Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Here are 10 ways a ‘super’ El Niño could impact the planet | Benjamin Selwyn

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:50 +0000

The climate phenomenon is intensifying an already unequal global economy

The Galápagos is a wildlife haven. But is that enough to protect the rare scalloped hammerhead shark?

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:50 +0000

The species is abundant within the protected archipelago but when they migrate outside the marine reserve to give birth they run the gauntlet of industrial fishing

The unmistakable fluted T-shape of a scalloped hammerhead shark slides by, followed by a diver holding his breath and a metal spear like an extra-long snooker cue. The spear hits the fish behind its dorsal fin and the 2-metre shark darts away, disgruntled but otherwise unharmed.

A third of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Cop31 host

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:49 +0000

Turkish minister Murat Kurum says ‘electrifying daily life’ will be priority for this year’s UN climate summit

The world should aim to meet a third of its energy needs from electricity within a decade to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the host of the next UN climate summit has said.

While about a third of global electricity generation already comes from renewable sources, other energy-intensive sectors – chiefly transport, heating and industries – have lagged behind. Close to four-fifths of final energy still comes from fossil fuels, as a result.

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:48 +0000

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say

The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found.

World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:45 +0000

Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent

The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country’s artificial intelligence boom.

The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, has a capacity of 24 megawatts. It is a joint effort between HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction, a state-owned company.

Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:38 +0000

The 12 finalists will be exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery during Beaker Street festival from 6 to 17 August, including images of newborn fish, a native wasp and satellite trails across the night sky

The language of termites: Liss Fenwick’s The Colony – in pictures

The Guardian view on climate equality: a richer life and real public abundance, not just more stuff | Editorial

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:28:05 +0000

The Global Justice Report offers a hopeful bargain: tax extreme wealth and replace consumer excess with social and economic security for all

‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:45:01 +0000

Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says

The world’s oceans are under “severe and accelerating” pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United Nations.

If Australian data centres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return | David Pocock

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:28 +0000

We cannot afford to make the same mistake as we did with gas. If tech companies are going to use our land, energy and water for AI, they must pay their fair share of tax

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Diver captures rare footage of great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea – video

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:19:30 +0000

Footage captured by a diver shows a rare sighting of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea, spotted between Tunisia and Sicily.

The sighting happened during a mission, organised by the NGO Healthy Seas Foundation in partnership with Ghost Diving and the Society for Documentation of Submerged Sites, to remove abandoned fishing nets in the strait of Sicily.