Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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en‘Superpod’ of more than 2,000 dolphins frolic off California coast: ‘Like flying eyebrows’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/superpod-more-2000-dolphins-frolic-california-coast-flying-eyebrows
<p>Boat tour captures video of Northern right whale dolphins, Pacific white-sided dolphins and light grey baby calves</p>
<p>More than 2,000 dolphins gathered off the California coast to form a “superpod”, gliding and breaching the clear, aquamarine waters off Monterey Bay.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/superpod-more-2000-dolphins-frolic-california-coast-flying-eyebrows" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:06:13 +0000admin99070 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUK battery firm says it has learned from others’ errors as it licenses Chinese tech
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-battery-firm-says-it-has-learned-others-errors-it-licenses-chinese-tech
<p>Volklec aims to start making batteries at part-government-funded site near Coventry before building its own factory</p>
<p>A startup has said it has learned from Britain’s faltering attempts to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, as it signed a deal to license technology from an established Chinese firm.</p>
<p>Coventry-based Volklec plans to manufacture batteries for cars, boats, construction vehicles and aircraft using technology from China’s Far East Battery (FEB), a maker of batteries mainly for electric bikes.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-battery-firm-says-it-has-learned-others-errors-it-licenses-chinese-tech" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:01:08 +0000admin99069 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWildfire debris washes up on LA beaches after major rainstorm
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wildfire-debris-washes-la-beaches-after-major-rainstorm
<p>Beaches in southern California littered with timber, twisted metals, charred silt and urban runoff from Palisades fire</p>
<p>Los Angeles county beaches are contending with the aftermath of recent wildfires and winter storms as debris from the Palisades fire and urban runoff are carried to the shoreline.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wildfire-debris-washes-la-beaches-after-major-rainstorm" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:57:42 +0000admin99068 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘We’re being treated as grifters or terrorists’: US federal workers on the fear and chaos of their firings
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-re-being-treated-grifters-or-terrorists-us-federal-workers-fear-and-chaos-their-fir
<p>An educator, archaeologist and scientist were among the thousands of government workers culled by Musk’s agency</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-re-being-treated-grifters-or-terrorists-us-federal-workers-fear-and-chaos-their-fir" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:00:14 +0000admin99063 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgCalifornia faces worsening drought despite recent heavy rainstorms
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-faces-worsening-drought-despite-recent-heavy-rainstorms
<p>Dry pattern seen among entire ‘lower basin’ of the Colorado River, including Arizona and desert cities such as Las Vegas</p>
<p>Dramatic rainstorms earlier this month brought <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ericholthaus.com/post/3li5imb4qus2r">more than 6in of rain</a> to the California mountains – a full month’s worth of rain in little more than a day – but the deluge wasn’t enough to reverse a worsening drought trend that is set to intensify further in the coming weeks and months.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-faces-worsening-drought-despite-recent-heavy-rainstorms" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:00:13 +0000admin99064 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgFarmers worried if they will make it to 2026 amid ‘cashflow crisis’, says NFU
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/farmers-worried-if-they-will-make-it-2026-amid-cashflow-crisis-says-nfu
<p>Union conference dominated by row over planned inheritance tax changes as farmers battle the bad weather and turbulent geopolitics</p>
<p>Farmers are warning of a “cashflow crisis” that has left many in the agricultural sector wondering how they will make it to the end of the year.</p>
<p>At the annual meeting of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) of England and Wales, its president told members that “bad policy, geopolitics and unprecedented weather” had left some sectors of UK farming “in the worst cashflow crisis ever”.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/farmers-worried-if-they-will-make-it-2026-amid-cashflow-crisis-says-nfu" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:59:30 +0000admin99066 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgEx-US security officials urge funding for science research to keep up with China
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ex-us-security-officials-urge-funding-science-research-keep-china
<p>Appeal from officials, including two senior figures from Trump’s first term, comes amid reports National Science Foundation’s budget will be slashed</p>
<p>Chuck Hagel, the former US defense secretary, and other former US national security officials, including two senior figures from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> first term, on Tuesday warned that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</a> was outpacing the US in critical technology fields and urged Congress to increase funding for federal scientific research.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ex-us-security-officials-urge-funding-science-research-keep-china" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:40:47 +0000admin99065 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgMatt Kean says suggestion Coalition could sack him if it wins election is ‘concerning threat’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/matt-kean-says-suggestion-coalition-could-sack-him-if-it-wins-election-concerning-thre
<p>Climate Change Authority chair says his job is to provide ‘frank and fearless advice’ after he criticised opposition’s nuclear energy proposal</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/matt-kean-says-suggestion-coalition-could-sack-him-if-it-wins-election-concerning-thre" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:00:16 +0000admin99062 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgScientists worried about CSIRO-backed plan to release genetically modified mosquitos in Queensland
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scientists-worried-about-csiro-backed-plan-release-genetically-modified-mosquitos-quee
<p>One expert says releasing a foreign strain into wild could increase risk of insecticide resistance</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scientists-worried-about-csiro-backed-plan-release-genetically-modified-mosquitos-quee" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:00:12 +0000admin99067 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUS officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/us-officials-have-been-absent-global-climate-forums-during-trump-20
<p>Exclusive: The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramifications</p>
<p>US officials have missed recent international climate forums sparking concerns about a potentially significant shift from Donald Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and interviews with meeting attendees by the Centre for Climate Reporting and the Guardian show.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/us-officials-have-been-absent-global-climate-forums-during-trump-20" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:00:11 +0000admin99059 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org