‘The ocean has no boundaries’: Beauty and life in a war zone

Published on June 5, 2026

When US and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran on 28 February, triggering one of the most serious geopolitical crises in years, the Strait of Hormuz – a narrow channel just 34 kilometres wide at its narrowest point – became a global flashpoint overnight.

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Ohio has blocked a lot of wind and solar. Its residents pay the price.

June 5, 2026
Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court blocked a permit for what would be the state’s largest solar installation. The 800-megawatt Oak Run Solar Project still has a pathway to completion — the court reversed only one part of the state siting board’s prior approval — but it remains unclear how things will play out. This…

More travellers are flocking to see glaciers before it’s too late

June 5, 2026
In 2019, Iceland’s prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Irish president Mary Robinson, and approximately 100 others hiked for two hours to the top of a volcano in Iceland that used to be a glacier. There they installed a plaque engraved with a “Letter to the Future.” The solemn and highly publicized event was billed as the first funeral for a glacier in Iceland, perhaps the first ever – and