World Ocean Week 2025
I’d like to mark World Ocean Week with a good story, but where to start? There are so many!
Funky Creatures
When I discovered that a one-inch-square piece of kelp frond is a microcosm of creatures, (once more) the enormity of the ocean and what we don’t yet know about it, dawned on me.
Underwater in Barrow
When Pelican of London graced the Tall Ship Fest 2024 in Barrow in Furness, I took the opportunity to explore the underwater world of Buccleuch Dock. Here is what I found…
Deep Ocean Fascination
It 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… Read More
(Bio)Diversity and Inclusion
As an environmental scientist, I value biodiversity and working with the sail training charity Seas Your Future* I found myself in an organisation with innate knowledge that diversity in people and their talents is as important for society… Read More
My New Underwater Toy
I’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!
Blowing Bubbles
Three 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.
Restronguet Creek Revisited
My first close encounter with pollution emanating from the abandoned mines in England’s Southwest occurred in the mid 1990s, when research for my undergraduate dissertation brought me to Restronguet Creek in the Fal Estuary. A former tin mine… Read More
STEAM Education Link XI
Now here is a thought: Fishy breath, trampling and carnage are good things (in the right context).
100 years ago…
…Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail from Plymouth aboard Quest for the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition with a strong scientific mission. The event is marked today by the Devon-Cornwall Polar Society with an all-day event in Plymouth, which is covered… Read More
Challenging Habitat 