Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/nationaltrust.org.uk/www.guidestar.org/profile/46-5693943 en The Guardian view on cruise ships: a licence to pollute | Editorial https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-cruise-ships-licence-pollute-editorial <p>The environmental harm caused by this shapeshifting, underregulated industry must be tackled</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-cruise-ships-licence-pollute-editorial" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:46:00 +0000 admin 98095 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The short, painful life of your Thanksgiving turkey https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/short-painful-life-your-thanksgiving-turkey <p>In this excerpt from his book Consider the Turkey, philosopher Peter Singer explains how the birds bred for maximum breast meat suffer from health problems</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/short-painful-life-your-thanksgiving-turkey" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:00:35 +0000 admin 98094 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Environmental grants promised to farmers in England frozen https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/environmental-grants-promised-farmers-england-frozen <p>Scheme to fund activities such as hedge-planting paused owing to budget constraints, sources say</p> <p>Grants promised to farmers in England for planting hedges and cleaning up waterways have been frozen by the government.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/environmental-grants-promised-farmers-england-frozen" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:07:50 +0000 admin 98093 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say they could do more https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/albanese-government-says-australia-target-reduce-emissions-campaigners-say-they-could- <p>Departmental analysis includes contentious measurements, but climate minister says government is cleaning up after ‘decade of denial, delay, dysfunction and utter neglect’</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/albanese-government-says-australia-target-reduce-emissions-campaigners-say-they-could-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:00:29 +0000 admin 98092 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org In Wales, we’re one more flood away from another disaster like Aberfan | Aaron Thierry https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wales-we-re-one-more-flood-away-another-disaster-aberfan-aaron-thierry <p>It is only a matter of time before a mountainside is brought down. We need climate adaptation help – and we need it now</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wales-we-re-one-more-flood-away-another-disaster-aberfan-aaron-thierry" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:03 +0000 admin 98091 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Record number of English bathing sites classified as having poor water quality https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/record-number-english-bathing-sites-classified-having-poor-water-quality <p>River water quality distinctly worse than that of coastal bathing sites, results from tests for harmful bacteria found</p> <p>Water quality has been designated as poor in a record number of bathing areas this year after 16 rivers were included in summer testing for harmful bacteria, figures reveal.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/record-number-english-bathing-sites-classified-having-poor-water-quality" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:48:56 +0000 admin 98090 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/selfies-and-surf-simulators-young-cruisers-driving-boom-sea-holidays <p>A new generation is taking to the ocean in growing numbers – and fears over the environmental impact of cruise ships appear not to be denting their popularity</p> <ul> <li>Read more in this <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-real-cost-of-cruises">series</a></li> </ul> <p>This summer was the first time 31-year-old Daisie Morrison had been on a cruise when she set sail on a two-week holiday with two friends, also in their early 30s.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/selfies-and-surf-simulators-young-cruisers-driving-boom-sea-holidays" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:00:05 +0000 admin 98089 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uncontacted-hunter-gatherers-facing-threat-genocide-because-minerals-mining-claims-rep <p>Survival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in ‘voluntary’ contact with workers</p> <p>Uncontacted hunter-gatherers in Indonesia “are facing a severe and immediate threat of genocide” because of mining for minerals on their lands for use in electric vehicles, a report claims.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uncontacted-hunter-gatherers-facing-threat-genocide-because-minerals-mining-claims-rep" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:00:02 +0000 admin 98088 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org 'Biodiversity is not a luxury': Connection between wealth and ecosystem health https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/biodiversity-not-luxury-connection-between-wealth-and-ecosystem-health <p>This study examines the positive correlation between an area's wealth and biodiversity, known as the 'luxury effect.' The authors present an alternative framework for understanding links between socio-economic factors and ecosystem health which emphasizes the agency of less-wealthy communities in promoting healthy ecosystems where they live.</p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:30:30 +0000 admin 98086 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Crayfish map gives conservation a helping claw https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/crayfish-map-gives-conservation-helping-claw <p>A new mapping project puts 427 crayfish taxa and over 100,000 observation records on the first searchable global atlas: World of Crayfish. The resource will help protect vulnerable crayfish species and manage invasive ones worldwide.</p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:56:38 +0000 admin 98097 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org