temperature reached 16.1C, surpassing the previous record of 15.7C set in 1991

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Sydney has officially experienced its hottest June since records began, after a winter month of spring-like warmth.

A climate adaptation framework for marine resource monitoring programs

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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A climate adaptation framework for marine resource monitoring programs

New pipeline in Canada to proceed after C$150bn pledged to ease BC and First Nations concerns

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:34:32 +0000

Port expansion and protections for whales part of BC and Alberta plan to expand country’s presence overseas

The governments of Canada and the province of Alberta will move forward on a major new oil pipeline after the pair announced a plan to ease concerns of British Columbia and First Nations on the Pacific coast.

Week in wildlife: Neil the seal, a pink grasshopper and condors in love

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:22 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:00:22 +0000

For decades, foreign firms established settlements in the Brazilian Amazon to support extractive activities, only to eventually abandon the buildings and workers. The remains show human resilience as nature reclaims the land

‘Scavenger’ dolphins increasingly rely on trawlers for food in overfished Adriatic, say scientists

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:18 +0000

In one area 76% of fishing boats were followed, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parents

Bottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are increasingly following trawlers to scavenge for food, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parents, a study has found.

“These days the easiest way to find [bottlenose dolphins] is to look for trawlers,” said Giovanni Bearzi, a co-author of the study and the president of Dolphin Biology and Conservation in Italy. “Many of them are followed by the dolphins that go to forage and scavenge in their wake.