Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en Israelis attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/israelis-attacked-palestinian-water-sources-over-250-times-five-years-data-reveals <p>Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites</p> <p>Israeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault on civilian water supplies in recent years, new research reveals.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/israelis-attacked-palestinian-water-sources-over-250-times-five-years-data-reveals" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 admin 101822 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/these-weird-crocs-were-all-over-place-australia-s-oldest-crocodile-eggshells-unearthed <p>New research suggests 55m-year-old eggshells likely belong to extinct mekosuchine crocodiles, nicknamed ‘drop crocs’ for theory they climbed trees to hunt</p> <ul> <li> <p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/these-weird-crocs-were-all-over-place-australia-s-oldest-crocodile-eggshells-unearthed" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000 admin 101820 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/spectacular-nonsense-coalition-s-internal-brawl-over-2050-net-zero-emissions-target-cl <p>The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words</p> <ul> <li> <p>Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/spectacular-nonsense-coalition-s-internal-brawl-over-2050-net-zero-emissions-target-cl" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000 admin 101821 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Ciao, bambino!’: Paris agreement architect says absence of US is good for Cop30 - live https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ciao-bambino-paris-agreement-architect-says-absence-us-good-cop30-live <p>Christiana Figueres tells summit that decarbonisation of global economy is inevitable despite disruptive Trump presidency</p> <p>In the run-up to Cop30, the Guardian published a series of articles looking at the ten biggest polluters of greenhouse gas, and their plans to clean up. Here’s a piece my colleague <strong>Jonathan Watts</strong> wrote in September about China, which according to an analysis published today has plateaued its emissions.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ciao-bambino-paris-agreement-architect-says-absence-us-good-cop30-live" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:59:57 +0000 admin 101818 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/waiting-tsunami-its-big-waves-are-loved-surfers-canadian-town-braced-disaster <p>How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For residents of Tofino on Vancouver Island the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhere</p> <p>Justin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.</p> <p>“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’”</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/waiting-tsunami-its-big-waves-are-loved-surfers-canadian-town-braced-disaster" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:54 +0000 admin 101817 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wessex-water-must-pay-11m-over-wastewater-failures-says-regulator <p>Company failed to effectively operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater assets, Ofwat finds</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/nov/11/pound-falls-uk-unemployment-four-year-high-stock-markets-ftse-100-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Wessex Water has been ordered to pay £11m over wastewater failures and told to spend it on improvements to reduce sewage spills and other measures.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/wessex-water-must-pay-11m-over-wastewater-failures-says-regulator" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:04:23 +0000 admin 101816 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Violent reprisals after DRC whistleblowers discover profiteering in protected land https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/violent-reprisals-after-drc-whistleblowers-discover-profiteering-protected-land <p>Environmentalists seeking to end logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC’s Mangrove Marine park faced threats, violence and rape</p> <p>People who have tried to expose unlawful ownership and profit-making from protected land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have faced threats, violence and rape, an investigation has found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/violent-reprisals-after-drc-whistleblowers-discover-profiteering-protected-land" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:12 +0000 admin 101814 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/advance-launches-last-minute-lobbying-campaign-pressuring-liberal-mps-dump-net-zero-ta <p>Rightwing lobby group’s email blitz targets party ahead of Liberal shadow ministry meeting at 9am on Thursday</p> <ul> <li> <p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>The rightwing lobby group Advance has launched a last-minute lobbying campaign to pressure Liberal MPs to dump a net zero emissions target at a special meeting in Canberra on Wednesday.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/advance-launches-last-minute-lobbying-campaign-pressuring-liberal-mps-dump-net-zero-ta" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:06:24 +0000 admin 101815 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Climate-resilient fisheries are more resilient in general https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-resilient-fisheries-are-more-resilient-general <p>npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 11 November 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00154-1">doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00154-1</a></p> <p>Climate-resilient fisheries are more resilient in general</p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000 admin 101819 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-can-t-breathe-city-inaction-over-delhi-s-suffocating-pollution-sparks-rare-protest <p>The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife</p> <p>As a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/delhi-awakes-toxic-haze-diwali-pollution-season-begins">familiar smoky evening haze</a> gathered over Delhi, the crowd began to assemble in their hundreds. Mothers and children, students, retirees and environmentalists were all united by a basic but desperate demand: the right to breathe safely in India’s capital.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-can-t-breathe-city-inaction-over-delhi-s-suffocating-pollution-sparks-rare-protest" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:42:31 +0000 admin 101813 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org