Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Victoria’s koalas in chronically poor health and population is half what was previously estimated

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:23:27 +0000

Exclusive: State government delayed releasing major report into the health of the koala population for more than 12 months

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Peter’s farm is on ‘flood country’. As Australia’s sea levels rise, safe land is vanishing and costs are huge

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:01:01 +0000

Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars

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Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis?

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:07 +0000

In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt together

On Alaska’s North Slope, scientists tread carefully across clumps of tussock grasses toward a fast-flowing stream draining the imposing Brooks Range of ice and snow. Near Galbraith Creek, they string out a mist net for white-crowned sparrows. The birds have recently arrived from southerly latitudes, intent on feasting on the insects that will soon descend on the tundra like storm clouds.

Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:01 +0000

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

Zack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham’s government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of overseas ecosystems would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security.

UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says

Datacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while consuming vast amounts of energy, according to new research.

Environmental thinktank Verdant predicts that all the datacentres currently planned are likely to directly employ 10,400 workers – compared with the more than 40,000 cited in projections by the industry lobby group TechUK.

Ground-breaking fishing subsidy treaty undercut by holdouts

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00243-9

California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:09:59 +0000

Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its range

A gray wolf has recently been seen in California’s Mendocino national forest for the first time since the species returned to the state 15 years ago, state wildlife officials confirmed.

Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:54:02 +0000

A total of six people apprehended as clean-up of rubbish stacked 10 metres high cost about £6m

Two men have been arrested after fly-tippers dumped a “mountain of illegal waste”, stacked 10 metres high, in Oxfordshire.

Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish appeared in a field between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington in November last year. The waste tip was so large that removing it could cost more than the local council’s annual budget, the area’s MP said.

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:37:22 +0000

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights

A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water.

Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:18:29 +0000

Center of storm passed west of the islands and was moving away but flooding and mudslides will continue to be a risk

Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii’s western islands on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands and ripping up stretches of beachside roads.

Fierce winds downed trees and caused widespread power outages on the island of Kauai, home to 73,000 residents. The Kauai island utility cooperative reported that nearly all of its members were without power early on Tuesday.