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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Switzerland has lost almost 20% of its glacier ice in just five years. If emissions continue to rise as they have, practically all glaciers in the Swiss Alps could disappear by 2100. doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr... 📷 GLAMOS / Urs Steinegger / Matthias Huss

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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 · 24/09/2026

Rising seas threaten communities, cities and livelihoods around the world, and pose an existential threat to many low-lying nations. Today, the UN General Assembly is focusing on the need for international action. 🌊 www.un.org/pga/81/2026/... @unep.org #UNGA 📷 Govt Kiribati/Wikimedia Commons

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

World leaders are gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly. The ocean reminds us of something simple: protecting it requires us to work together. Currents cross borders. Marine life migrates between nations. Many Nations, One Ocean. 🌊 @unep.org @thegef.bsky.social 📷 joakant

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023. A major new study using data from 27 satellite missions found the loss has contributed 3.14 cm to global sea-level rise. www.esa.int/Applications... 🎥 Copernicus Sentinel processed by ESA

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Whale watching season is in full swing in South Africa, as southern right whales return to the coast. Research points to worrying changes in their body condition, linked to feeding conditions in the Southern Ocean. 🎧 omny.fm/shows/the-jo... 📷 Josep M. Gracia/Wikimedia Commons @capetalk.bsky.social

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

More coverage of the early closure of Antarctica’s krill fishery which closed in August after reaching the 620,000-tonne catch limit. environmentjournal.online/headlines/an... 📸 Lewis Pugh Foundation @antarcticasouth.bsky.social #antarctica2030

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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 · 03/09/2026

The North Water polynya is one of the Arctic's most important ecosystems. But as the Arctic warms, the ice arch that helps keep these waters open is becoming less reliable, threatening an extraordinary web of life. Originally from Canada's National Observer: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

1.5°C was meant to be the limit. A new report from the UN Environment Programme says exceeding 1.5°C is unavoidable. www.unep.org/resources/li... That makes what happens next even more important. Every fraction of a degree matters. What happens next is still ours to decide. @unep.org

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Climate change beneath the surface. Major disturbances to coral reefs once came every 10 years. Now it’s every 5–6. IPCC projections: 70–90% further decline at 1.5°C of warming. At 2°C, more than 99%. aims.gov.au/information-... 📷 Bleached Coral, Raja Ampat Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank @UNEP

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There are creatures in our ocean that seem almost impossible. Familiar enough to recognise. Strange enough to remind us how much of the ocean still feels like another world. 📷 Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #mantarays

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Global sea surface temperatures normally reach their annual peak in March or April, following the Southern Hemisphere summer. By August, they would usually be well below that peak. Instead, on 22 August, they reached a record 21.1°C. Data: Copernicus Climate Change Service @CopernicusECMWF

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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 · 24/08/2026

Polar bears depend on sea ice for more than just a platform from which to hunt. The Arctic is warming rapidly, its waters are getting warmer and sea ice is disappearing. As the ice changes, so too does the food web that depends on it. #polarbears #arctic #climatechange @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Scientists are seeing South American seabirds appearing unusually far north in Panama, as changing ocean conditions affect the food they depend on. A clear example of how shifts in ocean conditions can change where species are able to survive. www.reuters.com/business/env...

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Displaced by El Niño, South American seabirds flock to Panama

Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual range in ‌Panama Bay as a powerful El Niño warms the eastern Pacific and disrupts m...

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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 · 05/08/2026

Turritopsis dohrnii, can revert from its adult medusa stage back to a polyp and begin its life cycle again. The more we study the ocean, the more we discover how much we still have to learn. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #OceanProtection #30x30 #Jellyfish @tamu.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Scientists warn that ships stranded for months in the Strait of Hormuz have accumulated unusually large amounts of marine life on their hulls. When they return to service, they could transport invasive species to ports around the world. www.whoi.edu/press-room/n... @whoi.edu @unep.org

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Scientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Footage of an iceberg overturning in Ilulissat, Greenland, is a reminder of the extraordinary environment Lewis swam through in 2021. The Arctic often looks calm and still. Until it isn't. Icebergs can shift without warning. #NoIceNoLife

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Climate coverage is shrinking, even as the climate crisis intensifies. Meanwhile, there have been 45 climate policy reversals across 15 jurisdictions in just one year. Read more from @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu & @ingmar.wsocial.eu app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/c374dd... 📊 We Don't Have Time

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Ingmar Rentzhog @ingmar.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2026

What’s happening in our oceans right now will affect every one of us. I wrote a long-read article in Forbes explaining why. If you want to understand what the graph below really means for your future, I recommend reading it. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Plastic doesn't disappear. It fragments. Over time, larger pieces break down into microplastics that now contaminate every ocean on Earth.| Less plastic waste today means less pollution for generations to come. #BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticFreeJuly @undp.org @unep.org @plasticpollutes.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We often think of microplastics as a pollution problem, but they may also affect the climate. A new scientific review highlights how microplastics in the Arctic may reduce the reflectivity of snow and ice. newswise.com/articles/arc... 📷 #Greenland: Lewis Pugh Foundation #Microplastics #Arctic

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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 · 15/07/2026

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is meeting this week to discuss the international seabed - it covers around 54% of the world's oceans, yet less than a third of it has been mapped in detail. Learn more: news.un.org/en/story/202... #DeepSea #DeepSeaMining #Ocean @unep.org

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

Pacific gray whales are in crisis. Climate change is transforming their Arctic feeding grounds, while strandings are rising sharply. At least 145 have been reported this year. peer.org/gray-whales-... 📷 H Klostermann / Ocean Image Bank 📍Baja California @peer.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 07/07/2026

Climate change is making floods, heatwaves, and storms more dangerous. Early warning systems help predict these risks and alert people in time to act, saving lives, homes, and livelihoods. Explore more about this cost-effective disaster risk reduction approach: www.unep.org/topics/clima...

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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 · 09/07/2026

Despite the name, Porcelain Crabs aren't true crabs. They're close relatives of squat lobsters that evolved a remarkably crab-like body shape. 📷 David P. Robinson / Ocean Image Bank #OceanLife #MarineLife #PorcelainCrab #OceanConservation @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New research reveals how forces deep within the Earth helped shape East Antarctica. It’s an area we know well. In 2020, Lewis swam in one of its ice rivers, which flowed beneath the ice itself. www.reuters.com/business/env... #EastAntarctica @science.org @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 · 24/06/2026

Sperm whales have accents. Scientists studying sperm whales in the Mediterranean have discovered distinct regional dialects. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... 📷 Image: Amanda Cotton/Ocean Image Bank (photographed in Caribbean) @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #whales #oceanscience

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The clean energy transition is no longer a future aspiration. It is already underway, but it now needs to be scaled rapidly. Read more: news.un.org/en/story/202... 📷 Lewis Pugh Foundation @unep.org @unnews.bsky.social #NoIceNoLife #CleanEnergy @iccinet.org

A towering iceberg floats in dark polar waters beneath heavy grey clouds. Broken sea ice stretches across the horizon, highlighting the scale and isolation of the frozen landscape.

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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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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 05/06/2026

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! Join us in celebrating our planet and recognizing the power we all have to protect it. Every voice matters. Every move counts. Join the movement. Together, let’s act #NowForClimate for this generation and the next.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The signals are becoming harder to ignore. Record ocean temperatures. Melting ice. Rising seas. More extreme weather. What happens in the polar regions doesn't stay there. The systems that regulate our climate connect us all. #WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate @unep.org

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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🆕 WMO confirms: El Niño conditions are developing and are set to influence global temperature and rainfall patterns, increasing the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. Most forecast models suggest it will be at least moderate – possibly strong. Be prepared. More info➡️ bit.ly/4e1hvLt

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Scientists have identified Tylosaurus rex, a giant marine predator that lived 80 million years ago, from fossils already sitting in museum collections. 👉 digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/dbbf9d... @amnh.org #oceanscience 📷 Courtesy of Alderon Games - Path of Titans via AMNH

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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 · 25/05/2026

The ocean is connected to everything upstream. Forests, watersheds, rivers and oceans are part of the same living system. Pressure placed on one eventually affects the others. #Biodiversity #30x30 #Ocean @unep.org @thegef.bsky.social

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Orcas, humpback whales and blue whales all experience the ocean through very different acoustic worlds. #BiodiversityDay #Whales @unbiodiversity.bsky.social 📷 Lars von Ritter Zahony, Noemi Merz / Ocean Image Bank. Blaque X. 🔊 NOAA

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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Read the #BiodiversityDay 2026 statement by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Full statement 🔗 www.cbd.int/idb/statemen... #LocalAction #ForNature #IDB2026

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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This #BiodiversityDay, join people around the world in celebrating and taking action for nature. 🌿 There are many ways to get involved and support biodiversity wherever you are 🌍 Find an event on the IDB website: 👉 www.cbd.int/biodiversity... #LocalAction #ForNature #IDB2026

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