Breaking Waves: Ocean News

From urban rooftops to working cattle farms: Australia’s best home gardens – in pictures

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:00:08 +0000

The 20 best residential gardens have been revealed in the first-ever Landscape Australia awards shortlist. Jury chair Emily Wong said each project was a response to urgent issues like the climate crisis, fire and flood resilience, and the loss of biodiversity. They saw gardens as ‘part of a larger living commons that supports different ecologies and also … the future of Australian cities’. Wong also noted that private gardens take up a large quantity of space in Australian cities. ‘So really, these gardens are about seeing the design as a contribution to shared infrastructure’

The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:53 +0000

A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more

If a third runway is built at Heathrow, what will be the impact on the wealth of the nation? It will cost us somewhere between £23.4bn and £62.5bn. These are not my figures; they weren’t calculated by environmental groups, but by the Department for Transport.

‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0000

Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots

The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to grumble and groan about the sewage spills that blight their beloved waterway.

Instead, citizen environmentalists in the area have created a unique online platform that flags up spills in real time, highlights spots that are repeatedly polluted, and sets out where improvement work is planned – and where it isn’t.

Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:52 +0000

Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire

British farmers are experiencing the worst bluetongue season on record, with the number of cases surpassing the past three years combined.

The viral disease, which affects sheep and cattle among other animals, can cause fevers, ulcers, a swollen head and lameness. The tongue may go blue and even protrude from the mouth. In the most severe cases, the animal can die.

Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:49 +0000

A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. Winners will be announced on 8 December

Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:00:46 +0000

With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia

Bangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into rivers, with rats and cockroaches racing out of sewers and taking temporary refuge on trees and buildings as the subterranean world is flushed out.

There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie Driscoll

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:01:29 +0000

Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen

You’ve just left school. What’s your future?

Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:58:10 +0000

Up to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring landslides and deaths in Nepal

Torrential rain and potentially damaging flooding are forecast in eastern Spain over the coming days, as cold upper air moves over the warm, humid surface air of the Mediterranean Sea, fuelling violent, slow-moving thunderstorms near Spain’s east coast. The weather pattern, known as a Dana, occurs most often in autumn.

The week in wildlife: a rescued orangutan, the chonkiest bear and a barn owl’s triumph

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Increased air pollution linked to more night-time coughing, UK-led study finds

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:00:11 +0000

‘Day-to-day’ symptom of harmful emissions, which in turn can disrupt sleep, can be overlooked, say researchers

New research has found that increased air pollution is associated with more night-time coughing, leading to disturbed sleep.