Scotland is the envy of the world with its rich waters teeming with wildlife and spectacular coastlines and beaches. But it’s increasingly at threat from the scourge of marine plastic pollution.
McDonald’s, Tesco, Birds Eye commit to halt expansion of industrial cod fishing in key Arctic region
Leading seafood brands, major UK’s supermarkets and some of the world’s largest fishing companies, have struck a groundbreaking deal today to protect a key Arctic region from industrial fishing for cod.
In a joint statement, companies including McDonald’s, Tesc
Today is the International
Day for Biological Diversity. That’s a bit of a mouthful, but put simply it’s
a day officially set aside to celebrate the world’s wealth of wildlife. For
2014 the theme is Island Biodiversity.
Aerial of an oil spill in a forest near Surgut. Disastrous oil spills are a daily routine at Rosneft fields near Pyt'-Yah, Khanty-Mansi region, Siberia.
Denis Sinyakov, who covered Greenpeace’s expedition to the Rosneft’s oil fields, is a Moscow-based Russian photographer, who worked as a photo editor and a staff photographer at Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
Posted by Willie — 22 May 2013 at 3:09pm
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Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. An opportunity to celebrate and wonder at the amazingly diverse variety of species we share the planet with. This year it has a water theme, so we’ve been having some fun over on Twitter, and here’s our pick of the weirdest and most wondrous watery wildlife you definitely need to know about.
Posted by Nic S — 20 November 2012 at 7:38pm
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The whale, dubbed "Willow", was caught on camera while breaching the surface with a pod of humpbacks. The extremely rare white humpback was spotted on a boat trip off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, in the pristine waters of the Arctic Circle. Willow resembles the mythical white whale, Moby Dick.
