Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Argentina flooding: 16 killed as two girls swept away by rising waters

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:05:37 +0000

Authorities warn more fatalities expected as a year’s worth of rain falls on Bahía Blanca in eight hours

Rescue teams in Argentina are searching for two girls, aged one and five, who were swept away by severe floods that ripped through Buenos Aires province, killing at least 16 people.

What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:17:29 +0000

Chris Wright signals abandonment of Biden’s ‘irrational, quasi-religious’ climate policies at industry conference

The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas bigwigs on Monday.

When Cyclone Alfred forced a wildlife hospital to close, this rescue koala found a new place to recuperate

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:00:13 +0000

Laura Leaf had a sick possum for company when she spent three nights in a spare room at Mallory Wilson’s Nerang home

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Laura Leaf, a rescued koala, was the last surgery of the day at Currumbin wildlife hospital, just hours before its doors were due to close to ride out Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

To win the bush, Australian politics needs to embrace its 'curves' | Nick Rodway

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:00:13 +0000

Regional voters are often stereotyped so I propose a new demographic category ahead of the election: conservative, uncommitted rural voters with environmental sympathies

A beaver: to get attention they will slap the water with their tails | Helen Sullivan

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:00:11 +0000

They prefer to carry branches in their teeth, like dogs. And when they swim, they hold their front paws to their chests, like a severe governess in a Victorian novel

Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:00:30 +0000

Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presence

Weatherwatch: Year’s worth of rain falls in Argentinian city in eight hours

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:48:22 +0000

Rainfall in Bahía Blanca led to 10 deaths, swept away vehicles, destroyed bridges and left areas underwater

The city of Bahía Blanca in Argentina had a new rainfall record on Friday, after a recent heatwave. More than 400mm (15.7in) of rain was recorded in just eight hours, more than twice the city’s previous record of 175mm set in 1930, and roughly equivalent to a year’s worth of rainfall.

We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:00:20 +0000

Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enough

A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:00:17 +0000

Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will follow

Chile’s Atacama desert is one of the driest places on Earth, a surprisingly cool environment, sucked clean of moisture by the cold ocean to the west. This arid, golden landscape is home to many rare species of cacti, which attract professional and amateur botanists from around the world keen to make discoveries and experience the thrill of naming a new species.

Destroying the environment and sending species extinct is one thing, but now I can’t take my dogs to the beach!? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:33:56 +0000

The toxic Tasmanian salmon industry has gone too far this time