Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en ‘It looks like I’ve gone 10 rounds with a boxer’: when hay fever becomes debilitating – and potentially deadly https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-looks-i-ve-gone-10-rounds-boxer-when-hay-fever-becomes-debilitating-and-potentially <p>Often dismissed as summertime sniffles, the condition that affects a quarter of UK adults can lead to serious and life-limiting health problems</p> <p>Read more: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/10/pollen-peril-how-heat-thunder-and-smog-are-creating-deadly-hay-fever-seasons-aoe">Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/it-looks-i-ve-gone-10-rounds-boxer-when-hay-fever-becomes-debilitating-and-potentially" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:00:37 +0000 admin 99599 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘I should’ve done the elbow bump’: Plibersek and Albanese brush off awkward greeting at Labor election campaign launch https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-should-ve-done-elbow-bump-plibersek-and-albanese-brush-awkward-greeting-labor-electi <p>‘During an election campaign, the last thing you want is to catch a cold from someone – so that’s on me,’ environment minister says</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-should-ve-done-elbow-bump-plibersek-and-albanese-brush-awkward-greeting-labor-electi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 01:23:30 +0000 admin 99598 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rise-end-times-fascism-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor <p>The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rise-end-times-fascism-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:00:15 +0000 admin 99596 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/unprecedented-sightings-asian-hornets-raise-fears-uk-bees <p>Early reports have led experts to believe there could be a surge in the deadly invader, threatening native species </p> <p>They have bright yellow legs, are about 25mm (almost 1in) long, and a single colony, if left unchecked, can “butcher” 90,000 pollinating insects in just one season.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/unprecedented-sightings-asian-hornets-raise-fears-uk-bees" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:07 +0000 admin 99595 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/progress-and-challenges-multi-habitat-marine-restoration-eastern-aegean-sea-t-rkiye <p>npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 13 April 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00114-9">doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00114-9</a></p> <p>Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye</p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 admin 99591 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Outback publican finds hostelry coated in mud as residents return to tiny Queensland outpost after flooding https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/outback-publican-finds-hostelry-coated-mud-residents-return-tiny-queensland-outpost-af <p>Avadale’s one police officer says damage is heartbreaking but locals are resilient – ‘They’ll get it done’</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/outback-publican-finds-hostelry-coated-mud-residents-return-tiny-queensland-outpost-af" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:14:54 +0000 admin 99594 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Rightwing lobby group Advance says it makes ‘no apology’ for support given to anti-Greens groups https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rightwing-lobby-group-advance-says-it-makes-no-apology-support-given-anti-greens-group <p>Spokesperson acknowledges supply of flyers, T-shirts and corflutes to ‘dozens of community groups’ seeking to defeat party’s candidates</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rightwing-lobby-group-advance-says-it-makes-no-apology-support-given-anti-greens-group" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:00:57 +0000 admin 99593 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction? | Martha Gill https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-resurrect-dire-wolf-when-existing-animals-are-facing-extinction-martha-gill <p>It’s not as sensational as recreating long-dead species, but conserving modern-day fauna is far more pressing</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-resurrect-dire-wolf-when-existing-animals-are-facing-extinction-martha-gill" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:30:50 +0000 admin 99590 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Inside the fight to save California’s dying sea lions from toxic algae: ‘We’re like 911 operators’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/inside-fight-save-california-s-dying-sea-lions-toxic-algae-we-re-911-operators <p>An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds</p> <p>It was just after 8am on Tuesday, a thick morning fog still clinging to the California coastline, and SeaWorld’s animal rescue team had already made their first save of the day: a hefty, sick-looking sea lion that had been waddling dangerously close to a four-lane highway in downtown San Diego.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/inside-fight-save-california-s-dying-sea-lions-toxic-algae-we-re-911-operators" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:00:50 +0000 admin 99589 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org National Trust bans coaches from East Sussex beauty spot to cut visitor numbers https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/national-trust-bans-coaches-east-sussex-beauty-spot-cut-visitor-numbers <p>More than 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap, part of Seven Sisters cliffs, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion</p> <p>The National Trust has banned coaches from one of Britain’s most popular beauty spots in an attempt to reduce the growing numbers of people visiting the site.</p> <p>Up to 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap which is part of the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex on England’s south coast.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/12/birling-gap-seven-sisters-national-trust-bans-coaches-east-sussex-cut-visitor-numbers">Continue reading...</a></p> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:27:58 +0000 admin 99588 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org