Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/wp-login.php en Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-executive-order-recreational-fishing-giveaway-fish-and-ocean-ecosystem-advocat <p>Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulations</p> <p>Donald Trump’s latest fishing order is raising new concerns about US marine protections, as it directs federal agencies to prioritize recreational fishing while reconsidering the scientific standards and environmental regulations that govern American fisheries.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-executive-order-recreational-fishing-giveaway-fish-and-ocean-ecosystem-advocat" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:50 +0000 admin 104674 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/revealed-undisclosed-safety-data-emerging-weedkiller-maker-faces-parkinson-s-lawsuits- <p>Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/revealed-undisclosed-safety-data-emerging-weedkiller-maker-faces-parkinson-s-lawsuits-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:50 +0000 admin 104673 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/your-body-fights-stay-cool-workers-toil-record-heat-federal-rule-frozen <p>Trump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths</p> <p>When it’s 90F on a hot summer day, Esther Minton wears a long-sleeved shirt to work.</p> <p>“Working outside, you don’t have cover. There’s nowhere for you to really go if you’re on a roof or if you’re on the side of a building,” said Minton, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 28 in New York City. “Having the sun beaming on your skin all day long, you’ll never make it through, so what you wear makes a difference.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/your-body-fights-stay-cool-workers-toil-record-heat-federal-rule-frozen" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:49 +0000 admin 104671 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-illegal-dumping-toxic-waste-croatian-town-sparked-national-calls-clean <p>After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands</p> <p>“Gospić is our home,” Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament earlier this month. The slogan is the name of a campaign she helped to set up to protest against the illegal dumping of waste in Gospić, a town in the mountainous Lika region of central Croatia.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-illegal-dumping-toxic-waste-croatian-town-sparked-national-calls-clean" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:48 +0000 admin 104672 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Week in wildlife: a tiny tiger-cat, backyard bears and a frilly pink sea cucumber https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-tiny-tiger-cat-backyard-bears-and-frilly-pink-sea-cucumber <p>This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/25/week-in-wildlife-a-tiny-tiger-cat-backyard-bears-and-a-frilly-pink-sea-cucumber">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:00:43 +0000 admin 104670 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Friday briefing: How a ​grassroots ​film ​is ​turning ​climate anxiety ​into ​action https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/friday-briefing-how-grassroots-film-turning-climate-anxiety-action <p>In today’s newsletter: The People’s Emergency Briefing delivers a stark warning about ​o​ur future in a warming world. ​B​ut sharing difficult truths collectively​ shows us that there is still hope to be found</p> <p>Good morning. Here we are, stumbling into an oddly warm autumn and with the aftermath of a ceaselessly dry summer all around us in our parched parks and fire-ravaged forests.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/friday-briefing-how-grassroots-film-turning-climate-anxiety-action" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:45:15 +0000 admin 104669 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-supersized-el-ni-o-natural-phenomenon-and-human-folly-are-lethal-combina <p>Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/guardian-view-supersized-el-ni-o-natural-phenomenon-and-human-folly-are-lethal-combina" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:37:39 +0000 admin 104668 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gavin-newsom-condemns-democrats-climate-hushing-predicts-trump-s-downfall-and-expects- <p>Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says</p> <p>It’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate change</a>, and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know <em>how </em>to talk about it”, the California governor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</a>, said on Wednesday in an interview with the Guardian and the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gavin-newsom-condemns-democrats-climate-hushing-predicts-trump-s-downfall-and-expects-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:24 +0000 admin 104665 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rick-wakeman-performs-piano-concert-150-rescued-moon-bears-vietnam <p>Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ </p> <p>Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.</p> <p>The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/rick-wakeman-vietnam-bears-moon-sanctuary">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:40:28 +0000 admin 104666 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Rescued bears enjoy private piano concert – video https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rescued-bears-enjoy-private-piano-concert-video <p>Former Yes musician Rick Wakeman plays a piano concert to bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam. His concert was performed live on a Yamaha grand piano positioned in Animals Asia in the Tam Dao national park. Wakeman is trying to raise awareness of 125 animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ in the country</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/sep/24/rick-wakeman-plays-piano-at-bear-sanctuary-video">Continue reading...</a></p> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:32:20 +0000 admin 104667 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org