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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, yet support around a quarter of all marine life. At 1.5°C of warming, 70–90% of warm-water coral reefs could be lost. At 2°C, more than 99%. 📍 Daymaniyat Islands, Oman 📷 Warren Baverstock / Ocean Image Bank @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #oman

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wendell Berry, the American writer, poet, farmer and environmentalist died this week, aged 92. Berry wrote about our relationship with the natural world, and what we stand to lose when we forget our place within it. 📷 Lewis Pugh Foundation - Iceland & Hudson River #WendellBerry #Conservation

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Global sea surface temperatures have just reached their highest level on record. A strong El Niño is adding heat to an ocean already warmed by decades of human-driven climate change. Data: Copernicus Climate Change Service / ECMWF. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @unep.org

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Polar bears have been telling us about the impacts of a warming planet for years. From heatwaves across Europe and Asia to rising temperatures across the globe, those impacts are now becoming impossible for the rest of us to ignore. #PolarBears #ClimateChange @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unep.org

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today is Marine Day, 海の日, in Japan. From the icy waters of Hokkaido to the coral reefs of Okinawa, Japan spans eight marine ecoregions. From ice to coral, the ocean shapes Japan’s wildlife, culture and way of life. Today is a reminder to celebrate it, and protect it. #uminohi #shonankaigan #ocean

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Over half of mollusc species living around deep-sea hydrothermal vents are threatened with extinction. 🔗 www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... 📷: Nakamura et al. (2012), PLOS ONE / CC BY 2.5 @sscmarine.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unep.org #molluscs #deepsea #deepseamining

The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum), an Endangered deep-sea mollusc found only around hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. Its shell and scales contain iron sulphides, giving it a natural form of armour. This remarkable adaptation is being studied by scientists for insights that could help develop new materials and technologies.The species is threatened by deep-sea mining, which could damage or destroy the vent habitats on which it depends.

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bookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

‘Diatomea.’ Diatoms are one of the two main classes of phytoplankton. Their clearly varied and beautiful silica cell walls are called frustules. Illustration from Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel. Coin for scale. 🌊 🦑

An illustration of a variety of diatoms with different shapes and geometric patterns.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🐧 Arctic or Antarctic? 🐻‍❄️ Think you know which is which? Take our Polar Quiz and see how many you get right. #PolarQuiz #Arctic #Antarctica #PolarWildlife #OceanWildlife #WildlifeQuiz @antarcticasouth.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and Copernicus Marine Service shows that global average sea surface temperatures reached a record high for June. climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-m... 📊 @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social & @copernicusmarine.bsky.social #oceanscience @esa.int

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Sharks on land and sea are one." Last night at the World Cup, Cabo Verde held Spain to a historic draw. A beautiful film from @faunaflora.bsky.social celebrating the link between Cabo Verde's Blue Sharks and the communities working to protect sharks. Parabéns, Tubarões Azuis! 🇨🇻 🎥 Fauna & Flora

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

One ocean. From coral reefs to polar ice, from kelp forests to the open sea, the ocean connects us all. On World Oceans Day, we celebrate the beauty, diversity and wonder of the ocean. #worldoceansday @unep.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @thegef.bsky.social 🎥 Lewis Pugh Foundation

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Massive congratulations to our Ocean Hero, Helen Walne. Helen's photography in False Bay of the Great African Seaforest is featured on the cover of TIME's Ocean Issue. Congratulations Helen! time.com/article/2026... @time.com @cityofcapetown.bsky.social @southafricatravel.bsky.social #kelp

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 26/05/2026

Chances are you know the climate is changing, and that means trouble. From rising emissions to melting permafrost and economic risks, these 7 graphs break down the climate crisis today. Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay, explore UNEP data and why the world must act #NowForClimate: tinyurl.com/5jp4fbhc

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Ocean systems shape life on land. Parts of the Pacific Ocean reached record surface temperatures in April. This matters globally. When oceans warm, the consequences do not stay at sea. #ElNiño @esaclimate.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social Graphic: Copernicus Climate Change Service

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Most of the ocean isn’t empty anymore. Ship traffic. We are everywhere. Antarctica is still different. That’s why protecting the Southern Ocean matters. @antarcticasouth.bsky.social #Antarctica2030 #Antarctica #SouthernOcean Source: Global Maritime Traffic Density Service (AIS data)

Global map showing ship traffic density across the North Pacific Ocean. Bright yellow and red lines trace thousands of vessel routes, forming dense networks between East Asia and North America, with especially heavy concentrations around Japan and coastal regions. Overlaid text reads: “What looks like wilderness is already full of human activity.”

Map of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. Compared to other regions, there are far fewer ship tracks, with only sparse yellow lines around the edges of the continent. Antarctica appears largely empty of vessel activity. Overlaid text reads: “Antarctica is still different.”

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The ocean is closer to our lives than we think. Over 95% of international data travels through cables on the ocean floor. Messages, markets, media, everything, sent as pulses of light through fibre laid across the seabed. 📊 Source: TeleGeography #SubmarineCables #OceanHealth #Connectivity

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Start small. It’s how everything begins. Happy Friday from Planet Earth. 📷 The Lewis Pugh Foundation

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today, the Emperor Penguin has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The reason is clear: changes in Antarctic sea ice driven by climate change. Read More 👇 iucn.org/press-releas... 📷 The Lewis Pugh Foundation @sscmarine.bsky.social #Antarctica2030 #ClimateCrisis

An adult emperor penguin stands on Antarctic sea ice facing a grey, fluffy chick with one flipper slightly raised. The scene is set on a flat expanse of ice with large blue-white icebergs in the background and a few other penguins scattered further away.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Where does a river end? Where does the ocean begin? 📸 ESA/Copernicus

Satellite view of Sundarbans in Bangladesh showing a dense network of winding rivers and wetlands spreads out toward the sea, with water channels and land blending together and no clear boundary between them.

Satellite view of Musa Bay, Iran, where branching river channels flow into the sea around a developed coastal area, with waterways and shoreline merging in a complex pattern.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Worth protecting. A moment of peace. Good Friday from Antarctica. 📷 The Lewis Pugh Foundation

In a calm Antarctic setting, two penguins stand facing each other on a rocky surface, their bodies close, with soft light and a quiet, minimal background of ice and water.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Most of what is changing in the ocean isn’t visible. Heat, acidification, and declining oxygen levels. These changes are already underway, even when everything looks calm. The surface rarely tells the full story. #oceanscience #climate #swimming 📸 The Lewis Pugh Foundation =

A swimmer (Lewis Pugh) is seen from below in deep blue ocean water, reaching one arm toward bright sunlight at the surface above. The surrounding water appears calm and mostly empty. (Red Sea)

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The ocean absorbs our heat. It also carries our waste. Nearly all of this starts on land and ends up here. There are limits to what it can take. #marinepollution #plasticpollution @unep.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social 📷 The Ocean Image Bank

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Worth protecting. Happy Friday from the Arctic. #ClimateChange #PolarRegions #ChangeNow @unbiodiversity.bsky.social 📷 Lewis Pugh Foundation

A walrus emerges from icy Arctic water, with its long tusks and thick whiskers visible above the surface. The surrounding sea is dark and choppy, with patches of ice in the distance.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ocean currents move heat, nutrients and life around the planet. What looks chaotic is a system in motion. #OceanCurrents #ClimateScience #BluePlanet @unep.org Source: NASA / ECCO

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history. 👇 #WorldMetDay #StateOfClimate #Glaciers2026

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Even if warming stopped at today’s levels, glaciers would continue to shrink. But on our current trajectory, things become far more severe. Every fraction of a degree will determine how much survives. Read more from @unep.org unep.org/news-and-sto... #WorldGlaciersDay #Glaciers2026

A diagram illustrating the impacts of climate warming on high mountain regions.

At lower levels of warming, glaciers retreat and snow cover declines. At higher levels, these changes accelerate sharply. The graphic shows increasing risks, including more severe floods, landslides and avalanches, damage to infrastructure, and growing pressure on water systems that supply billions of people. It also highlights broader consequences, such as rising sea levels and destabilisation of global climate and weather patterns.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

When a whale dies, the deep ocean holds a buffet. 💮Bone-eating snot flowers 🏂Snowboarding scale worms ☠️Hagfish Which guest would you invite?👇 bbc.com/future/artic... #hagfish #snowboarding #Whales 📷 BBC/Adrian Glover

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

16 March 1978: the tanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground off the coast of Brittany, France. 223,000 tonnes of oil spill into the sea, contaminating more than 300 km of coastline. The ocean connects us all. What happens in one place rarely stays there. 📷: NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Earth can appear to be made almost entirely of water, with only a hint of land. The ocean produces half the oxygen we breathe, regulates the climate, and feeds billions of people. Seen from that distance, the importance of the ocean is hard to miss. Image: NASA / NOAA DSCOVR EPIC

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 11/12/2025

🏔️ Mountains are the backbone of life on Earth. They supply freshwater to over half of humanity & sustain biodiversity. Yet, they are vulnerable to degradation from human activities & climate change. On #MountainDay, we celebrate their beauty & their indispensable role for people and nature.

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The high Himalayas and Tibetan plateau are warming 2x faster than the world. In Nepal’s Nubri Valley, communities are fighting back with solar greenhouses and local knowledge. This #InternationalMountainDay, discover their story: undp-nature.exposure.co/melting-moun... #IMD2025 #MountainsMatter

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Glaciers sit at the apex of mountain water systems.Their decline reshapes everything downstream as communities face shrinking water supplies and higher risks of floods and landslides. #UNEA7 @thegef.bsky.social @unep.org #MountainsMatter #IMD2025 📸 @esa.int

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

CITES has agreed to move whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, and manta and devil rays to Appendix I, ending international commercial trade. This does not end the pressure on sharks, but it does give the work ahead a firmer base. #TheSharkSwim #30x30 #UNEA7 @unep.org @thegef.bsky.social 📷 NOAA

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Protecting glaciers is about people, food, water, and stability. Meltwater feeds rivers that support billions of people. As glaciers shrink, water becomes less predictable, affecting drinking supplies, farming, and energy downstream. #unea7 @unep.org @thegef.bsky.social 📸 : Chris 73 / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Lewis will climb Mount Kenya this week to swim in a glacial lake at 4850m. The glaciers on the mountain have between 3 to 5 years before they disappear. Find out more 👇 lewispughfoundation.org/campaign/mou... 📷 Image: Chris 73/WikiCommons #LewisGlacierSwim #UNEA7 @unep.org @thegef.bsky.social

A clear view of Mount Kenya’s high peaks under a bright blue sky. Jagged rock towers rise sharply, with thin bands of the mountain’s last remaining glaciers clinging to the upper slopes. The lower landscape is dry and rocky, dotted with small green alpine plants.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 02/12/2025

The 🌍 is facing real environmental pressures, but we already know what works: restoring ecosystems, cutting pollution, & investing in clean energy all strengthen resilience. #UNEA7 is a key moment for countries to build on this progress & step up action for a more resilient planet: bit.ly/3WtFOt3

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 25/09/2025

Superpollutants are responsible for 45% of global warming to date, wreaking havoc on the planet & our health. Meet Methane, Tropospheric Ozone, and Black Carbon, and discover how you can do your part to stop them, smash them, and take back our planet: www.unep.org/interactives... #ClimateSummit

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

📺 In this video, Johan Rockström explains the key findings of the 2025 Planetary Health Check: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPV...

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Official Planetary Health Check 2025 with Johan Rockström

YouTube video by Planetary Boundaries Science

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Nearly 300 swimmers took over the Chicago River this weekend — the first open-water race there in almost 100 years. Congratulations to all in Chicago who worked tirelessly for many years to get the river to this point. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/21/c... #ChicagoRiver #ALongSwim

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Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago River race in nearly a century: ‘Really an incredible experience’

The race raised money for ALS and celebrated the Chicago River’s recovery from its polluted past.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

📷 Fantastic milestone: 60 nations have now ratified the #HighSeasTreaty, clearing the way for it to enter into force in January. At last there is a legal framework to protect biodiversity in waters beyond the jurisdiction of any nation. Read more: apnews.com/article/high... #30x30 #BBNJ

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

25 years in the making, the WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has finally come into force. www.wto.org/english/news... #OceanAdvocacy #30x30

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Dolphins bring joy to us all. On #WorldDolphinDay we should remember that bycatch, overfishing, pollution and other human influences mean many species are now endangered — some critically. 🐬💔 #OceanAdvocacy #30x30

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Did you know that - 🌎There are over 117 million lakes, covering nearly 4% of land. 🚰Although most freshwater is stored in glaciers and underground, lakes contain about 90% of the world’s surface supply, making them vital sources of accessible water. #WorldLakeDay (Artwork: Arthur Heming)

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 25/08/2025

Our oceans face unprecedented challenges. It's time to work to restore oceans & coasts by: 🌊 Protecting and restoring coral reefs & mangroves & other key habitats 🌊 Reducing pressure on them 🌊 #BeatPollution Join #GenerationRestoration: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys... #WorldWaterWeek

An underwater scene with coral reefs illustrated in bright red, blue, and green lines, alongside outlines of a turtle, fish, and diver. Bold white text in the center reads: “LET’S REVIVE OUR OCEANS. Join #GenerationRestoration.” Logos at the bottom include the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, UN Environment Programme, and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“Purpose will get you in the water, but it won’t keep you in the water.” Lewis shared this story, and more, on the VoLo Climate Correction podcast. 🎧 Listen here: volofoundation.org/podcast/into... With thanks to the @volofoundation.bsky.social for hosting

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

It's Marine Protected Areas Day. MPAs are effective in - 🐟Safeguarding biodiversity 🪸Protecting food security 🌻Building climate resilience The world has pledged to protect 30% by 2030. Sustained pressure, ambition, and focus are critical if we’re to achieve the #30x30 goal. #MPADay

Underwater photograph of a vibrant coral reef ecosystem with multiple species of hard and soft corals in various colors including white, purple, and green. Numerous small orange and yellow fish swim throughout the reef structure against a deep blue ocean background. The image showcases the rich biodiversity that Marine Protected Areas help preserve.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

We believe that swimmers should be protectors of the sea. That’s why we’re teaming up with SwimTrek to safeguard the waters we love. 👉Read more: lewispughfoundation.org/new-partners... @lewispugh.bsky.social

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