It's #PenguinAwarenessDay today. Time to brush up on your penguins! And their risk of extinction. Which is your favourite? 💕?💕
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This year UN member states will come together at the #UNEA5 to agree on policies to tackle marine plastic pollution. The science is clear and so are the solutions. We now need action 🌊♻️🌍 #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanSea
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My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine.
We need peace. For humanity. For the planet.
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#ClimateChange & #BiodiversityLoss are interconnected 🌡️?️🌿
What difference does 0.5ºC make?
Learn more from 's infographic💡
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What are #peatlands? Why are they important?🌿
Scientists learned that thick brown peat holds a secret: vast stores of carbon sealed underground, and out of the atmosphere, making the 'muck' one of the world’s best carbon sinks
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This year UN member states will come together at the #UNEA5 to agree on policies to tackle marine plastic pollution. The science is clear and so are the solutions. We now need action 🌊♻️🌍 #BeatPlasticPollution #CleanSea
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The "waterfall" motion propels meltwater through large cracks in the ice — generating heat through friction, which further exacerbates melting. 🧊
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➡️ For the first time in the satellite record, #Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen below 2 million square kilometers...
[Preliminary data using the 5-day trailing mean; explore with nsidc.org/arcticseaicene]
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RECORD DROP: Antarctic sea ice is at its lowest level since measurements began in 1979 ❄️⬇️📉
Read more 👉📖 theguardian.com/world/2022/feb
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Expanding Protected Areas does not conflict with Economic Development, it supports it!
Expanding protected areas to reach the 30 x 30 target will create approximately 400,000 to 650,000 jobs in conservation-management fields within SA🇿🇦.
TAKE ACTION: change.org/Support_30x30N
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Diving ducks! 🦆 In the Arctic circle, ducks take advantage of holes in the ice to reach mussels on the sea floor. Some birds even go as deep as 60 meters for food 🌊👀🤯
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Greenland's ice sheet is melting from the bottom up and far faster than previously thought. It is already the single biggest contributor to global sea-level rise 🌊⬆️
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Whales play such a vital role in our oceans health, learn about which species are most endangered and what can be done here 👇 #endangeredspecies #savethewhales
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Whales play a vital role in the health of our ocean 
Many whale species are now classified as endangered or vulnerable.
Learn about some of these species with @LewisPughFDN
Many whale species are now classified as endangered or vulnerable.
Learn about some of these species with @LewisPughFDN
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📷: David Edgar
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"There is only one ocean, one Earth, and we are the guardians of the future."
A powerful essay by , where he explores the threats facing our ocean and what we can do to help 🌊📖⬇️ #30x30
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Whales communicate in a series of clicks, whistles, and calls that are quite relaxing to listen to 🎧 #WorldWhaleDay
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Whales play a vital role in the health of our ocean ??
Many whale species are now classified as endangered or vulnerable.
Learn about some of these species with 📖💡
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🦤📷: Romain Buenadicha
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MPA NEWS: France to expand marine protections by about 1 million km² in the southern Indian Ocean!
The islands are home to the world’s largest king penguin colony and migratory marine life including the critically endangered Amsterdam albatross 🌊🇫🇷👏?
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Humpback gymnastics! ?🤸♂️💙
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Two blue whales breaching in total synchrony ?💙?
🎥: Ada Karina
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Whale hugs 🤗?
🎥: National Geographic
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Bubble bath, whale style! 🌊??
🎥: Domenic Biagini
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Two beautiful humpback whales dance ?💙?
🎥: BBC Earth
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Sperm Whale pirouette ?🩰💙
🎥: Oceans Beauties
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On #WorldWhaleDay we wanted to share some of our favourite videos of these magnificent creatures. Enjoy ?👇🎥
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Listen for a few minutes to the magnificence of whales. We share this planet with animals that can sing songs that travel for thousands of kilometres 🌊🔊? #WorldWhaleDay
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Today is #WorldWhaleDay! Whales play a vital role in the health of our oceans. Tragically, some are now classified as endangered or vulnerable. Here are 7 of the most threatened whale species ?👇?
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New marine protections in French Polynesia will help safeguard the home of:
? 21 species of shark
🌊 176 types of coral
? 1,024 known fish species
📸: / Ocean Image Bank
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This is a Feather Starfish. Watch it swim through the ocean 🌊??
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A new report has revealed that the world's #glaciers contain 'significantly less' #ice than previously thought. 🔎
Read more: bit.ly/3gUwsSm 🌍
#climatecrisis #globalwarming #nature #climate
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15 years ago, I swam the 140km width of the Maldives. A thread 🌊👇
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Coastal sea levels in the U.S. are predicted to rise 25-30cm by 2050.
“This new data on sea rise is the latest reconfirmation that our climate crisis is blinking code red." 🌊🚨👇
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Happy #NameThatShark day! Can you guess this #shark? Is it a...
a. silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
b. bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
c. spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinnis)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Matthew D Potenski
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