Breaking Waves: Ocean News

How Australian conservationists’ tunnel vision lets turtles swim to freedom

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:00:28 +0000

Creating a fox-proof haven for endangered eastern quolls required a high, encircling fence. But what about the other wildlife?

New tunnels allow turtles to migrate while keeping foxes at bay - video

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:00:26 +0000

The problem: a fence that protects eastern quolls threatens long-necked turtles in Booderee national park at Jervis Bay. The solution? Turtle tunnels. Nine water-filled tunnels were built beneath a 82-hectare fence that surrounds the botanic gardens which keep out feral predators, providing a safe passage for the reptiles to go between watering holes. Over a period of 123 days, conservationists recorded 73 successful instances of the turtles using the tunnels

National Trust members to vote on making cafe food 50% plant-based

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:05:49 +0000

Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises plans for 2.6m members to decide on increasing share of vegan and vegetarian options

National Trust members are being invited to vote on a plan to make 50% of the food in its cafes vegan and vegetarian as part of the charity’s commitment to reach net zero by 2030.

Cafe menus at the trust’s 280 historic sites are already 40% plant-based. Now, the trust’s 2.6 million members will get to vote on whether the charity should gradually increase this figure to 50% over the next two years.

The National Trust must again resist the group trying to turn grievances into policy | Rowan Moore

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:00:19 +0000

Burning with unquenchable resentment, Restore Trust is making another attempt at taking over the institution

‘Citizen scientists’ to check UK rivers for sewage and pollution

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 05:00:08 +0000

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulation

Rivers will be checked for sewage and other pollution by the general public this month in an attempt to assess the health of British waterways.

Cuts to the UK regulators and a change in the law to allow water company self-monitoring of pollution in England mean there is little independent monitoring of the state of rivers in the UK.

Two hundred sheep killed in truck fire in remote NSW

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:26:25 +0000

Driver, a 32-year-old man, escaped blaze in the early hours of Saturday unharmed

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Two hundred sheep have been killed in a truck fire near a remote town in western New South Wales.

Protecting just 0.7% of world's land could help save a third of most unique and endangered species

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:16:39 +0000

Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's threatened and unique tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) species.

Five lessons to level up conservation successfully

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:16:36 +0000

Conservation needs to scale successfully to protect nature. A new paper takes lessons from around the world to show how that might be done.

Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:45:15 +0000

Hottest summer on record continues, with millions from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Seattle under heat alerts

An intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region – some of the highest of the season – and broken heat records.

‘We’ve not had a summer’: retailers battle unpredictable British weather

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:14:09 +0000

Soggy summers and warmer winters are hitting sales as climate crisis blurs seasons

When the season switched from summer to autumn, like clockwork clothing stores would swap out the racks of floaty frocks and fill them with heavy coats and jumpers.

Now, as the nights draw in, retailers are having to rejig seasonal ranges as the UK’s unpredictable weather calls for summer jackets and lighter knits.