There are whales alive today who were born when George IV ascended the throne. Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters of Alaska are over 200 years old.
📸: Our Planet
It's not just that many "compostable" bioplastics don't compost as they should. Most are likely to be more environmentally damaging than the fossil fuel plastics they replace.🧵
Kia ora! It's been a busy old time of it, so we're slowly catching up on work updates ... We had a wonderful trip snorkelling & filming in NZ's first ever marine reserve at #GoatIsland documenting the very important work of #experincingmarinereserves#WorldOceansDay#saveourseas
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira vanished in Brazil's Amazon while investigating invasions of Indigenous lands. Just before, they were threatened by people illegally exploiting the reserve. Story in @nytimes with @jacknicas@andrespigariol@leocoelho_jor https://t.co/Q5R7aa7ePn
#RegenesisFact 15: How many chickens do you reckon are killed every year in the UK?
1 million? No.
10 million? No.
100 million? No.
1 billion.
Yes. 1 billion.
And even this meets only 75% of our demand. The rest are imported.
30°C above normal in the Arctic today.
40°C above normal in the Antarctic today.
It would be unbelievable if it were not true.
And it is terrifying beyond words.
The war we have waged against the natural world has, in climatic terms, just gone nuclear.
We were especially chuffed to see that @BBC_Travel selected our film to highlight the #conservation work of Penguin Place & their Rehab Manger Jason Van Zanten as one of their #50ReasonstoLovetheWorld Feature ... :)
#savethepenguins https://t.co/4AQtoIXvGz
Wonderful news to hear that #PenguinPlace#conservation reserve, who we filmed for the @BBCTravelShow has received funding from @docgovtnz for their Jobs for Nature programme. This funding we're sure is very welcome! https://t.co/xeuVdPE5Ao...