Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/victorian-liberal-leader-distances-state-party-peter-dutton-s-nuclear-proposal-our-foc <p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>Brad Battin says he had a conversation with the federal opposition leader about the ‘language’ he would use about plans to build a nuclear reactor in eastern Victoria</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/victorian-liberal-leader-distances-state-party-peter-dutton-s-nuclear-proposal-our-foc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:22 +0000 admin 99603 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/coalition-scores-just-1100-points-environment-and-climate-policies-conservation-organi <p>Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/coalition-scores-just-1100-points-environment-and-climate-policies-conservation-organi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:20 +0000 admin 99604 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Birmingham bin workers reject deal to end strike https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/birmingham-bin-workers-reject-deal-end-strike <p>Unite leader says ‘partial deal on pay protection for a few’ was overwhelmingly rejected in vote, as rubbish piles up</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/birmingham-bin-workers-reject-deal-end-strike" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:27:57 +0000 admin 99605 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rightwing-media-falsely-blame-ed-miliband-uk-steel-crisis-experts-say <p>Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/14/scunthorpe-british-steelworks-keir-starmer-tariffs-uk-politics-live">UK politics live – latest updates</a></li> </ul> <p>Ed Miliband and the UK’s net zero target are being falsely blamed for the UK’s steel crisis, experts have said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rightwing-media-falsely-blame-ed-miliband-uk-steel-crisis-experts-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:59:35 +0000 admin 99601 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘It looks like I’ve gone 10 rounds with a boxer’: when hay fever becomes debilitating – and potentially deadly https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-looks-i-ve-gone-10-rounds-boxer-when-hay-fever-becomes-debilitating-and-potentially <p>Often dismissed as summertime sniffles, the condition that affects a quarter of UK adults can lead to serious and life-limiting health problems</p> <p>Read more: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/10/pollen-peril-how-heat-thunder-and-smog-are-creating-deadly-hay-fever-seasons-aoe">Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-looks-i-ve-gone-10-rounds-boxer-when-hay-fever-becomes-debilitating-and-potentially" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:00:37 +0000 admin 99599 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Modeling coastal land use scenario impacts on ecosystem services restoration in Southwest Ghana, West Africa https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/modeling-coastal-land-use-scenario-impacts-ecosystem-services-restoration-southwest-gh <p>npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 14 April 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00105-w">doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00105-w</a></p> <p>Modeling coastal land use scenario impacts on ecosystem services restoration in Southwest Ghana, West Africa</p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 admin 99602 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘I should’ve done the elbow bump’: Plibersek and Albanese brush off awkward greeting at Labor election campaign launch https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-should-ve-done-elbow-bump-plibersek-and-albanese-brush-awkward-greeting-labor-electi <p>‘During an election campaign, the last thing you want is to catch a cold from someone – so that’s on me,’ environment minister says</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-should-ve-done-elbow-bump-plibersek-and-albanese-brush-awkward-greeting-labor-electi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 01:23:30 +0000 admin 99598 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rise-end-times-fascism-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor <p>The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rise-end-times-fascism-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:00:15 +0000 admin 99596 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/unprecedented-sightings-asian-hornets-raise-fears-uk-bees <p>Early reports have led experts to believe there could be a surge in the deadly invader, threatening native species </p> <p>They have bright yellow legs, are about 25mm (almost 1in) long, and a single colony, if left unchecked, can “butcher” 90,000 pollinating insects in just one season.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/unprecedented-sightings-asian-hornets-raise-fears-uk-bees" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:07 +0000 admin 99595 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/progress-and-challenges-multi-habitat-marine-restoration-eastern-aegean-sea-t-rkiye <p>npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 13 April 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00114-9">doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00114-9</a></p> <p>Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye</p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 admin 99591 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org