Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:00:23 +0000

Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March

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US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:00:50 +0000

Trump puts US in unflattering company as lack of representative reveals disdain for climate progress

More than two decades ago, the US railed against the “axis of evil”. Now, after international climate talks spluttered to a meagre conclusion, the US finds itself grouped with unflattering company – an “axis of obstruction” that has stymied progress on the climate crisis.

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:28:09 +0000

Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy

The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new jobs and take responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste, according to research.

One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:16:30 +0000

Scarborough and Bognor Regis among places where water is so polluted it is not recommended for swimming

One in seven (13%) of England’s bathing waters are rated as polluted, and one in 14 so polluted they are not recommended for swimming.

‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:30 +0000

Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels

The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay.

Nature inFocus photography competition 2025: flamingos, foxes and a chilled out chimp

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:27 +0000

The Nature inFocus photography competition 2025 announced its winners at the Nature inFocus festival hosted at Jayamahal Palace in Bengaluru, India.

Close to 16,000 images were submitted by more than 1,250 photographers from more than 38 countries.

‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:00:24 +0000

It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop

Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before.

Coral reefs span borders, so must solutions: transboundary conservation in complex political environments

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00166-x

Coral reefs span borders, so must solutions: transboundary conservation in complex political environments

Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:47:54 +0000

Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground

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What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:56:34 +0000

It’s all in the timing

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