Oceans

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A light grey whale painted in watercolour with dark grey spots that give it a mottled texture, with spidery handwriting underneath reading 'Grey Whale' and a the signature of Quentin Blake with the year 2021

Oceans

We asked illustrators and artists to draw the oceans. Here’s what they created

Artists and illustrators have been drawing the oceans for Greenpeace’s #DrawTheOceans challenge. Here are some of the beautiful whale drawings they created.

by Indi Heath February 18, 2021

Fishing

Meet the weird and wonderful creatures of Dogger Bank

From puffins and seals to the bizarre ‘fried-egg’ nudibranch, this shallow patch of ocean is packed with amazing animals. And with a new ban on destructive bottom trawling in the…

by Angela Glienicke, Mal Chadwick February 9, 2021

Antarctic

Penguin facts – 9 fascinating things you might not know

Improve your knowledge about our loveable flippered friends with these fascinating facts about penguins

by Greenpeace UK January 20, 2021

Climate change

2021: Now is the time to tackle the climate, nature and health emergencies

Despite the turbulence of the last year, 2020 has shown the power of humanity to come together when faced with a crisis. It’s precisely that spirit we urgently need to…

by Shelley Harlock January 1, 2021

Air pollution

2020: the year in pictures

12 iconic photos from a year of disruptions - and the struggle to protect our future

by Angela Glienicke December 18, 2020

Fishing

Sea slug or Christmas decoration: can you tell the difference?

Only a true sea slug master will score more than 80% on this festive quiz.

by Mal Chadwick, Jack Bullett December 17, 2020

Fishing

Open letter: strengthening UK ocean protection

An open letter to Rebecca Pow MP and Victoria Prentis MP, Ministers for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

December 15, 2020

Oceans

Fishing area in the Antarctic becomes ocean sanctuary

An NGO-industry collaboration to protect the Antarctic Ocean today announces a big step forward with a year-round closure of a 4500km2 area of ocean around Hope Bay in the northern…

by James Hanson December 11, 2020

Environmental justice

Industrial fishing trawlers are bulldozing important artefacts of Black history on the ocean floor

Greenpeace UK has been taking action against industrial fishing ships trawling in so-called Marine Protected Areas. New evidence has emerged that trawlers have been bulldozing the wreck of the world's…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson October 28, 2020

Oceans

Greenpeace stops supertrawler fishing in UK marine protected area

Greenpeace activists have climbed the side of a Dutch-owned supertrawler fishing in a Marine Protected Area off the coast of Scotland, forcing the ship to leave the area.

by James Hanson October 13, 2020