Breaking Waves: Ocean News

China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:43:47 +0000

1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh

Construction of the world’s biggest hydropower megadam has begun, China’s premier has said, calling it the “project of the century”.

The huge structure is being built on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, in Tibetan territory.

Water review in England and Wales: seven key takeways

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:52:39 +0000

Ofwat to be scrapped and smart meters to be compulsory as report aims to tackle sewage spills and financial turmoil

What a croc: the day a reptile was reportedly seen in Noosa … or was it?

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:05:51 +0000

Claimed sighting 300km south of typical crocodile territory started as a Facebook post before doing the rounds of breakfast TV

‘Like something you see in a movie’: Trump cuts stir fears of more pipeline ruptures

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:00:16 +0000

In Satartia, Mississippi, locals say a CO2 pipeline leak created an aftermath ‘like a zombie apocalypse’

On a clear February evening in 2020, a smell of rotten eggs started to waft over the small town of Satartia, Mississippi, followed by a green-tinged cloud. A load roar could be heard near the highway that passes the town.

Soon, nearby residents started to feel dizzy, some even passed out or lay on the ground shaking, unable to breathe. Cars, inexplicably, cut out, their drivers leaving them abandoned with the doors open on the highway.

SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:53:51 +0000

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast

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BP appoints new chair to oversee shift back to fossil fuels

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:50:35 +0000

Albert Manifold, ex-boss at buildings material company CRH, to take over from embattled Helge Lund

BP has appointed a successor to its embattled chair, Helge Lund, as the energy company breaks from its net zero strategy and pivots back to fossil fuels.

Albert Manifold, the former boss of the building material company CRH, will join the BP board on 1 September as a non-executive director and as chair-elect, before taking over on 1 October.

Ofwat to be abolished in ‘reset’ of water industry regulation

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:34:08 +0000

Environment secretary backs plan to end sewage spills and financial mismanagement in England and Wales

‘Significant gap’ between Australian companies’ climate commitments and how they actually invest, analysts find

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:25:28 +0000

Experts say the level of ambition in Labor’s upcoming 2035 emissions target will influence the capital decisions of many companies

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This genetic breakthrough could help thousands of species cheat extinction

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:24:03 +0000

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic diversity using DNA from museum specimens and related species. Scientists propose a visionary framework that merges biotechnology with traditional conservation, aiming to give struggling populations like Mauritius’ pink pigeon a fighting chance against extinction. From agriculture to de-extinction, these tools are already transforming biology—and now, they could transform the future of biodiversity itself.

Pete Songi on the struggle to clean up Britain’s waterways – cartoon

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:16:12 +0000