Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves en Minister defends disability benefit cuts, saying you can’t ‘tax and borrow your way out of need to reform state’ – UK politics live https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/minister-defends-disability-benefit-cuts-saying-you-can-t-tax-and-borrow-your-way-out- <p>Pat McFadden, Cabinet Office minister, says changes to be announced today are about giving people ‘hope of work in the future’</p> <p><em>Q: Why have you changed your mind on this?</em></p> <p><strong>Badenoch</strong> says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.</p> <p>The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.</p> <p>I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics … This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/minister-defends-disability-benefit-cuts-saying-you-can-t-tax-and-borrow-your-way-out-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:19:47 +0000 admin 99300 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/yes-ball-games-drive-take-down-signs-warning-against-play-begins-london <p>Charity says thousands of signs on capital’s estates deter children from being active, and is covering some of them up</p> <p>A campaign to bring down thousands of “no ball games” signs across London – and eventually across the UK – has launched with a “more ball games” takeover on a Lambeth housing estate.</p> <p>The new signs, which show basketball hoops, were designed by the inequality charity London Sport, working with the advertising giant Saatchi &amp; Saatchi, and are being put over “no ball games” signs on the Mursell estate in Stockwell with support from Lambeth council.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/yes-ball-games-drive-take-down-signs-warning-against-play-begins-london" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:03 +0000 admin 99299 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Did you catch that? On the boats with Cornish fishers – in pictures https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/did-you-catch-boats-cornish-fishers-pictures <p>Flying lobsters, cuttlefish ink and stargazy pie … Jon Tonks got on his kayak to spend 18 months photographing the incredible fishing communities around England’s south-west coast</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/18/did-you-catch-that-on-the-boats-with-cornish-fishers-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:03 +0000 admin 99298 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/countries-must-bolster-climate-efforts-or-risk-war-cop30-chief-executive-warns <p>Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending</p> <p>Countries looking to boost their national security through rearmament or increased defence spending must also bolster their climate efforts or face more wars in the future, one of the leaders of the next UN climate summit has warned.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/countries-must-bolster-climate-efforts-or-risk-war-cop30-chief-executive-warns" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:02 +0000 admin 99296 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Heartbreaking’: poisoning suspected after mass deaths of more than 200 little corellas in Newcastle https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/heartbreaking-poisoning-suspected-after-mass-deaths-more-200-little-corellas-newcastle <p>Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday, centred on the suburbs Hamilton and Carrington</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/heartbreaking-poisoning-suspected-after-mass-deaths-more-200-little-corellas-newcastle" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:26:22 +0000 admin 99297 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/thames-water-data-reveals-raw-sewage-discharges-rivers-rose-50-2024 <p>Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023</p> <p>A record 50% more raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England by Thames Water last year compared with the previous 12 months, data seen by the Guardian reveals.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/thames-water-data-reveals-raw-sewage-discharges-rivers-rose-50-2024" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:02 +0000 admin 99293 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/once-named-world-s-ugliest-animal-blobfish-wins-new-zealand-s-fish-year <p>Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest</p> <p>It was once crowned the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/12/blobfish-world-ugliest-animal">“world’s ugliest animal”</a> and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new gong to its name: New Zealand’s fish of the year.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/once-named-world-s-ugliest-animal-blobfish-wins-new-zealand-s-fish-year" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 05:22:13 +0000 admin 99294 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org A mysterious millionaire and the quest to live under the sea – podcast https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/mysterious-millionaire-and-quest-live-under-sea-podcast <p>Before billionaires dreamed of setting up communities on Mars, the ocean was seen as the next frontier in human habitation. Reviving this dream is Deep, a project backed by an anonymous millionaire to the tune of more than £100m that aims to establish a ‘permanent human presence’ under the sea from 2027. Guardian Seascape editor Lisa Bachelor visited the project just outside Chepstow on the Welsh border, and tells Madeleine Finlay what scientists hope to learn about the ocean by spending extended periods living underwater</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/mysterious-millionaire-and-quest-live-under-sea-podcast" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 05:00:03 +0000 admin 99295 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Chinese EV maker BYD says new fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/chinese-ev-maker-byd-says-new-fast-charging-system-could-be-quick-filling-tank <p>BYD reveals new platform with charging speeds of 1,000 kW, which would be twice as fast as Tesla’s superchargers</p> <p>Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/chinese-ev-maker-byd-says-new-fast-charging-system-could-be-quick-filling-tank" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:51:17 +0000 admin 99292 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Liberal supporters launch election ad campaign against Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear power plants https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/liberal-supporters-launch-election-ad-campaign-against-peter-dutton-s-plan-build-nucle <p>Liberals Against Nuclear say the policy would increase bureaucracy and impose ‘massive taxpayer-backed risk’</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/liberal-supporters-launch-election-ad-campaign-against-peter-dutton-s-plan-build-nucle" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:34:11 +0000 admin 99290 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org