Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/kominki.evenweb.com en Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2025 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/australia-s-best-photos-month-may-2025 <p>Floods, elections and frocks: here is Guardian Australia’s pick of the month’s most striking images</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/may/31/australias-best-photos-of-the-month-may-2025">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:21 +0000 admin 100169 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Australia’s emissions up slightly in 2024 as Labor faces heat over ‘climate-wrecking’ gas project https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/australia-s-emissions-slightly-2024-labor-faces-heat-over-climate-wrecking-gas-project <p>Greens leader accuses Albanese government of failing two climate tests: pollution on the rise and approving extension for North West Shelf</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton">Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/australia-s-emissions-slightly-2024-labor-faces-heat-over-climate-wrecking-gas-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:20 +0000 admin 100167 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Sussan Ley wants to keep the Coalition together – but caving on net zero won’t help her win back seats | Tom McIlroy https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sussan-ley-wants-keep-coalition-together-caving-net-zero-won-t-help-her-win-back-seats <p>High-profile Nationals and powerful forces in business and media are pushing back against climate action, posing a test of credibility for the new Liberal leader</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>After another scrappy week for the faltering Coalition, Bridget McKenzie on Thursday called for the National party to stop talking about itself.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sussan-ley-wants-keep-coalition-together-caving-net-zero-won-t-help-her-win-back-seats" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:18 +0000 admin 100168 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Warning UK-Gulf trade deal could let in low-welfare chicken and undermine farmers https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/warning-uk-gulf-trade-deal-could-let-low-welfare-chicken-and-undermine-farmers <p>Industry figures say allowing poultry imports that do not align with British production standards would be ‘betrayal’</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/30/rachel-reeves-treasury-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-kemi-badenoch-welfare-reform-labour-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/warning-uk-gulf-trade-deal-could-let-low-welfare-chicken-and-undermine-farmers" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 13:04:42 +0000 admin 100166 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/recent-canadian-wildfires-are-record-breaking-and-will-threaten-us-air-quality-days <p>After historic seasons in last two years, blazes continue trend of warm, dry conditions intensified by climate crisis</p> <p>Enormous early-season <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/wildfires">wildfires</a> have erupted across the prairie provinces of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</a> this week, taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/recent-canadian-wildfires-are-record-breaking-and-will-threaten-us-air-quality-days" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:14 +0000 admin 100164 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/can-you-live-without-car-mountains-yes-planning-and-few-different-bikes <p>Even in the foothills of the Italian Alps, cycling can be a practical alternative to driving, and more enjoyable, too</p> <p>Living car-free in a big city is fairly common these days. Yes, it can mean some adaptation, but when so many things are on your doorstep it’s not such a big challenge. So how about car-free life in a remote Italian mountain village, with barely any public transport?</p> <p>We have been living in rural Italy without a car for more than five years now. Even though we have always loved bicycles, the decision to sell our car wasn’t a particularly considered one.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/can-you-live-without-car-mountains-yes-planning-and-few-different-bikes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 11:50:51 +0000 admin 100165 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-us-became-biggest-military-emitter-and-stopped-everyone-finding-out <p>Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the price</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/30/carbon-footprint-of-israels-war-on-gaza-exceeds-that-of-many-entire-countries">Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/nato-military-spending-could-increase-emissions-study-finds">Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-us-became-biggest-military-emitter-and-stopped-everyone-finding-out" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:15 +0000 admin 100161 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/pfas-detected-us-beers-new-study-raising-safety-concerns <p>Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/what-are-pfas-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-forever-chemicals-surrounding-us-every-day">What are Pfas? Everything you need to know</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/pfas-detected-us-beers-new-study-raising-safety-concerns" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:14 +0000 admin 100160 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Week in wildlife: a piggybacking mouse, heart-shaped vultures and our smallest otter https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-piggybacking-mouse-heart-shaped-vultures-and-our-smallest-otter <p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/30/week-in-wildlife-a-piggybacking-mouse-heart-shaped-vultures-and-our-smallest-otter">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 06:00:46 +0000 admin 100159 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/carbon-footprint-israel-s-war-gaza-exceeds-many-entire-countries <p>Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/30/donald-trump-geopolitics-could-deepen-planetary-catastrophe-expert-warns">How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/nato-military-spending-could-increase-emissions-study-finds">Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/carbon-footprint-israel-s-war-gaza-exceeds-many-entire-countries" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 May 2025 05:00:46 +0000 admin 100162 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org