Oceans

Antarctic krill – not just whale food

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 9th November 2017
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Krill is whale food. In fact, it’s a commonly held misbelief that ‘krill’ in Norwegian literally means ‘whale food’. It doesn’t, but it’s still true. Massive swarms of krill, a tiny micro-shrimp in the Antarctic Ocean, provide the principal food for blue whales… Read More

Nice Try Coke But Your New European Bottle Strategy Isn’t Good Enough

Posted by Tisha Brown - 9th November 2017
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This week Coca-Cola released their European sustainability strategy. Thanks to continued pressure from you, it looks like they are finally starting to own up to their enormous plastic footprint and the impact that it’s having on our oceans. Some of the… Read More

The Evidence is Clear – We Need a UK-Wide Deposit Return Scheme

Posted by Tisha Brown - 8th November 2017
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Watching the latest episode of Blue Planet II, it was mesmerising to discover the secret world of the deep sea. From the the cute flapjack octopus search the seabed looking for worms to the sea toad who walk instead of swim, our seabeds are full of wonderful and… Read More

Help create the largest protected area on Earth: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

Posted by Louisa Casson - 1st November 2017
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Adelie Penguins walk on ice near the ocean.

If you tuned in to Blue Planet II on Sunday night, marvelling at the wonders beneath the waves (and, spoiler alert, the fish *flying* above them) then this should be an easy question. More or less ocean protection? Almost half of our planet is a… Read More

We have one year to create the largest ever protected area on Earth

Posted by Claire Leveson - 17th October 2017
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A group of Adeli Penguins are seen here in the Antarctic sea ice of the Southern Ocean.

In the words of David Attenborough, “Our planet is a blue planet”. With over 70% of our world covered by water, our oceans can be seen from across the solar system. It wasn’t long ago that the oceans were still believed… Read More

Is Coke Finally Getting The Message?

Posted by Tisha Brown - 12th October 2017
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Its week two of our global push to get Coca Cola to stop choking our oceans. In this new push, we are joined by Greenpeace offices from across five continents and are calling on Coke’s global CEO to reduce their plastic footprint. This campaign comes on the heels… Read More