oceans

Setting Sail to protect the Antarctic

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 15th January 2018
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Weathered Iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean, 2008

Will McCallum, Oceans Campaigner with Greenpeace As I write this the Arctic Sunrise, one of Greenpeace’s ships, is sailing south.  For the next three months its crew will be working alongside a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe to build the case… Read More

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 8th January 2018
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In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such as penguins, whales and seals. The Antarctic plays an important role in keeping our Earth healthy. But the… Read More

MPs ask the Government to wake up, smell the coffee and introduce a 25p ‘latte levy’

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 5th January 2018
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credit: Ross Varrette

The government's environmental watchdog, the EAC (Environmental Audit Committee*) have today released a report recommending that a 25p charge is added to hot drinks served in disposable takeaway cups. This is a good thing for our oceans. … Read More

We protected the land, now we must protect the ocean – Antarctica

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 1st December 2017
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The Antarctic is at the very end of the earth. It’s so far away from most of us that it often falls off the edge of world maps as an unfinished afterthought. The landmass of Antarctica holds 90% of the freshwater on the planet, is the biggest desert… Read More

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

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