Oceans

In pictures: Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem leads the call to protect the Antarctic Ocean

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 17th July 2018
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Actor and Antarctic ambassador Javier Bardem sits in a submarine being launched from the Arctic Sunrise.
All rights reserved. Credit: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Earlier this year Javier Bardem, an Antarctic Ambassador with Greenpeace, dived in a two-person submarine to the seabed of the Antarctic Ocean. On July 10, he met Environment Secretary Michael Gove and joined a panel discussion at Greenpeace’s immersive Antarctic 360° geo-dome to discuss the global campaign to create a… Read More

How to change the world, one plastic bottle at a time

Posted by Will McCallum - 11th July 2018
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Hi, I’m Will and I’ve dedicated the last 3 years of my life to the anti-plastics movement. As Head of the Oceans campaign at Greenpeace UK, I’ve been working with governments and companies to prevent our plastic crisis, as well as researching what everyday consumers can do to reduce… Read More

Major Win! Krill industry backs Antarctic Ocean Sanctuaries

Posted by Louisa Casson - 8th July 2018
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Gentoo penguins at Brown's Station, Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

This is big: a huge group of krill fishing companies have just committed to reduce their impact on Antarctic wildlife and back the campaign for ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic. The global call from 1.7 million people to protect the Antarctic goes from strength to strength. Read More

Why the Government’s fisheries White Paper could mean a bad deal for local, low impact fishing

Posted by Jerry Percy - 6th July 2018
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This blog is co-written by Jerry Percy, Director of NUTFA and Paul Keenlyside, Political Advisor at Greenpeace There is a contradiction at the heart of the Government’s long awaited White Paper on fisheries. On the one hand, the Government sets out the admirable principle that “the fish in our… Read More

Experience the Antarctic in 360°

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 21st June 2018
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This July, the Antarctic is coming to Cambridge. Come along to Greenpeace’s virtual reality geo-dome and prepare to be transported across the Antarctic Ocean to the world’s last wilderness. Visit a penguin colony, fly like an albatross and sail a Greenpeace ship – all in… Read More

Happy World Oceans Day!

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 8th June 2018
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The theme for this year’s World Oceans Day is ocean plastics and on behalf of all sea creatures, every turtle, whale, seabird, zooplankton – too right. We’ve produced a whopping 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since the 1950s, and with plastic production… Read More