Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:00:04 +0000

Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area

The harsh temperatures, treacherous currents and shifting pack ice of the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, which crushed and sank his ship, Endurance, in 1915, led Ernest Shackleton to describe it as the “worst portion of the worst sea in the world”.

Shark expert says Tony Abbott ‘doesn’t understand the science’ after former PM calls for cull

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:49:34 +0000

Another expert says drone technology may have prevented shark attack at Coogee beach on Saturday

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Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:00:10 +0000

Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these underground networks stretch an astonishing 110 quadrillion kilometers, move about 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide into soils each year, and play a major role in supporting plants and regulating the climate.

Australia news live: Rinehart buys ‘significant’ stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX; family of Sydney shark attack victim say her injuries are ‘severe and life-threatening’

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:52:02 +0000

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The prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.

UK poised to water down 2030 EV sales targets after industry and union pressure

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:37:22 +0000

Keir Starmer ready to overrule Ed Miliband after warnings manufacturers would be penalised and jobs put at risk

The UK government is poised to water down its 2030 targets for electric vehicle sales after intensive lobbying by the car industry and unions.

The government is preparing to consult on less ambitious targets for the transition to fully battery-powered electric cars over the rest of the decade after carmakers and unions warned that they would penalise manufacturers and put jobs at risk.

Deadly Philippines earthquake found to have raised seabed by up to 2 metres

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:07:18 +0000

‘Coastal uplift’ exposes coral and kills marine life, as residents say shorelines extended by up to 200 metres

A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as 2 metres (6.6ft), exposing coral and harming marine life, the country’s environment department has said.

At least 40 people are still missing after the 7.8-magnitude quake off southern Mindanao island on Monday, according to updated tolls from the disaster agency.

Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:43 +0000

Activists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding ‘free, legal, unfettered, forever rights’ to use beaches

Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

Campaigners in Jamaica are heading to court next week to try to prevent the government from cutting off access to more of their beaches.

Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:41 +0000

Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans

Campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of Jamaican coast

Devon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was filled with children frolicking in the ocean after school, fishers haggling with locals over the price of their daily catch and craft vendors carving souvenirs under almond trees.

‘It’s going to be extremely hot’: workers imperiled as sweltering World Cup temperatures are forecast

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:41 +0000

It could top 90F in several cities hosting World Cup games – and workers could pay the price with their health

As the World Cup kicks off, labor advocates and scholars warn that the workers making the tournament possible could face serious heat-related risks.

Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:40 +0000

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued

Imagine we detect a large asteroid heading straight for Earth. We are able to intervene and prevent disaster, but instead we cut the funding needed to track it. A few million dollars, it was argued, was too expensive to have a chance to save society.