Ocean day edition
No blue, no green
Happy world ocean day 🌊
The mysterious beauty that makes up most of the planet. Today we’re wishing you wonderful shades of blue, inviting you to take a deep breath and thank the wonderful gifts the ocean provides us with every single day.
🗞️ In Climate News
⛽ Director of movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ to triple donations to Just Stop Oil campaign.
🇽🇹 Texas declares state of emergency after intense flash floods.
UN conference raises less than $1 billion for climate-wracked Horn of Africa in major disappointment.
📈 Cool Trends
♾️ eco-stories
🏝️ The Tale of Raja Ampat
Today the vast archipelago known as Raja Ampat in West Papua, Indonesia is home to the most marine biodiverse area in the world. Located in the middle of Asia’s Coral Triangle it has more marine species than anywhere else on the planet: 553 types of coral and 1470 species of reef fish.
However, this wasn’t always the case, by the end of the 1990s this underwater paradise was decimated and brought to the brink of ruin due to overfishing. It has returned to its high glory thanks to a mix of admirable dedication, tough conservation efforts and strong cooperation against illegal fishers. Its story is one of hope, reminding us that if we appreciate and protect nature in a short time it will flourish.
💩 WTF? News
🇹🇻 Tuvalu becomes first digital nation amid rising sea levels.
🧴Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race.
🌏 The Culture Club
📺 What we’re watching: Mission Blue
📸 Profile of the week: @dr.sylviaearle
📚 What we’re reading: Blue Mind by Wallace J Nicholls
🤯 Fun fact we learnt this week: between 50-80% of the world’s oxygen is produced by the ocean.