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This is how Walter Cronkite, an American broadcast journalist, described the events following the inaugural Earth Day in 1970. That year, not only did Earth Day emerge, but so did the modern environmental movement, fueled by pivotal works like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and landmark laws for air, water, and endangered species protection, not to mention the birth of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and Greenpeace one year later.
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Happy spring season! In the Northern Hemisphere, the new season ushers in a season of renewal and growth. When you think of springtime on land, you might think of birds migrating, flowers blooming and leaves emerging, but seasonal effects are taking place in the ocean too.
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There are a few key events that mark every year: the Super Bowl, Coachella, Eurovision, the United Nations Climate Change Conferences and, of course, the Oscars. We’ve come to expect controversy from the Oscars, and last week the 96th Academy Awards certainly stirred up debate.
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As many of you will have read in the letter from Lewis, we’re celebrating a major win for marine conservation: last week an additional 166,000 square kilometres of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) was assigned full protection. This increase alone is greater than the size of England and Wales combined.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) are easily the most important wildlife hotspots under UK jurisdiction. Yesterday, the UK agreed to increase protection around the archipelago by 166,000 km². This is equivalent to an area larger than England and Wales combined.
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According to Chinese folklore, four dragons are responsible for the creation of some of Asia’s mightiest rivers. The story goes like this: when a severe drought ravaged the land, the four magical creatures sought help from the Jade Emperor, the supreme ruler of Heaven, Earth, and Sea, to bring rain. The Emperor promised to send rain the next day but, overwhelmed with his duties, forgot.
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As the Rights of Nature (RoN) movement gains momentum, the world is finally waking up to its sound reasoning. RoN posits that nature is an inherently valuable entity, and not simply because of the services it provides to humans. This legal framework recognises that all life on our planet is deeply intertwined, and, rather than treating it, by law, as property, we must acknowledge that nature has its own right to thrive and flourish to its fullest potential.
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There exists a formidable continent where extremes are the norm. Where there is complete darkness for several months. Where 2°C feels like a warm summer’s day. It is the coldest, windiest, driest, cleanest (not so much anymore) and loneliest of places. And it’s where most of our freshwater comes from.
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