I've just got back from the Apple store, minus one PowerBook G4 top case. They threw it away, since apparently it's impossible to recycle them here... weird, since I recycled about 100 beer cans made from exactly the same substance last week (and no,... Read more >

Yesterday, the Washington Post came out with a scathing editorial about Iceland, and how it harpooned a UN agreement which would have protected vast areas of sensitive marine habitat from unregulated bottom trawling: Read more >

A tiny country that still hunts wha...

I came across an intriguing article today, in the September/October issue of Peter Barnes, co-founder and president of Working Assets.

I couldn't find a copy of it on Adbusters, but I found variations of the articles - see the links below. I ... Read more >

Check this out - over the last few months, the Defending our Oceans team have been asking artists from around the world to become Ocean Defenders and show us how they've been influenced by our oceans.

Not involved yet? Now's yer chance. Go on, ... Read more >

I've just been reading a fantastic blog by George Monbiot - on the strange things going between the UK government and defence industry. Or maybe they're not strange at all... maybe it's the same old malarkey. Read more >

"On Friday, the National Audit Office publi...

An team of scientists from the United States and New Zealand have found "bizarre deep-sea communities" living around methane seeps off New Zealand's east coast. And no, it's not a colony of sea monkeys. Quiet at the back! Read more >

"The 21-member expedition – l...

There's been a spate of sea lion attacks in San Francisco, and in other parts of the US. Scientists are unsure why. Most philosophical explanation:

"People should understand these animals are out there not to attack people or humans. But they‘re ou... Read more >

National Geographic has run a good reality check interview with Scripps Institute oceanographer Dr. Jeremy Jackson. He says, "We will never be able to fish at the level we have been fishing." But goes on to point out that the damage is reversible - ... Read more >

Usually, winning a campaign is good enough in itself but winning an award on top of that has to be the cherry on the cake. Or, in this case, the sesame seeds on top of a squishy white bun.

We were nominated by the good listeners of BBC Radio 4's The Fo... Read more >

© Greenpeace / Alex Hofford

"28 November 2006 - A few days after our dive near Espíritu Santo - where we sent a message to the Mexican government: "Marine Reserves now!" - the decree was finally signed and the area will now be protected."

Wow. Sometimes... Read more >

© Innerspace Visions / James D. Watt

Well, this may have profound implications for the future of whales - some of them may be smarter than we had previously thought! Read more >

Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and othe...

Making Waves got an email this morning, from the Greenpeace UK webteam. It seems we've been listed as number 10 in the best UK green blogs by The Daily (Maybe) blog. Of course, we're delighted to have gained this recognition - trailing behind sucn lum... Read more >

Be sure to check out the latest Ocean Defenders TV clip (called Behind the Scenes at ICCAT, in the Defending our Oceans channel). It follows Greenpeace Spain campaigner Sebastian through the course of a big meeting to decide the fate of critical blu... Read more >

It's official. Our scientist Paul Johnston, or PJ as he's affectionately called around here, is more important than Buddha, the Dalai Lama, and more weirdly, Jamie Oliver and Father Christmas. Today the Guardian names the Environment Agency's Top 10... Read more >

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Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors - including our British colleagues - have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) f... Read more >