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Precipitation of ochre from a metalliferous mine water outflow at Wheal Augusta in Devon. (c) Braungardt 2018

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Gene Cernan

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Ocean Advocacy in a Newsletter?

Every organisation seems to have a newsletter these days – they are a great way of keeping in touch with the sub-section of society who still engage with email (just!). These days I’m writing and collating contents for the newsletter of the sail training organisation Pelican of London Ltd. and this gives me another platform…

Ocean Solstice

Today, I’m telling a kid’s story about summer solstice below the waves to make a bigger point about how the ocean ecosystem and seasons interact. Sparkle and Shimmer Sparkle and Shimmer are herrings, small fish that live in a silvery shoal with hundreds of friends and family. It’s the summer solstice, the longest day of…

War and Sustainability

It should be obvious that ammunition and mines are single-use and for this reason alone, not a sustainable use of resources – just as single-use plastics, and aren’t most of us objecting to those publicly by now? The body of scientific evidence on the environmental impacts of war is increasing. Since the start of the…


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