Deep sea discoveries never fail to amaze me, and this one of a coral that lives on metal deposits is extra special.
Read MoreI’ve written about Antarctic krill before, just around World Krill Day in 2022, and three years on, the international community is not much closer to protecting krill for krill’s sake, for ecosystem’s sake, for climate regulation‘s and all of our sake…
Read MoreTo me, life is about curiosity and learning and growing. I love talking and working with people who have different backgrounds and expertises, because there is always the potential for a surprise, a fact, a story, a new understanding …
Read MoreGrowing (up) is all about exploring and once more, sail training on board the tall ship Pelican of London proved to be an excellent vehicle for both, exploring self and the world and finding out how we deal with challenges along the way …
Read MoreA start to the sailing season with a difference: Pelican of London will set sail to song…
Read MoreMegan Farrer is a talented videographer who captured the spirit of our voyage and trainees perfectly on the Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage in nine short videos…
Read MoreIt is National Marine Week and the Wildlife Trusts invite everyone to a multitude of events and actions around the country and to Sea the Connection we have with the ocean. Personally, it is the mysterious deep that fascinates me most and this week, a deep sea discovery blew my scientific mind…
Read MoreI’ve got a great new ‘toy’ that gets me to explore the world below the sea surface without getting wet. Don’t get me wrong: I like water sports, including snorkelling, but this goes deeper: 150 metres!
Read MoreThree hours of blowing bubbles among the coral reefs around Bocas del Toro gave me plenty of time to take in beautiful impressions of a rich ecosystem and questions about its long-term survival.
Read MoreIn 1922, the British geologist R. L. Sherlock argued that humankind had a major impact on inanimate nature in his work “Man as a Geological Agent”. 101 years later, the Anthropocene Working Group proposed Crawford Lake in Canada as the official site for marking the beginning of a the Anthropocene, a new epoch on the geological time scale.
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