Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/www.nationaltrust.org.uk/www.oserianwildlife.com/www.lloyds.com/the-market/tools-and-resources/research/exposure-management/emerging-risks/emerging-risk-reports/science/www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/%C3%82%C2%A3page/n8/mode/www.bioone.org/loi/rama en Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics? – podcast https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-can-t-world-get-its-act-together-plastics-podcast <p>After three years of negotiating, talks over a global plastics treaty came to an end in Geneva last week with no agreement in place. So why has it been so difficult to get countries to agree to cut plastic production? Madeleine Finlay hears from Karen McVeigh, a senior reporter for Guardian Seascapes, about a particularly damaging form of plastic pollution causing devastation off the coast of Kerala, and where we go now that countries have failed to reach a deal</p> <p><em>Clips: Fox News, BBC, 7News Australia, France 24, DW News, CNA</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-can-t-world-get-its-act-together-plastics-podcast" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:00:09 +0000 admin 100996 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Scarborough struggles with ‘gull muggings’ as urban seabird population rises https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scarborough-struggles-gull-muggings-urban-seabird-population-rises <p>Herring gulls and kittiwakes have learned the easiest meal comes from robbing humans rather than at sea</p> <p>In a flurry of wings, the predator was off with its prize: a steaming pasty snatched from the hands of a day tripper from Birmingham. “What do you want me to do about it?” her unsympathetic husband said. “I can’t fly.”</p> <p>Such a scene has become an almost daily spectacle on the Scarborough seafront, said Amy Watson, a supervisor at the Fishpan restaurant, where hungry herring gulls lurk for their quarry.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scarborough-struggles-gull-muggings-urban-seabird-population-rises" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:00:08 +0000 admin 100995 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org US pipeline protester’s obstruction conviction overturned by appeals court https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/us-pipeline-protester-s-obstruction-conviction-overturned-appeals-court <p>New trial for Mylene Vialard after Minnesota judges find ‘pervasive’ prosecutorial misconduct in Line 3 protest case</p> <p>The controversial felony conviction of a peaceful climate activist has been overturned by an appeals court due to “pervasive” prosecutorial misconduct.</p> <p>Mylene Vialard, 56, was found guilty of felony obstruction in 2023 for her role in trying to halt construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Indigenous territory in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota">Minnesota</a>, in a trial beset by irregularities.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/us-pipeline-protester-s-obstruction-conviction-overturned-appeals-court" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:02:02 +0000 admin 100994 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The Guardian view on food and farming: climate chaos hits crops hard – and that should worry everyone | Editorial https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-food-and-farming-climate-chaos-hits-crops-hard-and-should-worry-everyone <p>Last year’s floods have been followed by heatwaves. Ministers must throw their weight behind resilient, adaptable agriculture</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-food-and-farming-climate-chaos-hits-crops-hard-and-should-worry-everyone" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:53:05 +0000 admin 100990 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Ben Jennings on wildfires and summer holidays – cartoon https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ben-jennings-wildfires-and-summer-holidays-cartoon <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/aug/18/ben-jennings-on-wildfires-and-summer-holidays-cartoon">Continue reading...</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:10:41 +0000 admin 100991 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Treasury criticises ‘unachievable’ plan for underground nuclear waste dump in Cumbria https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/treasury-criticises-unachievable-plan-underground-nuclear-waste-dump-cumbria <p>Assessment suggests cost of project to store 700,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste could reach £54bn</p> <p>The UK’s proposal for a new underground nuclear waste dump has been described as “unachievable” in a Treasury assessment of the project.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/treasury-criticises-unachievable-plan-underground-nuclear-waste-dump-cumbria" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:54:44 +0000 admin 100988 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East | Temperature check https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/chevron-boss-s-gripe-about-australia-be-more-us-or-middle-east-temperature-check <p>Mike Wirth, CEO of company responsible for more greenhouse gases than any other independently owned entity, thinks Australia should adopt US policies to attract fossil fuel dollars</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/19/news-live-israel-diplomat-visa-palestine-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-economic-productivity-reform-summit-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/chevron-boss-s-gripe-about-australia-be-more-us-or-middle-east-temperature-check" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:03:47 +0000 admin 100989 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Drone footage shows Spanish village destroyed by wildfires – video https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/drone-footage-shows-spanish-village-destroyed-wildfires-video <p>People returned to Palacios de Jamuz, a village in north-west Spain, after homes, crops and trees were badly burnt in recent blazes. Relentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with a quarter of weather stations in Spain recording temperatures of 40C (104F) or above over the weekend</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/wildfires-spain-portugal-heat-extreme-temperatures-southern-europe"><strong>Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal amid searing heat</strong></a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/drone-footage-shows-spanish-village-destroyed-wildfires-video" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:26:24 +0000 admin 100992 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Feargal Sharkey accuses Environment Agency of illegally draining River Lea https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/feargal-sharkey-accuses-environment-agency-illegally-draining-river-lea <p>Fishing club chaired by singer threatens court action over abstraction it says is putting rare trout population at risk</p> <p>The singer and environmentalist Feargal Sharkey is threatening to take the Environment Agency to court for draining a river that hosts the oldest fishing club in England and putting a rare population of brown trout at risk.</p> <p>The former Undertones frontman chairs the Amwell Magna Fishery, which has used the secluded stretch of the River Lea in Hertfordshire since 1841.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/feargal-sharkey-accuses-environment-agency-illegally-draining-river-lea" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:12:08 +0000 admin 100986 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Trump’s move to sanitize US history gets little support with national park visitors https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-move-sanitize-us-history-gets-little-support-national-park-visitors <p>Exclusive: Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popular</p> <p>As part of his administration’s war on “woke”, Donald Trump has asked the American public to report anything “negative” about Americans in US national parks. But the public has largely refused to support a world view without inconvenient historical facts, comments submitted from national parks and seen by the Guardian show.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-move-sanitize-us-history-gets-little-support-national-park-visitors" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:40 +0000 admin 100985 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org