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Litter on the beach, Seychelles The Republic of Seychelles comprises of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, around 1,600km East of Africa. The Seychelles is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is famous for it's beautiful beaches for containing th...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fishing boats and gulls in the harbour in Lofoten, Norway The North-East Arctic cod, the world's largest cod stock, is found in the waters surrounding Lofoten. Fishing is as strong an industry as tourism in this region. Cod feed on capelin, another fish, when they move towards ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Young Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), Antarctic Peninsular The largest of the Antarctic seals, the Elephant Seal is recognised by the trunk-like nose and impressive size - reaching up to 5.8 metres and weighing a maximum of 3700 kg. It spends most of its time at sea, and is far ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adelie Penguin, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Littered beach, Bali, Indonesia The term marine pollution relates to a range of threats to the marine environment including from land-based sources, oil spills, sewage, invasive species, marine litter, overfishing, destruction of coastal habitats, heav...

By Lawrence Hislop

By Lawrence Hislop

Pollution is detroying the mangroves on coastal Bali Once their root system is established, Mangroves provide the perfect habitat for shrimps, lobsters and oysters. They also slow the water flow around the root area, improving coastal water quality, providing the necessary...

By Lawrence Hislop

Drifting through a mangrove plantation in Bali The variety of marine life which exists in and around mangroves provides many Indonesians with their livelihood, in fishing, gathering of crustaceans, to timber production. Unfortunately, mangroves here occupy coastal la...

By Lawrence Hislop

Pollution is detroying the mangroves on coastal Bali In Bali the mangroves are experiencing stress due to rising sea levels and a changing climate, or are being replaced by shrimp farms and repercussions of human development such as pollution and silt run-off. All of this ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Cape Petrels (Daption capense), Antarctic Peninsula The Cape Petrel, also called Cape Pigeon, is one of the most common seabirds of the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica. They have an estimated population of around 2 million. Cape Petrels feed mainly on crustacea, incl...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs, Antarctic Peninsula Huge icebergs are breaking of every year from the huge Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on Earth. About 61% of all fresh water on Earth is held in the Antarctic ice sheet, an equivalent to 70 m of wate...

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic icebergs Huge icebergs are breaking of every year from the huge Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on Earth. About 61% of all fresh water on Earth is held in the Antarctic ice sheet, an equivalent to 70 m of wate...

By Peter Prokosch

Penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula The Gentoo Penguin is distinguishable by the bright red beak and has the largest distribution of any penguin. They feed on cod, crustaceans and squid and often hunt in packs. The Gentoo Penguin is classed as near-threate...

By Peter Prokosch

Whale bones on the beach, Antarctic Peninsula There are 8 species of whale in the Southern Oceans surrounding Antarctica, including the blue whale, humpback whale, minke, orca and sperm whales. All Antarctic whale species migrate southwards to the Southern Oceans to...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonie, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Litter at the docks, Seychelles The term marine pollution relates to a range of threats to the marine environment including from land-based sources, oil spills, sewage, invasive species, marine litter, overfishing, destruction of coastal habitats, heav...

By Lawrence Hislop

Litter at the docks, Seychelles Increased tourism and expansion of the human population in the Seychelles has led to over-harvesting and exploitation of the natural resources resulting in destruction of habitats for local marine environment.

By Lawrence Hislop

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