Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:00:58 +0000

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it

Crucial to the government’s war on nature is the “cauldron principle”. If a species is to be blamed for “holding up development”, it must be one you might find in a witch’s cauldron. The culprits are never dormice, otters, water voles, nightingales, turtle doves or orchids, widely considered cute or beautiful. They are bats, newts, snails and spiders.

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:00:57 +0000

Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

Ian Falconer kept thinking about the heaps of discarded plastic fishing nets he saw at Newlyn harbour near his home in Cornwall. “I thought ‘it’s such a waste’,” he says. “There has to be a better solution than it all going into landfill.”

What will the Australian bird of the year do next? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:30:01 +0000

The sky’s the limit

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Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:28:20 +0000

Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo

Australia’s favourite bird named - as it happened

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:51:02 +0000

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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:01:50 +0000

Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa

Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record.

Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases.

Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:22:30 +0000

Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by young climate activists that aimed to halt Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders.

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:39 +0000

Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

Winner of the Australian bird of the year 2025 to be announced on Guardian live stream today

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:38 +0000

Will the tawny frogmouth finally take the top perch? Could conservationist backing propel Baudin’s black cockatoo to the skies? Or will the gang-gang gang prove triumphant when the winner is unveiled on Thursday afternoon?

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Magnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:38 +0000

Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells are in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition. For more than five decades, the award has brought scientific wonders under the microscope, with scientists, artists and enthusiasts from 77 countries contributing 1,925 photo entries this year alone. Judges have arrived at this stunning top 20