Seaworld San Diego is about to build the world's biggest tank for its captive orcas. Fifty foot deep and covering 1.5 acres, it's almost twice as big as current tanks and will represent an improvement in living conditions when complete in 2018. But for Sea Shepherd, that's missing the point. For these wild and majestic sea mammals, only the ocean will do.
… money on super-size tanks. Orcas need the ocean! Sea Shepherd | 7th September 2014 Comment Oceans USA Corporations Cetaceans … these wild and majestic sea mammals, only the ocean will do. Dear Seaworld, Your stocks are …
As global climate talks stall, calls for more trials of ideas to alter the world's climate known as 'geoengineering' are likely to grow
… schemes include dumping iron filings into oceans to foster growth of carbon-sequestering … International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) concluded last month, if … lead to more carbon dioxide entering the oceans. Philip Boyd, a phytoplankton ecologist …
Out in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verde islands should be pristine, writes Simon Ager, a haven for sea turtles and other wildlife. But the beach where loggerhead turtles have nested for millions of years is buried under a deadly morass of plastic garbage.
… Shepherd | 6th October 2014 Activism Reptiles Oceans Waste Cape Verde … is nothing but the mountains rising from the ocean floor, black sand blending into dirty … disorientated turtles, returning them to the ocean. Some are not so lucky, succumbing to …
For nearly 30 years, Gil Fortes was a hunter of Cabo Verde's shearwater chicks, helping to drive the bird to the brink of extinction. But following a life-changing rethink, he and his daughter Isabel (Bella), are now at the forefront of efforts to save the shearwater and rebuild its perilously low numbers.
… shearwater hunter to protector of birds and ocean Gil Rodrigues Fortes Sea Shepherd | 23rd November 2014 Ethical Living Oceans Birds Hunting Conservation Society …
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
… cover less than 1 per cent of the world's oceans, but even these are not properly … of the world’s land and 1 per cent of its oceans protected, just how successful can they … to cover 10-20 per cent of the world’s oceans, however, they still only cover less …
Shearwater chicks are cute grey furballs with beaks, writes Simon Ager, and they are all too ready to use them on pesky wildlife researchers. But Cape Verde offers abundant compensations to nature lovers - so many that its future surely lies in conserving, not exploiting its biological riches.
… Shepherd | 22nd October 2014 Ethical Living Oceans Birds Natural World … are magnificent! As the sun drops into the ocean through the serenity, geckos begin to … join the choir leaving the nests for the ocean to feed. Daring not to sit up at this …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… Rees reports Rumours that a deeper, darker ocean flows beneath the cold coastal waters of … regions COMMENT Arctic special Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice It's not …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… Hastings’ unspoiled coastline. Jo Royle, ocean advocate and skipper on the Plastiki My … a lot of time living in the middle of the ocean, with a few Christmases spent trying to … young ones I’ll plant a tree in support of an ocean-focused project, such as the …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… Hastings’ unspoiled coastline. Jo Royle, ocean advocate and skipper on the Plastiki My … a lot of time living in the middle of the ocean, with a few Christmases spent trying to … young ones I’ll plant a tree in support of an ocean-focused project, such as the …
Denmark's unlawful support of the Faroese 'grind' whale hunt is now open and obvious for all to see, writes Captain Paul Watson, as the supposedly 'civilized' Scandinavian nation turns its military might against protestors seeking to save whales and small cetaceans from cruel and barbaric massacre.
A 'Friend of the Sea' Dutch-owned trawler certified to supply 'sustainably caught' shrimp to the US and EU was arrested in Liberia after operating in an an area reserved for artisanal fishers, writes Peter Hammarstedt. The vessel, which had no licence and lacked the turtle excluders required by law, was discovered by the crew of Sea Shepherd's 'Bob Barker' in a joint mission with the Liberian Coast Guard to clamp down on rampant illegal fishing.
… Sea Shepherd | 26th May 2017 Activism Oceans Fishing Regulation Liberia USA EU …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
… carbon sink in the world (after the oceans and fossil fuels themselves), and a …
This year's 'Grind' in the Faroe Islands was as bloody as ever, writes Captain Paul Watson, who witnessed the slaughter of a pod of 22 pilot whales with vicious hooks and long knives. If Denmark wants to be considered a 'civilised' nation, it must stop its aggressive support for the cruel and barbaric tradition.
More sites may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how effective is this register of global hot spots, and what are the areas that truly deserve international protection?
… rapid climate change, acidification of the oceans and overall loss of biodiversity,’ he … to be essential to the future of our oceans. Jonathan Mazower, campaigns …
The pressure is on climate forecasters to give us more accurate predictions of impacts, such as rising sea levels, but ahead of the Durban climate summit scientists say we still have much to learn
… – clouds, air movement, rain, shrinking ice, ocean heat, as well as the interaction between …