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What are the solutions to climate change?
Climate change is happening now, and it’s the most serious threat to life on our planet. Luckily, there are plenty of solutions to climate change and they are well-understood.
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What is biodiversity and why is it important?
Biodiversity is one of the most important ideas for anyone who cares about the natural world. Let's explore what it means, and why it matters for all of us.
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As we celebrate the successful oil transfer from FSO SAFER..Oil companies still have to pay and fulfil their responsibility!
Greenpeace celebrates the significant milestone in the effort to avoid a humanitarian and ecological crisis as the million-plus barrels of oil on board the decaying FSO SAFER have been safely transferred to a new vessel. While we mark this success, it is imperative to address the absence of accountability exhibited by the oil industry that…
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UN operation to make safe Big Oil-abandoned FSO SAFER begins
The hazardous operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO SAFER supertanker off Yemen’s coast has commenced after years of delay.
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FSO Safer tanker could trigger major oil disaster, study shows Barriers to undertake swift resolution are not technical but political
Without a swift resolution, an explosion or leak from the rusting oil tanker FSO Safer off the coast of Yemen could trigger one of the biggest oil spill disasters in history.
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Explore the ocean from home: videos to transport you
There’s no doubt that these are strange and challenging times. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.
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Protect the whale’s habitat. Protect the oceans.
The home of the Southern Right whale is under threat. In the south-west Atlantic alone, over 400 fishing vessels arrive each year to empty its seas. Uncontrolled fishing takes away food from dolphins, sharks, and elephant seals, and puts them at risk of ending up in fishing nets.
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There are enormous mountains under the sea. Here are five things you need to know.
Seamounts are large submarine volcanic mountains, formed through volcanic activity and submerged under the ocean. Though they were once seen as nothing more than a nuisance by sailors, scientists have discovered that the structures of seamounts form wildlife hotspots. The steep slopes of seamounts carry nutrients upwards from the depths of the seafloor towards the…
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It could be our last chance to protect the Amazon Reef region
The Amazon Reef region is a vital, diverse and beautiful area between Brazil and French Guiana. A place where the impossible becomes a reality: a reef that grows at up to 200 meters depth and a place where 2 million people won a battle against a huge and powerful oil company: Total.
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Greenpeace reveals a massive whale art installation in Morocco to send a message to the world: protect our oceans!
Part of the one year ‘Pole to Pole’ expedition to document and highlight the main threats facing the oceans and demanding “ocean sanctuaries", Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa (MENA) revealed today an art installation made of 800 used plastic bottles representing a blue whale.
