Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/www.natio/index.php en Click, crackle and pop: healthy soil makes more noise, scientists find https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/click-crackle-and-pop-healthy-soil-makes-more-noise-scientists-find <p>Researchers at Australia’s Flinders University hope the acoustic method will make it easier to find and fix soil degradation</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/click-crackle-and-pop-healthy-soil-makes-more-noise-scientists-find" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 16 Aug 2024 04:00:03 +0000 admin 96775 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Melbourne mayor floats plan to slash household power bills by bulk buying renewable energy https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/melbourne-mayor-floats-plan-slash-household-power-bills-bulk-buying-renewable-energy <p>‘MPower’ would be Australia’s largest scheme of its kind – with neighbouring councils invited to join in</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/melbourne-mayor-floats-plan-slash-household-power-bills-bulk-buying-renewable-energy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 16 Aug 2024 01:49:51 +0000 admin 96774 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Last month marked the world’s hottest July on record, US scientists say https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/last-month-marked-world-s-hottest-july-record-us-scientists-say <p>This year could beat 2023 for the hottest year on record as 15-month heat streak extends, according to Noaa</p> <p>The world just had its hottest July ever recorded, elongating a string of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/extreme-heat">monthly temperature highs</a> that now stretch back for 15 consecutive months, US government scientists have announced.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/last-month-marked-world-s-hottest-july-record-us-scientists-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:26:53 +0000 admin 96773 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org As human activities expand in Antarctica, scientists identify crucial conservation sites https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/human-activities-expand-antarctica-scientists-identify-crucial-conservation-sites <p>Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosystem from the impact of human activities, researchers say.</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:06:13 +0000 admin 96771 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, researchers say https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nearly-25-european-landscape-could-be-rewilded-researchers-say <p>Europe's abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes to their wilderness before human intervention. A quarter of the European continent, 117 million hectares, is primed with rewilding opportunities, researchers report.</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:42:18 +0000 admin 96772 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/government-drops-appeal-over-climate-activist-who-held-sign-outside-uk-court <p>Judge had thrown out case against Trudi Warner, whose sign told jurors they had a right to acquit ‘according to conscience’</p> <p>The government has dropped an appeal against a judge’s decision <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/judge-throws-out-case-against-uk-climate-activist-trudi-warner-sign-jurors-rights">to throw out a contempt case</a> against a woman who stood outside a climate activist trial holding a placard about jury rights.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/government-drops-appeal-over-climate-activist-who-held-sign-outside-uk-court" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:07:30 +0000 admin 96770 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/revealed-shell-oil-non-profit-donated-anti-climate-groups-behind-project-2025 <p>Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes</p> <p>A US foundation associated with the oil company Shell has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to religious right and conservative organizations, many of which deny that climate change is a crisis, tax records reveal.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/revealed-shell-oil-non-profit-donated-anti-climate-groups-behind-project-2025" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:00:13 +0000 admin 96769 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Anti-whaling activist to stay in Greenland jail while extradition decided https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/anti-whaling-activist-stay-greenland-jail-while-extradition-decided <p>Paul Watson fighting efforts byJapan to have him stand trial there for 2010 confrontation with whalers</p> <p>A Greenland court has ordered the anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to remain in custody until 5 September pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan.</p> <p>Watson, an American-Canadian who has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/22/paul-watson-arrested-greenland-sea-shepherd-founder-and-anti-whaling-activist">detained since his arrest in Nuuk in July</a>, had appealed against the court’s decision, the statement on Thursday added.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/anti-whaling-activist-stay-greenland-jail-while-extradition-decided" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:19:52 +0000 admin 96766 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org German climate activists stop air traffic after breaking into four airport sites https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/german-climate-activists-stop-air-traffic-after-breaking-four-airport-sites <p>Police arrest Letzte Generation protesters who cut holes in fences and glued themselves to asphalt</p> <p>Climate activists have broken into four German airport sites, briefly bringing air traffic to a halt at two of those before police made arrests.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/german-climate-activists-stop-air-traffic-after-breaking-four-airport-sites" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:27:22 +0000 admin 96767 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/danish-wind-power-giant-rsted-delays-major-us-offshore-project <p>News follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/aug/15/uk-gdp-report-economy-april-june-growth-us-jobless-claims-business-live">Business live – latest updates</a></li> </ul> <p>The Danish company developing the world’s largest offshore windfarm in the North Sea has been forced to delay a major project off the north-east coast of the US, months after cancelling two nearby developments and cutting hundreds of jobs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/danish-wind-power-giant-rsted-delays-major-us-offshore-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:12:29 +0000 admin 96765 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org