Oceans

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Oceans

‘Lammy Don’t Dally!’ Greenpeace unfurls giant banner on Foreign Office to keep Ocean Treaty afloat

Hi-resolution photos and video available here London, Thursday 3 April 2025 – Climbers from Greenpeace scaled the Foreign Office in central London in the early hours of this…

by Kai Tabacek April 3, 2025

Nature and wildlife

9 interesting facts about puffins

Puffins are enchanting little seabirds. Here are 9 fascinating facts about puffins and their marvellous, yet sometimes challenging, lives in the wild.

by Greenpeace UK March 14, 2025

Nature and wildlife

Environmental disaster from tanker crash ‘narrowly avoided’ – Greenpeace

Commenting on the aftermath of the collision between a tanker and a container ship in the North Sea, Dr Paul Johnston from the Greenpeace Research Laboratories, said:…

by Graham Thompson March 12, 2025

Gannets fly over a trawler as it fishes for herring

Fishing

Supertrawlers: the massive industrial fishing ships plundering the UK’s most precious waters

Giant supertrawlers are spending thousands of hours fishing in supposedly protected UK waters. This is why we need real ocean protection now.

by Greenpeace UK March 11, 2025

Oceans

Greenpeace extremely concerned about ‘multiple toxic hazards’ from ship collision in North Sea

Greenpeace has expressed serious concerns about the threat to marine life posed by the cargoes and bunker fuel of both the chemical tanker and container ship that collided off the…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 11, 2025

Oceans

Supertrawlers spent 7,380 hours fishing in UK Marine Protected Areas each year since Brexit

An investigation by Greenpeace UK reveals today that giant supertrawlers relentlessly continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, damaging precious marine habitats and fish populations, despite the…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 11, 2025

Oceans

Oil tanker collision off the coast of Yorkshire

Responding to the news of an oil tanker collision off the coast of Yorkshire, a spokesperson for Greenpeace UK, said: “We are monitoring reports of a cargo vessel crashing into…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 10, 2025

A majestic humpback whale gracefully glides through the shallow waters of the azure ocean.

Oceans

Greenpeace’s successful podcast meets the creatures of the deep and season 2 dives into deep sea mining

Greenpeace’s podcast Oceans: Life Under Water is back for a second season after an incredibly successful first season which won a Bronze Climate award at the 2024 British Podcast Awards,…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 10, 2025

Short finned pilot whales are seen from above swimming in the blue sea.

Oceans

Global Ocean Treaty two years on: UK at risk of missing deadline to sign historic treaty into law

Tuesday 4 March will mark the second anniversary of the Global Ocean Treaty being agreed, a triumph for multilateralism and the greatest conservation victory in history. Bringing it to life…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 3, 2025

Aerial view of a boat sailing along a line where the brown water of a river and the green water of the ocean meet.

Activism

Turning the tide: wins for the planet in 2024 – and the road ahead

Earth on the line: a world on fire; a world at war; and a world going under. But a world that turns - and turns around.

by Gurvinder Uppal December 18, 2024