Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Blockade Australia climate activist sentenced to three months in jail over Port of Newcastle protest

admin — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:59:49 +0000

Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence

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A 21-year-old woman who secured herself to a piece of machinery during a climate protest at a Newcastle coal terminal has been sentenced to three months in prison.

Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants

admin — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 04:00:26 +0000

The lifting of a long-held ban has angered conservationists, but others argue trophy hunting can support local economies and even help protect threatened species

In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and prolonged protection from poaching has created a population of bull elephants with enormous tusks, weighing up to 45kg apiece, large enough to scrape along the ground as the animals walk. To many, the bulls are “living icons” of the African savannah. They are also highly prized by trophy hunters.

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows

admin — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 02:00:23 +0000

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate

The world has baked for 12 consecutive months in temperatures 1.5C (2.7F) greater than their average before the fossil fuel era, new data shows.

Temperatures between July 2023 and June 2024 were the highest on record, scientists found, creating a year-long stretch in which the Earth was 1.64C hotter than in preindustrial times.

Air pollution can decrease odds of live birth after IVF by 38%, study finds

admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:00:18 +0000

Research suggests impact of pollution begins before conception by disrupting the development of the egg

Air pollution exposure can significantly decrease the chance of a live birth after IVF treatment, according to research that deepens concern about the health impacts of toxic air on fertility.

Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital

admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:42:28 +0000

Ruling, based on constitutional rights for natural features like Quito’s Machángara River, appealed by government

A ruling described by activists as “historic,” a court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the country’s capital, Quito.

The city government appealed the ruling, which is based on an article of Ecuador’s constitution that recognizes the rights of natural features like the Machángara River.

‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat

admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:00:08 +0000

One of the biggest consumers in a global market worth an estimated £2bn, trade in the cheap fish in the south American country is booming. But worried conservationists say most people do not realise they are eating shark

Photographs by Avener Prado

The bright blue skies and calm waters of the estuary belie rough conditions at sea, and there is no sign of activity among the colourful fishing boats moored around the harbour of Cananéia, a sleepy fishing town 160 miles south of São Paulo.

Outrage after Biden administration reinstates ‘barbaric’ Trump-era hunting rules

admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:00:06 +0000

Rules allow hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska

The Biden administration has reinstated controversial Trump-era rules allowing what critics say are “barbaric” hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska.

‘Potentially historic’ heatwave threatens more than 130 million people across US

admin — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:05:01 +0000

Temperatures could crest 100F (38C) in many regions after breaking records and sparking dozens of wildfires

A long-running heatwave that has already broken records, sparked dozens of wildfires and left about 130 million people under a high-temperature threat is about to intensify enough that the National Weather Service has deemed it “potentially historic”.

Tesla won’t free up use of its batteries, leaving owners unable to reap full benefits

admin — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:00:46 +0000

Exclusive: Experts say Tesla should be excluded from rebates for disabling function on its batteries in Australia that would let users alter power usage remotely

‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

admin — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 18:00:44 +0000

Polling shows voters in south of England switched because of Conservative inaction on polluted rivers and beaches

The sewage crisis was a significant factor in the Tories’ losing support in the “blue wall” in the south of England, electoral polling suggests.