Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/node/9 en Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sadiq-khan-announce-plans-build-houses-london-green-belt <p>Mayor to make major policy shift and say scale of housing crisis requires breaking taboo</p> <p>Sadiq Khan is announcing plans to build on parts of London’s green belt, in a dramatic shift in housing policy aimed at tackling “the most profound housing crisis in the capital’s history”.</p> <p>In a major speech on Friday, the mayor of London is expected to say the scale of the challenge, which could need about 1m new homes built in the next decade, requires a break from longstanding taboos.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sadiq-khan-announce-plans-build-houses-london-green-belt" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 09 May 2025 04:00:50 +0000 admin 99905 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/helmeted-honeyeaters-return-cardinia-victoria-first-time-1983-s-ash-wednesday-bushfire <p>Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thrive</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here</a></li> </ul> <p>For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/helmeted-honeyeaters-return-cardinia-victoria-first-time-1983-s-ash-wednesday-bushfire" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 09 May 2025 02:20:42 +0000 admin 99904 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Australia’s clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here? | Kane Thornton https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/australia-s-clean-energy-industry-has-just-survived-near-death-experience-where-here-k <p>Voters have spoken with clarity. We want a renewable-powered future</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/australia-s-clean-energy-industry-has-just-survived-near-death-experience-where-here-k" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 09 May 2025 01:03:11 +0000 admin 99902 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Hawaii families receive payouts for 2021 fuel leak that sickened thousands https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hawaii-families-receive-payouts-2021-fuel-leak-sickened-thousands <p>Judge grants payments between $5,000 and $104,000 after second world war-era tank leak contaminated water supply</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hawaii-families-receive-payouts-2021-fuel-leak-sickened-thousands" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 08 May 2025 20:31:38 +0000 admin 99898 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: ‘Major loss’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/noaa-stop-tracking-cost-climate-crisis-fueled-disasters-major-loss <p>US agency will no longer update major weather database in latest showing of Trump’s influence on climate resources</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/noaa-stop-tracking-cost-climate-crisis-fueled-disasters-major-loss" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 08 May 2025 19:59:31 +0000 admin 99899 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Database reveals vital ocean links to aid conservation https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/database-reveals-vital-ocean-links-aid-conservation <p>Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.</p> Thu, 08 May 2025 15:26:07 +0000 admin 99903 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Just 30 species of tree dominate world's most diverse savanna https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/just-30-species-tree-dominate-worlds-most-diverse-savanna <p>Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by a few species could help researchers understand how this vast ecosystem functions.</p> Thu, 08 May 2025 15:25:48 +0000 admin 99900 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Former Greens leaders urge party to stand up to Labor ‘arrogance’ as jockeying begins to replace Bandt https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/former-greens-leaders-urge-party-stand-labor-arrogance-jockeying-begins-replace-bandt <p>Richard Di Natale says party can regain lost seats, while Bob Brown and Christine Milne praise Adam Bandt’s leadership against ‘nasty misrepresentations’</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/former-greens-leaders-urge-party-stand-labor-arrogance-jockeying-begins-replace-bandt" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:36 +0000 admin 99901 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Flood waters pour into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in rare spectacle ‘supercharged by climate change’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/flood-waters-pour-kati-thanda-lake-eyre-rare-spectacle-supercharged-climate-change <p>Sacred site of the Arabana people could get its most significant top-up in a generation as floods spread across the outback</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here</a></li> </ul> <p>A pulse of flood water has surged into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in what could be the most significant top-up in a generation.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/flood-waters-pour-kati-thanda-lake-eyre-rare-spectacle-supercharged-climate-change" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:34 +0000 admin 99896 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘We’re still living with the aftermath’: Floridians brace for fresh hurricane season https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-re-still-living-aftermath-floridians-brace-fresh-hurricane-season <p>With less than a month before the start of the 2025 hurricane season, residents are still recovering from catastrophic damage from the past two years</p> <p>Idalia. Debby. Helene.</p> <p>Not visiting friends, not neighbors. All hurricanes that have not yet faded into memory for the residents of Taylor county in Florida, where all three powerful storms hit in just two years.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/florida-hurricane-season">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 08 May 2025 12:00:30 +0000 admin 99895 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org