Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en After centuries of trauma, Montana’s Blackfeet Nation turns to an old friend for food sovereignty: bison https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/after-centuries-trauma-montana-s-blackfeet-nation-turns-old-friend-food-sovereignty-bi <p>Local non-profits and schools are helping students explore traditional practices paired with modern science to make food sovereignty a reality</p> <p>The Blackfeet Nation is a remote and rugged landscape on the windswept plains of northern Montana. While rich in resources, the remote location and management by the federal government have made food access a challenge here.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/after-centuries-trauma-montana-s-blackfeet-nation-turns-old-friend-food-sovereignty-bi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:44 +0000 admin 101626 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Marine heatwave over Pacific Ocean could lead to flooding in north-west https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/marine-heatwave-over-pacific-ocean-could-lead-flooding-north-west <p>Severe ‘blob’ or marine heatwave can lead to increased inundation and wintery weather in eastern North America</p> <p>A marine heatwave known as a blob was especially severe this year in the north-western and central Pacific Ocean, which could lead in the coming months to increased flooding in the US Pacific north-west and especially wintery weather in eastern North America, according to climate scientists.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/marine-heatwave-over-pacific-ocean-could-lead-flooding-north-west" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:43 +0000 admin 101627 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/oil-firm-totalenergies-made-misleading-green-statements-court-rules <p>French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/23/oil-price-us-sanctions-rosneft-lukoil-software-curbs-china-trade-war-business-live">Business live – latest updates</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/oil-firm-totalenergies-made-misleading-green-statements-court-rules" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:51:24 +0000 admin 101628 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Labor needs to bow to Liberals or Greens or its environment law revamp is dead https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labor-needs-bow-liberals-or-greens-or-its-environment-law-revamp-dead <p>Albanese government will need to make major concessions to pass promised federal nature laws as Liberals attack ‘nature positive 2.0’</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/24/australia-news-live-police-search-colleen-walker-craig-bowraville-river-labor-environment-laws-murray-watt-coalition-greens-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labor-needs-bow-liberals-or-greens-or-its-environment-law-revamp-dead" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:22 +0000 admin 101625 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right | Helen Pilcher https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/leading-conservationists-just-decided-genetically-engineering-wild-animals-ok-sometime <p>Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/leading-conservationists-just-decided-genetically-engineering-wild-animals-ok-sometime" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:15:06 +0000 admin 101624 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/renewable-energy-investment-should-come-defence-budgets-say-retired-military-leaders <p>Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors</p> <p>Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis represents a threat to national security.</p> <p>They have called for increased spending on low-carbon power as a way of making the UK and other European countries more resilient to threats from Russia and other potential aggressors.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/renewable-energy-investment-should-come-defence-budgets-say-retired-military-leaders" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:39 +0000 admin 101623 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/thames-water-ranked-worst-supplier-england-firms-ratings-hit-record-low <p>Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/23/oil-price-us-sanctions-rosneft-lukoil-software-curbs-china-trade-war-business-live">Business live – latest updates</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/23/jess-phillips-grooming-gangs-inquiry-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-latest-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/thames-water-ranked-worst-supplier-england-firms-ratings-hit-record-low" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:44:51 +0000 admin 101622 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Millions of red crabs migrate across Christmas Island – video https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/millions-red-crabs-migrate-across-christmas-island-video <p>The migration of Christmas Island’s red crabs is in full swing, with roads closed in some places to protect millions of the crustaceans. Every year, the crabs emerge from the forest to travel to the ocean to breed, creating a red tide across the island. The Christmas Island national park said a massive spawning event will take place around 15 and 16 November, with a second spawning in mid-December</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2025/oct/23/millions-of-red-crabs-migrate-across-christmas-island-video">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:04:16 +0000 admin 101620 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/comedy-wildlife-awards-2025-pictures <p>From a red-throated loon landing on water, to good and bad hair days and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s <a href="http://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/">Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards</a>. A winner will be announced on 9 December</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/oct/23/comedy-wildlife-awards-2025-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:00:59 +0000 admin 101621 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames? https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wildfires-have-consumed-vast-chunks-ukraine-russia-deliberately-fuelling-flames <p>In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes</p> <p>Natalia Pryprosta was tending to her pigs when fire swept into the village of Studenok, near the city of Izium in eastern Ukraine. There was no time. She grabbed her papers, pulled her elderly mother into a friend’s car, and tried to get the animals out of the shed. Smoke and the speed of the blaze made it impossible. She didn’t see the animals burning, but learned of their fate later.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wildfires-have-consumed-vast-chunks-ukraine-russia-deliberately-fuelling-flames" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:57 +0000 admin 101619 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org