Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/utterly-unsurprising-news-maga-blames-diversity-los-angeles-wildfires <p>Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/utterly-unsurprising-news-maga-blames-diversity-los-angeles-wildfires" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:07 +0000 admin 98535 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-built-our-world-fire-now-heat-destroying-our-lives-john-vaillant <p>We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-built-our-world-fire-now-heat-destroying-our-lives-john-vaillant" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:43:36 +0000 admin 98536 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/bring-north-sea-oil-and-gas-under-greater-public-control-report-urges <p>Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/19/theyre-killing-us-aberdeen-braces-for-end-to-north-sea-oil-as-clean-energy-plan-takes-shape">North Sea oil</a> and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/bring-north-sea-oil-and-gas-under-greater-public-control-report-urges" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:36:23 +0000 admin 98534 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/los-angeles-fire-and-big-oil-are-arsonists-tzeporah-berman <p>Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/los-angeles-fire-and-big-oil-are-arsonists-tzeporah-berman" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000 admin 98533 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org California wildfire victims pick up pieces as blazes rage on – in photos https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-wildfire-victims-pick-pieces-blazes-rage-photos <p>Firefighters battle on as people across Los Angeles struggle to find a way forward on Friday</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/11/california-fires-la-fires-live-updates-latest-news">California wildfires – live</a></li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/jan/10/california-wildfire-los-angeles-photos">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:26:43 +0000 admin 98531 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org 2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/2024-was-hottest-year-record-world-s-land-and-oceans-us-scientists-confirm <p>Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’</p> <p>It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a> is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/2024-was-hottest-year-record-world-s-land-and-oceans-us-scientists-confirm" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:21:20 +0000 admin 98527 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction | Editorial https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-la-fires-donald-trump-s-denial-and-division-fuel-climate-inaction-editor <p>Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-la-fires-donald-trump-s-denial-and-division-fuel-climate-inaction-editor" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:06:34 +0000 admin 98530 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/world-s-ugliest-lawn-winner-says-she-leaves-watering-mother-nature <p>New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservation</p> <p>A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world.</p> <p>Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy flowerbeds.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/10/worlds-ugliest-lawn-winner-water-drinking-grass">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:00:40 +0000 admin 98529 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour? https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-have-britain-s-energy-costs-soared-and-what-does-it-mean-labour <p>Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-have-britain-s-energy-costs-soared-and-what-does-it-mean-labour" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:17:43 +0000 admin 98524 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after further lynx sightings https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fears-rogue-rewilding-scottish-highlands-after-further-lynx-sightings <p>Environmentalists condemn unauthorised releases as ‘reckless’ and ‘highly irresponsible’</p> <p>For a brief moment this week, lynx have been roaming the Scottish Highlands once again. But this was not the way conservationists had hoped to end their 1,000-year absence.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fears-rogue-rewilding-scottish-highlands-after-further-lynx-sightings" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:56:46 +0000 admin 98525 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org