Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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enBrazil appoints veteran diplomat as Cop30 president for November summit
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brazil-appoints-veteran-diplomat-cop30-president-november-summit
<p>Climate negotiator André Aranha Corrêa do Lago given top job, bypassing Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva</p>
<p>Brazil has announced the top team for the<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/16/lula-and-petro-have-chance-of-lifetime-to-save-amazon-can-they-unite-idealism-realpolitik-to-pull-it-off-cop16-aoe"> next UN climate summit</a>, which will be hosted in Belém this November, bypassing the country’s environment minister, Marina Silva, in favour of a veteran diplomat for the crucial role of president of the talks.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brazil-appoints-veteran-diplomat-cop30-president-november-summit" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:41:17 +0000admin98661 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgGatwick still beats Heathrow hands-down if we must have another runway | Nils Pratley
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gatwick-still-beats-heathrow-hands-down-if-we-must-have-another-runway-nils-pratley
<p>Pollution aside, the problem with expanding Heathrow lies in the disruption and delay inevitable in such a complex project</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gatwick-still-beats-heathrow-hands-down-if-we-must-have-another-runway-nils-pratley" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:50:56 +0000admin98660 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgCycle of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at 'catastrophic' levels
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/cycle-coral-bleaching-great-barrier-reef-now-catastrophic-levels
<p>Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. They found that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80 per cent by April. By July, 44 percent of the bleached colonies had died, with some coral genera, such as Acropora, experiencing a staggering 95 percent mortality rate.</p>
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:00:51 +0000admin98662 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWater quality expert calls for wider PFAS ban as NSW community seeks blood tests on ‘poisoned’ land
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/water-quality-expert-calls-wider-pfas-ban-nsw-community-seeks-blood-tests-poisoned-lan
<p>Cost of fixing ‘forever chemical’ pollution should be borne by manufacturers and polluters, not governments and consumers, expert tells Senate inquiry</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/water-quality-expert-calls-wider-pfas-ban-nsw-community-seeks-blood-tests-poisoned-lan" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:00:29 +0000admin98657 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgCalifornia prepares for possible new fires as winds create conditions for ‘explosive growth’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-prepares-possible-new-fires-winds-create-conditions-explosive-growth
<p>Gusts could peak at 70mph (113km/h) along the coast and 100mph (160km/h) in the mountains and foothills</p>
<p>Winds picked up on Tuesday in southern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> and at least a couple of new <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california-wildfires">wildfires</a> broke out as firefighters remained on alert in extreme fire weather, two weeks after major blazes started, two of them still burning, in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> area.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-prepares-possible-new-fires-winds-create-conditions-explosive-growth" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:56:46 +0000admin98658 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgA third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/third-arctic-s-vast-carbon-sink-now-source-emissions-study-reveals
<p>Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows</p>
<p>A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02234-5">a new study</a> has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of the frozen north.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/third-arctic-s-vast-carbon-sink-now-source-emissions-study-reveals" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:00:12 +0000admin98656 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-ask-be-recognised-small-fishers-claim-12bn-eu-fund-favours-big-players
<p>Artisanal shellfish farmers face ruinous losses but money meant to help is going to the powerful fishing industry, say critics</p>
<p>Early on a warm September morning in southern Italy, Giovanni Nicandro sets out from the port of Taranto in his small boat. Summoning his courage, the mussel farmer inspects his year’s work – only to find them all dead, a sight that almost brings him to tears.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-ask-be-recognised-small-fishers-claim-12bn-eu-fund-favours-big-players" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:00:08 +0000admin98655 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBelfast harbour plans £90m upgrade to serve wind energy projects
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/belfast-harbour-plans-90m-upgrade-serve-wind-energy-projects
<p>Move is part of £300m investment that includes deepwater quay and building of hundreds of homes near city centre</p>
<p>Belfast harbour is to invest £90m to upgrade its port to serve a wave of wind energy projects and cruise ships as part of a £300m investment plan.</p>
<p>A new deepwater quay capable of supporting wind projects will be the largest part of an investment plan that also includes the construction of hundreds of homes at a site near the city centre.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/belfast-harbour-plans-90m-upgrade-serve-wind-energy-projects" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:00:09 +0000admin98654 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgTrump revokes Biden order that had set 50% electric vehicles target for 2030
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-revokes-biden-order-had-set-50-electric-vehicles-target-2030
<p>President tells crowd that US ‘will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-revokes-biden-order-had-set-50-electric-vehicles-target-2030" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 02:10:36 +0000admin98653 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgTrump vows to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling as he rolls back climate rules
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-vows-unleash-oil-and-gas-drilling-he-rolls-back-climate-rules
<p>President declares energy emergency, reiterates Paris withdrawal plan and overturns emissions standards</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> declared a national energy emergency on the first day of his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-division-vengeance-inauguration">new presidency</a>, as part of a barrage of pro-fossil fuel actions and efforts to “unleash” already booming US energy production that included also rolling back restrictions in drilling in Alaska and undoing a pause on gas exports.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-vows-unleash-oil-and-gas-drilling-he-rolls-back-climate-rules" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:46:29 +0000admin98652 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org