Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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enNature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nature-boys-and-girls-here-s-your-chance-get-published-guardian
<p>Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their spring encounters with nature</p>
<p>Once again, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/young-country-diary">Young Country Diary series</a> is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.</p>
<p>The article needs to be about a <strong>recent encounter they’ve had with nature</strong> – whether it’s a field of early spring flowers, a nest-building bird or a pond full of frogspawn.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nature-boys-and-girls-here-s-your-chance-get-published-guardian" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:12:25 +0000admin99103 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgPeter Dutton’s nuclear plan is off in the never-never, but our power bills and emissions pledge are not | Lenore Taylor
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/peter-dutton-s-nuclear-plan-never-never-our-power-bills-and-emissions-pledge-are-not-l
<p>The nuclear plan handily leapfrogs the next 10 years – when a Dutton government might actually hold office – a critical time for emissions reduction</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/peter-dutton-s-nuclear-plan-never-never-our-power-bills-and-emissions-pledge-are-not-l" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:18 +0000admin99101 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgFrom leaping mudskippers to volcanic eruptions: the World Nature Photography awards 2025 – in pictures
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/leaping-mudskippers-volcanic-eruptions-world-nature-photography-awards-2025-pictures
<p>The <a href="https://www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com/winners-2025">World Nature Photography awards have announced their winners</a> for 2025. From white-cheeked terns to a blue-tailed damselfly peeking through a daisy, the photographs are a stark reminder of the beauty and chaos of the natural world. The top award went to Maruša Puhek’s image of two deers running through a Slovenian vineyard</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/01/the-world-nature-photography-awards-2025-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:13 +0000admin99102 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘Ultimate bringers of life’: How one Cornwall farmer is using beavers to stop flooding
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ultimate-bringers-life-how-one-cornwall-farmer-using-beavers-stop-flooding
<p>Chris Jones is behind change in law to release beavers in England after witnessing the incredible benefits on his land</p>
<p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/beavers-released-english-waterways-government-licence">Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries</a></p>
<p>Chris Jones, a beef farmer, is very proud of his beavers. “They are just extraordinary,” he says.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ultimate-bringers-life-how-one-cornwall-farmer-using-beavers-stop-flooding" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:29:24 +0000admin99100 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgSurge in marine heatwaves costs lives and billions in storm damage – study
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/surge-marine-heatwaves-costs-lives-and-billions-storm-damage-study
<p>Floods, whale strandings and coral bleaching all more likely, say researchers, as 10% of ocean hits record high temperatures in 2023-24</p>
<p>The world’s oceans experienced three-and-a-half times as many marine heatwave days last year and in 2023 compared with any other year on record, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02269-2">a study has found.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/surge-marine-heatwaves-costs-lives-and-billions-storm-damage-study" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:00:07 +0000admin99099 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgRare lichen brought back to East Anglia with help of bookbinding glue
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rare-lichen-brought-back-east-anglia-help-bookbinding-glue
<p>Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994</p>
<p>A rare lichen has been reintroduced to its historical habitat of East Anglia – with the help of some bookbinding glue.</p>
<p>Scrambled egg lichen, so named for its bright yellow, crumbly appearance, was once common in the Breckland region of Norfolk and Suffolk but was last seen there in 1994.</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/rare-lichen-brought-back-to-east-anglia-with-help-of-bookbinding-glue">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:52 +0000admin99098 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWeek in wildlife: a turtle hatchling, a curious marmoset and an oarfish
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-turtle-hatchling-curious-marmoset-and-oarfish
<p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/feb/28/week-in-wildlife-a-turtle-hatchling-a-curious-marmoset-and-an-oarfish">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:52 +0000admin99097 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgOffshore wind farm developer asks Labor to delay application on Illawarra project until after election
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/offshore-wind-farm-developer-asks-labor-delay-application-illawarra-project-until-afte
<p>Chris Bowen accuses Coalition of creating ‘sovereign risk’ by opposing offshore projects as Nationals celebrate ‘major win’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/offshore-wind-farm-developer-asks-labor-delay-application-illawarra-project-until-afte" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:16 +0000admin99095 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBeaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/beaver-releases-wild-be-allowed-england-first-time-centuries
<p>Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks</p>
<p>The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the Guardian can reveal.</p>
<p>The environment secretary, Steve Reed, is to announce that nature groups will be able to get a licence for the release. The first releases could happen this autumn.</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/beavers-released-english-waterways-government-licence">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:00:52 +0000admin99096 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘Green roofs deliver for biodiversity’: how Basel put nature on top
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/green-roofs-deliver-biodiversity-how-basel-put-nature-top
<p>For decades, the Swiss city has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe</p>
<p>Susanne Hablützel breaks up her work day by staring out the window at a rooftop garden. The view is not spectacular: a pile of dead wood sits atop an untidy plot that houses chicory, toadflax, thistle and moss.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/green-roofs-deliver-biodiversity-how-basel-put-nature-top" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 05:00:47 +0000admin99094 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org