Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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enWorld’s largest iceberg drifts threateningly toward remote island of penguins and seals
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/world-s-largest-iceberg-drifts-threateningly-toward-remote-island-penguins-and-seals
<p>Gigantic wall of ice moves slowly from Antarctica on potential collision course with wildlife breeding ground</p>
<p>The world’s largest iceberg – a behemoth more than twice the size of London – is drifting toward a remote island where scientists say it could run aground and threaten penguins and seals.</p>
<p>The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/antarctica">Antarctica</a> on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/world-s-largest-iceberg-drifts-threateningly-toward-remote-island-penguins-and-seals" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:18:41 +0000admin98696 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-climate-and-nature-bill-dropped-after-deal-labour-backbenchers
<p>Ministers avoid internal party row by promising potential rebels they will have input into environmental legislation</p>
<p>Ministers have seen off a bill that would have made the UK’s climate and environment targets legally binding, after promising Labour backbenchers that they would have input into environmental legislation.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-climate-and-nature-bill-dropped-after-deal-labour-backbenchers" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:17:35 +0000admin98697 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBack by unpopular demand, the great Heathrow expansion show. If only planes ran on hot air | Marina Hyde
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/back-unpopular-demand-great-heathrow-expansion-show-if-only-planes-ran-hot-air-marina-
<p>Rachel Reeves flies back from Davos to lead a revival of the aviation perennial. Labour hated the idea before, but growth won’t grow itself, will it?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/back-unpopular-demand-great-heathrow-expansion-show-if-only-planes-ran-hot-air-marina-" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:56:15 +0000admin98695 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgActivist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as green ‘zealot’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/activist-hits-back-starmer-demonising-him-green-zealot
<p>Former councillor Andrew Boswell accuses PM of wanting to lock people out of planning process</p>
<p>An activist singled out by Keir Starmer as an environmental “zealot” who must be stopped from making “vexatious” legal claims that thwart growth, has accused the prime minister of trying to lock people out of the planning process.</p>
<p>Andrew Boswell, a 68-year-old former Green councillor, insisted his two-year legal fight over the expansion of the A47 in Norfolk was worth it, despite it ending in defeat in the supreme court last year.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/activist-hits-back-starmer-demonising-him-green-zealot" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:11:59 +0000admin98693 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgStorm Éowyn lashes Galway aquarium in Ireland – video
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<p>An aquarium in Galway has been hit by strong winds and flooding as Storm Éowyn sweeps Ireland and the UK. Footage shows water rising to the top of a staircase and streaming past the building as gusts blow flood water across the car park </p>
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:01:19 +0000admin98694 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgElectric cars in UK last as long as petrol and diesel vehicles, study finds
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/electric-cars-uk-last-long-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-study-finds
<p>International research team based findings on 300m records from MOT data to estimate failure rates of all cars</p>
<p>Battery cars on Britain’s roads are lasting as long as petrol and diesel cars, according to a study that has found a rapid improvement in electric vehicle reliability.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/electric-cars-uk-last-long-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-study-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:28:30 +0000admin98691 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgAmerica's dirty divide: about this series
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/americas-dirty-divide-about-series
<p>A series investigating the country’s vast environmental inequalities – and how climate change will make things worse</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/americas-dirty-divide-about-series" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:51:45 +0000admin98692 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWeek in wildlife in pictures: a drowsy seal, wild kittens and the reddest bird
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-pictures-drowsy-seal-wild-kittens-and-reddest-bird
<p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jan/24/week-in-wildlife-in-pictures-a-drowsy-seal-wild-kittens-and-the-reddest-bird">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:00:05 +0000admin98690 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgEveryone loves the horrible smelly plant Putricia! Is it the only good thing left in this world? | First Dog on the Moon
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/everyone-loves-horrible-smelly-plant-putricia-it-only-good-thing-left-world-first-dog-
<p>Corpse flower mania is sweeping the nation (inner-city Sydney)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/everyone-loves-horrible-smelly-plant-putricia-it-only-good-thing-left-world-first-dog-" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:39:29 +0000admin98689 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgExtreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/extreme-weather-failing-encourage-political-climate-action-says-activist-luisa-neubaue
<p>Fridays for Future organiser warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating</p>
<p>The rise in extreme weather is not generating political support for climate action, Germany’s best-known climate activist has warned, as conspiracy theories increasingly circle after disasters made worse by global heating.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/extreme-weather-failing-encourage-political-climate-action-says-activist-luisa-neubaue" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:03 +0000admin98686 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org