Laetitia Nunny and Mark Simmonds Do you ever look up at the night sky and feel that the stars are disappearing; and somehow, they seem less bright than they used to be? This is one facet of a phenomenon coming increasingly into focus as a significant threat to wild...
New research has found plastic particles in human blood samples. In 1972, we were warned for the first time about the dangers of plastic pollution, as researchers that year published two (1, 2) studies on the widespread presence of plastic particles in the ocean. In...
The start to 2022 has been a busy time for global environmental multilateralism. Early February governments assembled in Brest, France for the One Ocean Summit, introducing the newly formed High Ambition Coalition (HAC) on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction...
Fin whales are magnificent. They are huge (weighing 30-80 tonnes and up to 26 m in length), streamlined and fast. I have had the privilege of being out in the high seas among them. Even when travelling at the surface, they surge effortlessly through the waves putting...
Three years have passed since Japan announced it would leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the global organisation which regulates whaling and the conservation of whale populations, and which banned commercial whaling worldwide in 1986. The announcement...
Vision for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) In early December, the International Whaling Commission celebrated its 75th anniversary and working with several other conservation and welfare organisations, OceanCare hosted an on-line event to mark this occasion...
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