Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en ‘Germany is back’: Merz secures Greens’ support for defence spend boost https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/germany-back-merz-secures-greens-support-defence-spend-boost <p>Backing of Greens is tantamount to approval of chancellor-in-waiting’s proposal to relax debt brake</p> <p>Germany’s conservative chancellor-in-waiting, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/german-election-winner-merz-moves-step-closer-to-forming-government">Friedrich Merz</a>, has said he has secured the support of the Green party for his radical plan to increase spending on defence and infrastructure after marathon talks that went through the night, paving the way for its approval in parliament.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/germany-back-merz-secures-greens-support-defence-spend-boost" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:29:57 +0000 admin 99268 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Why I quit my homestead dream just as farmer tradwives became mainstream https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream <p>Our homesteading journey began with self-sufficiency and a dream, but it evolved through loss and social media fame</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:00:22 +0000 admin 99267 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org UK hoping to work with China to counteract Trump’s climate-hostile policies https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies <p>Ed Miliband visits Beijing as part of plan to create global axis working in favour of climate action</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:16:15 +0000 admin 99266 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Week in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals <p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/mar/14/week-in-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-a-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:00:20 +0000 admin 99265 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I’m visiting Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them | Ed Miliband https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll- <p>I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topic</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:20 +0000 admin 99264 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review <p>Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more nature</p> <p>The richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</p> <p>Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:19 +0000 admin 99263 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point | Georgie Purcell https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi <p>What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:33:47 +0000 admin 99262 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/all-birds-returned-how-chinese-project-led-way-water-and-soil-conservation <p>The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming</p> <p>It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/all-birds-returned-how-chinese-project-led-way-water-and-soil-conservation" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:18 +0000 admin 99261 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org National Trust creates living gene bank of endangered native black poplar https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/national-trust-creates-living-gene-bank-endangered-native-black-poplar <p>Cuttings of tree captured by John Constable being planted on restored Devon floodplain</p> <p>Captured by John Constable in one of his most celebrated paintings, the black poplar tree was once as common as oak and beech in Britain.</p> <p>Now the rarest and most threatened native species in the country, the National Trust is creating a living gene bank of the black poplar to ensure Constable’s <a href="https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-the-hay-wain">The Hay Wain</a> does not become a tribute to an extinct breed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/national-trust-creates-living-gene-bank-endangered-native-black-poplar" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:00:19 +0000 admin 99260 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-grabber-sam-jones-leaves-australia-after-intense-backlash-including-pm-and <p>Montana-based hunting influencer flies out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’</p> <p>A US hunting influencer who caused outrage in Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb">after grabbing a baby wombat</a> from its mother has left the country after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said immigration authorities were checking if she had breached the conditions of her visa.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-grabber-sam-jones-leaves-australia-after-intense-backlash-including-pm-and" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:13:36 +0000 admin 99259 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org