Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves en Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-administration-s-budget-cuts-endanger-meals-wheels-life-and-death-implications <p>Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolation</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-administration-s-budget-cuts-endanger-meals-wheels-life-and-death-implications" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:00:03 +0000 admin 99764 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Exploitative’ contracts and hazardous conditions: life for some of the immigrants cleaning up wildfire-stricken LA https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/exploitative-contracts-and-hazardous-conditions-life-some-immigrants-cleaning-wildfire <p>Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdown</p> <p>On a sunny day in February three workers swept up the piles of ash left behind on an Altadena driveway from when the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california-wildfires">Eaton fire</a> raged through the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> neighborhood the month before.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/exploitative-contracts-and-hazardous-conditions-life-some-immigrants-cleaning-wildfire" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:00:01 +0000 admin 99763 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/government-failing-support-natural-regeneration-trees-england <p>Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting</p> <p>The government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have said.</p> <p>Recent figures show only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/government-failing-support-natural-regeneration-trees-england" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:55 +0000 admin 99761 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The missing lynx: how the rise of border walls has split up wildlife populations https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/missing-lynx-how-rise-border-walls-has-split-wildlife-populations <p>In an age of growing hostility to migrants, there are 10 times more barriers on borders than when the Berlin Wall fell. But as well as the human cost, animals are unintended victims</p> <p>The lynxes of the Białowieża forest once freely prowled through 1,420 sq km (548 sq miles) of ancient woodland. Then, in 2022, the habitat was abruptly sliced in two. Poland built a 115-mile (186km) wall across its border with Belarus to stop refugees and migrants entering the EU. About 15 lynxes were left stranded on the Polish side of the forest, forced into a genetic bottleneck.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/missing-lynx-how-rise-border-walls-has-split-wildlife-populations" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:20 +0000 admin 99762 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org EV programs ignited the future for students – now Trump has made their career paths uncertain https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ev-programs-ignited-future-students-now-trump-has-made-their-career-paths-uncertain <p>In Kansas, Panasonic and two community colleges scaled up training fast. But jobs in the EV industry could be affected by Trump’s war on clean energy</p> <p>In a Kansas City classroom, 20 students were learning how basic circuit boards work. They fiddled with knobs, switches, levers and wires; if they got the connections right, tiny light bulbs glowed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ev-programs-ignited-future-students-now-trump-has-made-their-career-paths-uncertain" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:20 +0000 admin 99760 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sea-bass-space-why-fish-farms-moon-may-be-closer-you-think <p>The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missions</p> <p>At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific facility on the outskirts of Palavas-les-Flots in southern France. But these fish are on a mission.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sea-bass-space-why-fish-farms-moon-may-be-closer-you-think" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:04 +0000 admin 99759 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-solar-storm-could-lead-us-nuclear-disaster-worse-chornobyl-mark-leyse <p>Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unprepared</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-solar-storm-could-lead-us-nuclear-disaster-worse-chornobyl-mark-leyse" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:04 +0000 admin 99758 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/student-rescued-mount-fuji-twice-one-week <p>Chinese national, 27, reportedly returned to Japan’s highest mountain days after first rescue to retrieve his phone</p> <p>A university student has been rescued from the slopes of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/mount-fuji-japan-sights-blocking-view-apartment-block-tear-down">Mount Fuji</a> twice in the space of a week – the second time during an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/student-rescued-mount-fuji-twice-one-week" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:09:11 +0000 admin 99757 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables! | First Dog on the Moon https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hello-freedom-fans-ian-climate-denialist-potato-back-real-enemy-renewables-first-dog-m <p>These days they call him Ian the renewable energy is expensive potato</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hello-freedom-fans-ian-climate-denialist-potato-back-real-enemy-renewables-first-dog-m" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:35:11 +0000 admin 99756 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The toxins around us threaten our fertility. Black families face an outsize risk https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/toxins-around-us-threaten-our-fertility-black-families-face-outsize-risk <p>My fear growing up was gun violence. But a bigger threat to my body may have come from an invisible villain</p> <p>Everyone experiences a moment that shapes who they are – a moment when childhood innocence is lost, and the burdens and traumas of the world become clearer.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/toxins-around-us-threaten-our-fertility-black-families-face-outsize-risk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:00:37 +0000 admin 99754 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org