Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en Why I quit my homestead dream just as farmer tradwives became mainstream https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream <p>Our homesteading journey began with self-sufficiency and a dream, but it evolved through loss and social media fame</p> <p>Our homesteading experiment began before tradwives, before <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>, before <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">Covid-19</a>. It was the summer of 2015 when we were all sure no one would vote for a former reality TV star. I was 25 years old and desperate for a security blanket, working a sales job and looking for excuses not to return to college.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:00:22 +0000 admin 99267 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org UK hoping to work with China to counteract Trump’s climate-hostile policies https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies <p>Ed Miliband visits Beijing as part of plan to create global axis working in favour of climate action</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:16:15 +0000 admin 99266 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Week in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals <p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/mar/14/week-in-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-a-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:00:20 +0000 admin 99265 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I’m visiting Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them | Ed Miliband https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll- <p>I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topic</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:20 +0000 admin 99264 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review <p>Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more nature</p> <p>The richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</p> <p>Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:19 +0000 admin 99263 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point | Georgie Purcell https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi <p>What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:33:47 +0000 admin 99262 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/all-birds-returned-how-chinese-project-led-way-water-and-soil-conservation <p>The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming</p> <p>It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/all-birds-returned-how-chinese-project-led-way-water-and-soil-conservation" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:18 +0000 admin 99261 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org National Trust creates living gene bank of endangered native black poplar https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/national-trust-creates-living-gene-bank-endangered-native-black-poplar <p>Cuttings of tree captured by John Constable being planted on restored Devon floodplain</p> <p>Captured by John Constable in one of his most celebrated paintings, the black poplar tree was once as common as oak and beech in Britain.</p> <p>Now the rarest and most threatened native species in the country, the National Trust is creating a living gene bank of the black poplar to ensure Constable’s <a href="https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-the-hay-wain">The Hay Wain</a> does not become a tribute to an extinct breed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/national-trust-creates-living-gene-bank-endangered-native-black-poplar" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:00:19 +0000 admin 99260 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-grabber-sam-jones-leaves-australia-after-intense-backlash-including-pm-and <p>Montana-based hunting influencer flies out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’</p> <p>A US hunting influencer who caused outrage in Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb">after grabbing a baby wombat</a> from its mother has left the country after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said immigration authorities were checking if she had breached the conditions of her visa.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-grabber-sam-jones-leaves-australia-after-intense-backlash-including-pm-and" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:13:36 +0000 admin 99259 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/destruction-ukraine-dam-caused-toxic-timebomb-heavy-metals-study-finds <p>Researchers say environmental impact from Kakhovka dam explosion comparable to Chornobyl nuclear disaster</p> <p>The destruction of a large Ukrainian dam in 2023 triggered a “toxic timebomb” of environmental harm, a <a href="http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn8655">study</a> has found.</p> <p>Lakebed sediments holding 83,000 tonnes of heavy metals were exposed when the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/09/seismic-data-adds-evidence-ukraine-kakhovka-dam-blown-up">Kakhovka dam was blown up</a> one year into Russia’s invasion, researchers found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/destruction-ukraine-dam-caused-toxic-timebomb-heavy-metals-study-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:00:03 +0000 admin 99256 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org