In a huge environmental win, the Australian government has declared that it will protect more ocean than any other country following a 300,000 square kilometre expansion of a sub-Antarctic marine park. The decision means that the ocean around the Heard and McDonald Islands, a wildlife haven, will be free from mining and the creation of new pelagic fisheries. As such, it will remain one of the places on Earth least disturbed by humans.
Read the story on The Guardian.