Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/joyce-and-canavan-call-new-coal-plants-replace-renewable-energy-projects <p>Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides opposition</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></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/joyce-and-canavan-call-new-coal-plants-replace-renewable-energy-projects" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:00:47 +0000 admin 100817 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/monarch-butterflies-mass-die-2024-caused-pesticide-exposure-study <p>New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested</p> <p>A 2024 mass monarch butterfly die off in southern California was probably caused by pesticide exposure, new <a href="https://academic.oup.com/etc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf163/8177160">peer-reviewed research</a> finds, adding difficult-to-obtain evidence to the theory that pesticides are partly behind <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/monarch-butterfly-population-decline">dramatic declines</a> in monarchs’ numbers in recent decades.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/monarch-butterflies-mass-die-2024-caused-pesticide-exposure-study" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:00:22 +0000 admin 100815 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air | Simon Jenkins https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/he-may-talk-rubbish-trump-has-eye-beauty-and-breath-fresh-air-simon-jenkins <p>The US president promotes classical architecture and loathes ‘ugly’ wind turbines. Keir Starmer would dismiss him as a nimby, but on this Trump has a point</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/he-may-talk-rubbish-trump-has-eye-beauty-and-breath-fresh-air-simon-jenkins" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:32:21 +0000 admin 100814 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Week in wildlife: a hippo with a hitchhiker, a wallaby jailbreak and a fly on the wall https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-hippo-hitchhiker-wallaby-jailbreak-and-fly-wall <p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/aug/01/week-in-wildlife-a-hippo-with-a-hitchhiker-a-wallaby-jailbreak-and-a-fly-on-the-wall">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:03:46 +0000 admin 100813 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/tourist-discovers-extinct-jellyfish-while-rock-pooling-outer-hebrides <p>Thistle-shaped <em>Depastrum cyathiforme </em>was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist</p> <p>For nearly 50 years, there has been no trace of <em>Depastrum cyathiforme</em>, a stalked jellyfish that resembles a thistle flower.</p> <p>The distinctive jellyfish was feared globally extinct after being last spotted in Roscoff, northern France, in 1976.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/01/tourist-rediscovers-jellyfish-rock-pooling-outer-hebrides">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:00:16 +0000 admin 100812 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans? https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/what-will-expanding-heathrow-do-uk-s-net-zero-plans <p>Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/01/heathrow-submits-shovel-ready-plans-for-third-runway">Heathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runway</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/01/why-is-heathrow-third-runway-back-on-the-agenda">Why is Heathrow’s third runway back on the agenda?</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/what-will-expanding-heathrow-do-uk-s-net-zero-plans" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:00:16 +0000 admin 100811 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Wet and wintry weekend in store for NSW, with warnings of heavy rainfall and damaging winds https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wet-and-wintry-weekend-store-nsw-warnings-heavy-rainfall-and-damaging-winds <p>Weather bureau says bulk of the rain forecast to hit on weekend as a low-pressure system deepens off the coast</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/01/anthony-albanese-labor-coalition-palestine-recognition-pressure-us-trade-tariffs-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wet-and-wintry-weekend-store-nsw-warnings-heavy-rainfall-and-damaging-winds" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:12:32 +0000 admin 100810 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Heathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runway https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/heathrow-submits-shovel-ready-plans-third-runway <p>Government says expanding Europe’s largest airport could create 100,000 jobs and drive growth</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/01/why-is-heathrow-third-runway-back-on-the-agenda">Why is Heathrow’s third runway back on the agenda?</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/01/labour-plans-offset-heathrow-expansion-emissions">What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans?</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/heathrow-submits-shovel-ready-plans-third-runway" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:01:07 +0000 admin 100809 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Top Texas emergency official says he was sick and asleep as deadly floods hit https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/top-texas-emergency-official-says-he-was-sick-and-asleep-deadly-floods-hit <p>William Thomas of Kerr county tells hearing illness meant he did not take part in emergency planning meetings</p> <p>A key emergency official was sick and asleep for most of the day before devastating flash flooding swept through Texas hill country and killed more than 130 people over the Fourth of July weekend.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/top-texas-emergency-official-says-he-was-sick-and-asleep-deadly-floods-hit" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:56:51 +0000 admin 100808 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Jason White on water management – cartoon https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jason-white-water-management-cartoon <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jul/31/jason-white-on-water-management-cartoon">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:58:46 +0000 admin 100807 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org