Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en The Guardian view on climate policy: Britain needs clean power, not culture wars | Editorial https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-climate-policy-britain-needs-clean-power-not-culture-wars-editorial <p>Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap the Climate Change Act is reckless. Ed Miliband offers a bolder, fairer vision. The future must be built on renewables</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-climate-policy-britain-needs-clean-power-not-culture-wars-editorial" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:32:45 +0000 admin 101420 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jem-cresswell-s-striking-whale-images-pictures <p>Photographer Jem Cresswell spent five years documenting the southern hemisphere’s humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench for his new book <a href="https://giantsthebook.com/">Giants</a>, out now</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/oct/03/humpback-whale-images-photographer-jem-cresswell-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:00:56 +0000 admin 101419 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org A pheasant coucal is a mass of contradictions: a bewildered bravo rolling through my house like a feathered wrecking ball | Bronwen Scott https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/pheasant-coucal-mass-contradictions-bewildered-bravo-rolling-through-my-house-feathere <p>Swinging wildly from confident to confused, and permanently dishevelled, this most relatable of cuckoos blunders through life as best it can</p> <ul> <li> <p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p> </li> <li> <p>See more <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025">Australian bird of the year</a> content</p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/pheasant-coucal-mass-contradictions-bewildered-bravo-rolling-through-my-house-feathere" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:00:54 +0000 admin 101418 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brewdog-sells-scottish-rewilding-estate-it-bought-only-five-years-ago <p>Latest disposal by ‘punk’ beer company follows £37m loss and closure of 10 pubs</p> <p>BrewDog has sold a Highlands rewilding estate it bought with great fanfare in 2020 after posting losses last year of £37m on its beer businesses.</p> <p>The company paid £8.8m for Kinrara near Aviemore and pledged it would plant millions of trees on 50 sq km of land, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/05/lost-forest-why-is-brewdog-green-scheme-causing-controversy">initially telling customers</a> the project would be partly funded by sales of its Lost Forest beer.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brewdog-sells-scottish-rewilding-estate-it-bought-only-five-years-ago" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:06 +0000 admin 101417 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/starmer-can-help-shape-future-world-cop30-he-can-t-let-fear-farage-stop-him-michael-ja <p>The battle inside No 10 about whether the PM should attend an absolutely crucial climate summit in Brazil is ludicrous. He must assert himself – and go</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/starmer-can-help-shape-future-world-cop30-he-can-t-let-fear-farage-stop-him-michael-ja" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:45:22 +0000 admin 101416 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/senior-tories-dismayed-badenoch-s-catastrophic-vow-repeal-climate-change-act <p>Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it</p> <p>The former prime minister Theresa May has condemned <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/02/kemi-badenoch-vows-to-repeal-climate-change-act">a promise made by Kemi Badenoch to repeal the Climate Change Act</a> if the Tories win the next general election, calling the plans a “catastrophic mistake”.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/senior-tories-dismayed-badenoch-s-catastrophic-vow-repeal-climate-change-act" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:11:26 +0000 admin 101415 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/remarkable-ability-inspire-global-tributes-pour-jane-goodall <p>Barack Obama, Prince William and Tanzanian president among many to mark death of primatologist at age of 91</p> <p>World leaders, friends and former colleagues have been paying tribute to the primatologist Jane Goodall, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/01/jane-goodall-world-renowned-primatologist-dies">who died in California on Wednesday</a>, aged 91.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/remarkable-ability-inspire-global-tributes-pour-jane-goodall" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:15:37 +0000 admin 101414 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/dogs-and-drones-how-scientists-are-saving-washington-s-endangered-orcas <p>Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whales</p> <p>Nestled between the US state of Washington and Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands are a vibrant haven for North American wildlife. Here, all of the world’s remaining 74 southern resident sub-species of orcas find sanctuary, surfacing daily from the depths of the Salish Sea.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/dogs-and-drones-how-scientists-are-saving-washington-s-endangered-orcas" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:00:46 +0000 admin 101413 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org UK politics: Jenrick’s ideas mostly ‘my thoughts repackaged’, says Badenoch – as it happened https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-politics-jenrick-s-ideas-mostly-my-thoughts-repackaged-says-badenoch-it-happened <p>Tory leader also claims the party was close to bankruptcy when she took over last year</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/02/kemi-badenoch-vows-to-repeal-climate-change-act">Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Voters trust the Green party most … on green issues, is the rather unsurprising finding of a poll by <strong>YouGov</strong> looking at how voters view the party, which starts its autumn conference tomorrow. The Greens are least trusted on the economy and on defence.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-politics-jenrick-s-ideas-mostly-my-thoughts-repackaged-says-badenoch-it-happened" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:07:18 +0000 admin 101411 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘It’s been beyond difficult’: earthworks of HS2 take toll on Chilterns residents https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-s-been-beyond-difficult-earthworks-hs2-take-toll-chilterns-residents <p>Locals complain of a changed landscape, flooding, dust and disruption as rail project cuts through area of outstanding natural beauty</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/02/uk-fifth-worst-country-in-europe-for-loss-of-green-space-to-development">UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-s-been-beyond-difficult-earthworks-hs2-take-toll-chilterns-residents" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:44 +0000 admin 101412 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org