Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Footage shows severe flooding across Toronto after the Canadian city was hit by three big storms in recent days. The Canadian rapper Drake shared a video on Instagram appearing to show parts of his home submerged in flood water. Authorities say the storm left 167,000 people without power and several flights were delayed or cancelled. At least 14 people were rescued Continue reading...

Campaigners are concerned at how the tourist treat could affect the species, and how it could become an event like whale watching or shark diving A tall, slim fin slashes the Mediterranean’s surface for a split second and the bait fish is gone, provoking a few gasps and some nervous laughs from the 40 or so snorkellers lined up to enter the open-water pen. Most wear wetsuits and clutch masks and air tubes, a few are in swim shorts and goggles. Some have already had a beer or a glass of wine. The midday sun is out, The Trammps’ Disco Inferno is playing from the catamaran’s speakers and now people are climbing down a stepladder into a ring of netting that stretches 35 metres down into the sea near the Spanish port of L’Ametlla de Mar, about 80 miles from Barcelona. Continue reading...

Review says capital needs new reservoir, better flood defences and ‘heat plan’ for vulnerable people Londoners who concrete over their gardens should be charged for doing so and given incentives to remove paving, a report to the mayor has recommended. The city also needs a new reservoir, improved flood defences, and a “heat plan” to protect vulnerable residents from the increased risk of heatwaves, the report on the impact of the climate crisis has found. Continue reading...

This blog is now closed. Screaming, freezing, struggling to breathe: confronting Queensland watch house footage exposes anguish of children locked in isolation cells AFP asked to investigate CFMEU corruption allegations as ACTU suspends union’s construction and general division Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Tim Ayres flags ‘proportionate’ federal response to CFMEU A Labor senator says that federal intervention into alleged criminal behaviour within the CFMEU will be effective and proportionate, AAP reports. Tony and the team in there are doing the careful work of making sure that the government’s response is effective, well-weighted and effective. While I don’t forecast the debates in terms of the national executive, we have received these requests from the premiers, we will act upon them, and we’ll act in accordance with the requests from the premiers. We’re very blessed in this country. We don’t have a gun culture, we don’t have a history of political violence, we don’t at this point in time – thank God – have the fragmentation and polarisation that sadly exists in America to quite the same extent. So look, can you rule these things out? Of course not. Do I expect it? Well, maybe some time in the next 100 or 200 years, sure. Almost anything could happen in that period of time. But is is imminent? I doubt it very much. Continue reading...