Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/www.nationaltrust.org.uk/www.oserianwildlife.com/%E2%80%8E en ‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-can-t-breathe-city-inaction-over-delhi-s-suffocating-pollution-sparks-rare-protest <p>The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife</p> <p>As a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/delhi-awakes-toxic-haze-diwali-pollution-season-begins">familiar smoky evening haze</a> gathered over Delhi, the crowd began to assemble in their hundreds. Mothers and children, students, retirees and environmentalists were all united by a basic but desperate demand: the right to breathe safely in India’s capital.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-can-t-breathe-city-inaction-over-delhi-s-suffocating-pollution-sparks-rare-protest" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:42:31 +0000 admin 101813 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/china-s-co2-emissions-have-been-flat-or-falling-past-18-months-analysis-finds <p>World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity</p> <p>China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/china-s-co2-emissions-have-been-flat-or-falling-past-18-months-analysis-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:01:03 +0000 admin 101812 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/data-centers-meet-resistance-over-environmental-concerns-ai-boom-spreads-latin-america <p>An expert describes how communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as secretive governments court billions in foreign investment</p> <p><em>This Q&amp;A originally appeared as part of The Guardian’s TechScape newsletter. <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/sep/20/sign-up-for-the-techscape-newsletter-our-free-technology-email">Sign up for this weekly newsletter here</a></strong></em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/data-centers-meet-resistance-over-environmental-concerns-ai-boom-spreads-latin-america" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:58:06 +0000 admin 101811 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘We need this food’: Las Vegas teens on hunger and anxiety amid Snap cuts https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-need-food-las-vegas-teens-hunger-and-anxiety-amid-snap-cuts <p>Children may not understand politics of shutdown, but fear of future hunger can affect young brains, research reveals</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-need-food-las-vegas-teens-hunger-and-anxiety-amid-snap-cuts" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:10:40 +0000 admin 101810 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jailed-climate-activist-wins-appeal-against-deportation-uk <p>Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing</p> <p>A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/jailed-climate-activist-marcus-decker-deportation-uk-double-punishment">appeal against deportation</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jailed-climate-activist-wins-appeal-against-deportation-uk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:48:11 +0000 admin 101809 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-will-never-be-forgiven-un-climate-chief-warns-world-act-or-face-disaster <p>Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30</p> <p>Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-will-never-be-forgiven-un-climate-chief-warns-world-act-or-face-disaster" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:15:33 +0000 admin 101807 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-officials-set-approve-forever-chemical-pesticide-ingredient <p>Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk</p> <p>The Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-officials-set-approve-forever-chemical-pesticide-ingredient" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:00:49 +0000 admin 101804 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Frankie the missing flamingo ‘spotted’ 100 miles from Cornwall in Brittany https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/frankie-missing-flamingo-spotted-100-miles-cornwall-brittany <p>Sightings on French coast raise hopes it could be female flamingo that escaped from wildlife sanctuary near Hayle</p> <p><em>Regarde, un flamant rose!</em> The zookeepers of Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall may never have expected to learn the French word for flamingo but the unlikely journey of Frankie the escapee has made this a linguistic necessity.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/frankie-missing-flamingo-spotted-100-miles-cornwall-brittany" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:43:18 +0000 admin 101808 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jailed-climate-activist-facing-deportation-uk-fights-crazy-double-punishment <p>Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’</p> <p>A climate activist who is appealing against his deportation after serving one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for peaceful protest has criticised his “crazy double punishment”.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/jailed-climate-activist-facing-deportation-uk-fights-crazy-double-punishment" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:33:31 +0000 admin 101805 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/my-father-ken-saro-wiwa-died-fighting-clean-nigeria-thirty-years-it-s-time-stop-suckin <p>In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/my-father-ken-saro-wiwa-died-fighting-clean-nigeria-thirty-years-it-s-time-stop-suckin" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:15:48 +0000 admin 101806 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org