Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Week in wildlife – in pictures: an eel gets a shock, bees take Manhattan and a possum on the pitch

admin — Fri, 10 May 2024 07:00:35 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Mass planting of marsh violets key to saving rare UK butterfly, says National Trust

admin — Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:31 +0000

Trust aims to boost small pearl-bordered fritillary colonies in Shropshire Hills by planting 20,000 violets this year for their caterpillars

A mass planting of marsh violets across England’s Shropshire Hills is to take place to try to prevent further decline of the small pearl-bordered fritillary or Boloria selene, a rare UK butterfly.

Fixation on UK nuclear power may not help to solve climate crisis

admin — Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:31 +0000

Waste and cost among drawbacks, as researchers say renewables could power UK entirely

In the battle to prevent the climate overheating, wind and solar are making impressive inroads into the once dominant market share of coal. Even investors in gas plants are increasingly seen as taking a gamble.

‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families

admin — Fri, 10 May 2024 04:00:30 +0000

A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children

“I had the hormonal urges,” said Prof Camille Parmesan, a leading climate scientist based in France. “Oh my gosh, it was very strong. But it was: ‘Do I really want to bring a child into this world that we’re creating?’ Even 30 years ago, it was very clear the world was going to hell in a handbasket. I’m 62 now and I’m actually really glad I did not have children.”

Jim Chalmers claims there won’t be ‘any new money’ for gas in budget as Labor faces caucus revolt

admin — Fri, 10 May 2024 02:51:41 +0000

Albanese government has already telegraphed budget will include $566m over 10 years to map Australia’s soil and seabed for gasfield exploration and $100m to speed up environmental approvals

Transformation of ocean management is underway

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 19:55:25 +0000

Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean management, a group of researchers and practitioners investigated the global progress of marine EBM initiatives.

‘Sugar is brown!’: there’s more to the sweet stuff than its pure white version

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 18:00:18 +0000

Sugar’s texture and taste can be as individualistic as coffee beans or wine grapes grown in specific regions, but most of us don’t know that

One night, I was preparing steak for dinner and mistakenly reached for the wrong white granulated substance. Instead of salting my steak to create a brown crust by searing, I created a brown crust with notes of caramel.

Ocean biodiversity work needs improvement

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:47:40 +0000

An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management strategies and a failure to restrict the most impactful human activities.

Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:16:41 +0000

Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches

Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new report.

Rapid oyster reef restoration gives hope for repairing the sea

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:08:19 +0000

After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline.