Tag: Greenpeace

Greenpeace survey in Arctic deep sea mining area finds deep-diving whales and dolphins

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace and a team of whale researchers have travelled to the area that Norway has recently opened for deep sea mining to conduct research on marine mammals that may be affected by the controversial new industry. They discovered high levels of biodiversity close to a seamount in the proposed mining area, including deep-diving and vulnerable whales, and secured both hydro-acoustic and visual data. After just a day’s survey, the scientists identified what seemed to be four different groups of sperm whales in one of the proposed licence areas, near Jan…

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Greenpeace launches Arctic expedition to survey marine mammals in area targeted for deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

As the Norwegian government is moving forward with the opening of Arctic waters to deep sea mining exploration, Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany set sail with a group of scientists and campaigners heading to the mining area in the Norwegian Sea. Their aim is to learn more about the whale and dolphin species in the area that could be impacted by this destructive industry. Arctic waters are one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world, rapidly undergoing environmental change due to pollution-fuelled climate damage. The Arctic mining area is…

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Greenpeace launches Arctic expedition to survey marine mammals in area targeted for deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

Arctic waters are one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world, rapidly undergoing environmental change due to pollution-fuelled climate damage. The Arctic mining area is punctuated by underwater mountains and deep sea ridges, offering rich habitat for foraging and migrating whales, among many other species. Over the coming weeks, scientists onboard the Greenpeace ship Witness will conduct a visual-acoustic survey for cetaceans living in the area, including for some species that are globally threatened. “Whales and dolphins live and feed in the same deep sea area that the Norwegian…

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Photoplay’s Dropbear Fights For Our Forests in latest Greenpeace Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Australia is undergoing a mostly hidden deforestation crisis of a globally concerning scale. To help spread awareness, Greenpeace has teamed up with Photoplay director Dropbear to release a compelling animated campaign that pulls on the heartstrings of all Australians who care about our native animals and environment. Every two minutes, an MCG-sized area of forest and bushland is bulldozed in Australia, killing millions of native animals each year, while harming the land. To convey the devastation of deforestation, Greenpeace’s ‘Fight For Our Forests’ national campaign centers on a koala and…

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Greenpeace reveals the plastic choking the ‘golden floating rainforest’ of the Sargasso Sea

Stuart Mitchell

Campaigners from Greenpeace UK have retrieved hundreds of pieces of plastic from clusters of seaweed floating in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. They spent the last five days on board the Arctic Sunrise crossing the sea to launch a campaign to create a global network of marine sanctuaries under the Global Ocean Treaty. The ship crew made an unplanned stop to look inside a patch of sargassum seaweed – the golden algae that forms gigantic floating mats and gives the Sargasso Sea its name. Although this was a…

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