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Consumer regulator claims owner of Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat misled consumers but company stands by productsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s consumer regu…
Nice was a step forward for legal enforceability, but hardly a victory for ocean diplomacy.
Environment minister Murray Watt is returning from oceans conference where he pledged to curb the scourge of plastics and ratify a treaty to protect the high seas• Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereT…
Speaking at summit in France, António Guterres calls for bold pledges to stop deep sea becoming ‘wild west’Nations must move from “plunder to protection” in order to save the world’s seas from crisis, the UN chief, António Guterres, told the ocean summ…
Murray Watt tells UN conference in France a review of Australia’s marine parks will ‘lay the foundation’ for increasing ocean protectionsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Australian government pl…
Launch comes as charities call on UK government to ban ‘destructive’ fishing industry practice in protected areasStephen Fry and Theo James are to star in a darkly satirical short film about bottom trawling, a controversial industrial process that drag…
Pioneering broadcaster recalls incident during discussion with royal about latest documentary, OceanSir David Attenborough almost drowned when testing a scuba-diving helmet for his 1957 dive on the Great Barrier Reef, the broadcasting veteran has revea…
World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather eventsAlmost 40 million sq kilometres of ocean around south-east Asia and the Pacific – an area five times the size of A…
Crisafulli government’s $88m plan for more shark nets and baited drum lines at popular beaches may fall foul of federal lawsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe expansion of Queensland’s lethal shark control program will be ch…
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtimeThe sea off the coast of the UK and Ireland is experiencing an unprecedented marine heatwave with temperatures increasing by as much as 4C above averag…