Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-making-us-spellbound-nature <p>Writer tells Hay Festival about his new book, Blossomise, and how to inspire people to preserve the natural world</p> <p>Poets can help fight climate breakdown by making us “spellbound, full of wonder and beguiled” by nature, the poet laureate has said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-making-us-spellbound-nature" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:48:45 +0000 admin 95935 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun? | Joëlle Gergis https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/are-climate-wars-really-over-or-has-new-era-greenwashing-just-begun-jo-lle-gergis <p>In a new Quarterly Essay, <strong>Joëlle Gergis</strong> says that while Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Albanese government’s lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisis</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/are-climate-wars-really-over-or-has-new-era-greenwashing-just-begun-jo-lle-gergis" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:00:09 +0000 admin 95934 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/my-climate-view-online-tool-allows-australian-farmers-project-changes-out-2070 <p>The program developed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology allows farmers to better understand the risks of the climate crisis, study found</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/my-climate-view-online-tool-allows-australian-farmers-project-changes-out-2070" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:00:07 +0000 admin 95933 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org A supreme court case about fisherman is flying under the radar, but could soon ‘create chaos’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/supreme-court-case-about-fisherman-flying-under-radar-could-soon-create-chaos <p>For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences</p> <p>The US supreme court is poised to decide the fate of a decades-old legal framework that has helped determine how the federal government regulates everything from pollution to financial markets.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/supreme-court-case-about-fisherman-flying-under-radar-could-soon-create-chaos" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:00:05 +0000 admin 95931 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org A supreme court case about fishermen could throw government into chaos https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/supreme-court-case-about-fishermen-could-throw-government-chaos <p>For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences</p> <p>The US supreme court is poised to decide the fate of a decades-old legal framework that has helped determine how the federal government regulates everything from pollution to financial markets.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/supreme-court-case-about-fishermen-could-throw-government-chaos" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:00:04 +0000 admin 95932 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘It’s all we have’: young climate activists on the state of politics around the world https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-s-all-we-have-young-climate-activists-state-politics-around-world <p>With elections affecting half the world’s population this year, campaigners offer their views on the chances of real change</p> <p>This year elections are taking place across the globe, covering <a href="https://time.com/6550920/world-elections-2024/">almost half</a> of the world’s population. It is also likely to be, yet again, the hottest year recorded as the climate crisis intensifies. The Guardian asked young climate activists around the world what they want from the elections and whether politics is working in the fight to halt global heating.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-s-all-we-have-young-climate-activists-state-politics-around-world" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:39:01 +0000 admin 95929 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Scotland’s remote land of bogs and bugs in line for world heritage status https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scotland-s-remote-land-bogs-and-bugs-line-world-heritage-status <p>A decision from Unesco on giving the peat-rich Flow Country the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef is just weeks away </p> <p>It is a land of mire, mist and midges that could soon be awarded a special status among the planet’s wild habitats. In a few weeks, Unesco is set to announce its decision on an application to allow the Flow Country in north Scotland to become a world heritage site.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scotland-s-remote-land-bogs-and-bugs-line-world-heritage-status" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:00:01 +0000 admin 95930 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org C’mon kids! Here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/c-mon-kids-here-s-your-chance-get-published-guardian <p>Our nature series Young Country Diary is looking for pieces written by children about their summer wildlife adventures</p> <p>Once again, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/young-country-diary">Young Country Diary series</a> is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.</p> <p>The article needs to be about a <strong>recent encounter they’ve had with nature</strong> – whether it’s a trip to the beach, a worm-hungry blackbird or a thriving rockpool.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/c-mon-kids-here-s-your-chance-get-published-guardian" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:02:22 +0000 admin 95928 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-activist-defaces-monet-painting-paris <p>Woman from Riposte Alimentaire arrested after sticking poster on impressionist painter’s Coquelicots</p> <p>A climate activist has been arrested for sticking an adhesive poster on a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to draw attention to global heating, a police source said.</p> <p>The action by the woman, a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) – a group of environmental activists and defenders of sustainable food production – was seen in a video posted on X, placing a blood-red poster over Coquelicots (Poppies) by the French impressionist painter Claude Monet.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-activist-defaces-monet-painting-paris" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:41:33 +0000 admin 95927 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Climate deniers like DeSantis hurt most vulnerable communities, scientists say https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-deniers-desantis-hurt-most-vulnerable-communities-scientists-say <p>On first day of predicted intense Atlantic hurricane season, Nature Conservancy urges action and warns against misinformation</p> <p>Misinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-deniers-desantis-hurt-most-vulnerable-communities-scientists-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:00:03 +0000 admin 95926 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org