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What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th April 2019
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The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters beyond national borders are… Read More

Do ocean sanctuaries really work?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 10th April 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace

Our oceans are massive and unlike most places on land, they don’t really have borders. Animals, water (and sadly now plastic) all move freely across our global oceans. Because of this, some people have asked if ocean sanctuaries are an effective way of protecting our… Read More

Governments have failed to protect the Antarctic – but this isn’t over

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 2nd November 2018
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Over the last two weeks, a group of governments met in Hobart, Australia, to negotiate a new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. They failed. Although 22 governments supported the sanctuary, negotiators from Russia, China and Norway stopped it from going ahead. The Russian and Chinese… Read More

Governments are deciding whether to create a huge Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Here’s what you need to know.

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 23rd October 2018
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What’s at stake: the largest protected area on Earth Over two weeks in late October, governments will meet in Hobart, Australia, to decide whether to create a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, covering almost two million square kilometres. If it goes ahead, it’ll be the largest protected… Read More

What does climate change mean for the Antarctic?

Posted by Louisa Casson - 8th October 2018
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Paradise Bay in the Antarctic.

When we asked people what the Antarctic makes them think of, ‘climate change’ was one of the most common answers around the world. If you Google news about the Antarctic it’s easy to see why – terrifying headlines warn about icebergs the size of Luxembourg… Read More

On ocean protection the UK government just listened to science!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 5th October 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

It’s all too rare to see governments making decisions that are actually in line with science. But September ended very well. The UK government announced its support for protecting 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. That’s the level of ambition that scientists tell us is… Read More