Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/www.pass4now.com en Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/logging-forest-earmarked-koala-national-park-increasing-under-nsw-labor-analysis-finds <p>More than 7,000 hectares logged in planned park area since Chris Minns won 2023 election with commitment to deliver new sanctuary, conservationists say</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/logging-forest-earmarked-koala-national-park-increasing-under-nsw-labor-analysis-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:00:41 +0000 admin 98541 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Fire tornado spotted in Palisades blaze in California – video https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fire-tornado-spotted-palisades-blaze-california-video <p>A fire tornado was spotted as the Palisades fire continued to blaze through the San Fernando valley in California</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/california-wildfires-evacuation-orders-expand">LA fires: international crews arrive to battle raging wildfires as evacuations spread</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-fires-gavin-newsom-donald-trump">Politicians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with Trump</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fire-tornado-spotted-palisades-blaze-california-video" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:17:23 +0000 admin 98540 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/one-four-lynx-captured-scottish-highlands-dies <p>Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms after illegal release</p> <p>One of the four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands this week has died. The animal, which had been illegally released, was caught on Friday near Kingussie in the Cairngorms national park.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/one-four-lynx-captured-scottish-highlands-dies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:01:46 +0000 admin 98538 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/utterly-unsurprising-news-maga-blames-diversity-los-angeles-wildfires-arwa-mahdawi <p>Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/utterly-unsurprising-news-maga-blames-diversity-los-angeles-wildfires-arwa-mahdawi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:07 +0000 admin 98535 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-climate-crisis-fuels-devastating-wildfires-we-have-tweaked-nature-and-pissed-it <p>John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those before</p> <p>When writing about the hot, dry <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds">Santa Ana</a> winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">Californians</a>, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-climate-crisis-fuels-devastating-wildfires-we-have-tweaked-nature-and-pissed-it" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:06 +0000 admin 98537 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-built-our-world-fire-now-heat-destroying-our-lives-john-vaillant <p>We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/we-built-our-world-fire-now-heat-destroying-our-lives-john-vaillant" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:43:36 +0000 admin 98536 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/bring-north-sea-oil-and-gas-under-greater-public-control-report-urges <p>Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/19/theyre-killing-us-aberdeen-braces-for-end-to-north-sea-oil-as-clean-energy-plan-takes-shape">North Sea oil</a> and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/bring-north-sea-oil-and-gas-under-greater-public-control-report-urges" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:36:23 +0000 admin 98534 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/los-angeles-fire-and-big-oil-are-arsonists-tzeporah-berman <p>Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/los-angeles-fire-and-big-oil-are-arsonists-tzeporah-berman" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000 admin 98533 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org California wildfire victims pick up pieces as blazes rage on – in photos https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/california-wildfire-victims-pick-pieces-blazes-rage-photos <p>Firefighters battle on as people across Los Angeles struggle to find a way forward on Friday</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/jan/10/california-wildfire-los-angeles-photos">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:26:43 +0000 admin 98531 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org 2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/2024-was-hottest-year-record-world-s-land-and-oceans-us-scientists-confirm <p>Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’</p> <p>It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a> is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/2024-was-hottest-year-record-world-s-land-and-oceans-us-scientists-confirm" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:21:20 +0000 admin 98527 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org