Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:00:23 +0000

Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves

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How Trump’s EPA rollbacks could harm our air and water – and worsen global heating

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:00:22 +0000

Experts say administration has launched ‘war on all fronts’ to undo environmental rules – here are the key areas at risk

In his first year back in office, Donald Trump has fundamentally reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency, initiating nearly 70 actions to undo rules protecting ecosystems and the climate.

Week in wildlife: a rescued owl, a brave blackbird and Fukushima boar babies

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:15 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Homes with air source heat pumps or solar panels for sale in England – in pictures

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:00:14 +0000

From a renovated Victorian village house in Hampshire to a new-build apartment in south London

Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:00:14 +0000

Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories

Ben Goldsmith, the veteran Conservative environmentalist and ally of Boris Johnson, has been approached to write Reform UK’s policies on nature, as Nigel Farage’s party attempts to make inroads with voters put off by his stance on the climate crisis.

Critically endangered skink births expected after captive breeding program success – video

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:14:34 +0000

Eleven endangered skinks released into a gated community in Victoria's Alpine national park will soon become 13, when Omeo, one of the females, gives birth in March. One of Australia's only alpine lizards, guthega skinks live on 'sky islands' above 1,600 metres in two isolated alpine locations – Bogong high plains in Victoria and Mount Kosciuszko in NSW. 'They're extremely vulnerable, given where they live,' says skink specialist Dr Zak Atkins, director of Snowline Ecology. As the climate warms, their alpine zone is retracting, and there's nowhere higher for them to go

Organic salmon certifier forced to share findings amid claims consumers misled

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:06:03 +0000

Information tribunal rules Soil Association must disclose salmon farm inspection reports to WildFish campaigners

Campaigners have forced the Soil Association to reveal its salmon farm inspection reports, amid claims that certifying the farmed fish as “organic” is misleading to consumers.

The Soil Association’s Organic scheme, the UK’s oldest and most widely recognised organic certification, defines organic farming as “using methods that benefit our whole food system, from people to planet, plant health to animal welfare.”

‘Feels like a losing battle’: the fight against flooding in Somerset

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:18:10 +0000

Emergency pumps are deployed in attempt to stop water inundating homes around River Parrett

‘Like a sea out there’: flooded Somerset residents wonder how water can be managed

Since medieval monks started draining and managing the Somerset Levels, humans have struggled to live and work alongside water.

Skinks to high heaven: endangered alpine lizard numbers set to rise after Omeo falls pregnant in Victoria

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:20 +0000

Eleven guthega skinks could soon become 13 thanks to a captive breeding program in the Alpine national park

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Valium, health checks and fabric slings: the complex logistics of moving 30 beluga whales

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:11:01 +0000

Canada has reached a tentative deal for 30 belugas in an amusement park to be shipped to four aquariums in US

‘It’s heartbreaking’: how 30 captive beluga whales have become pawns in row over animal cruelty