Ocean Glories

Ocean Glories I

The July/August issue sets out to really inspire people to think about ‘Ocean Glories’ and the marvels that we lose when we don’t take better care of our oceans. We celebrate why we love the ocean and marine life and share stories about people who are taking positive action to halt its destruction.

From the excerpt from ethologist Jonathan Balcombe’s wonderful book What a Fish Knows to ocean writer and regular contributor Melissa Hobson talking to marine scientists, this is a theme designed to get us all geared up for action, and the Making Waves feature in this issue has some suggestions for where to start.

With so many doing so much – yet it is still not enough. It feels as if we are in the last chance saloon, and still most people are not listening. What will it take?

Ocean Glories II

In this issue we return to a favourite theme, 'Ocean Glories' to celebrate the mostly hidden worlds of the ocean and to remember why we must act now to save these habitats and the creatures already warning us of the cost – to them and us – of losing them.

For the first time ever in the pages of Resurgence & Ecologist we have Sir David Attenborough, whose new book Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness is co-written with Colin Butfield, with the authors sharing an extract all about the challenges of filming the blue whale 25 years ago.

Our special theme, Wonders of the Deep, will take you on a deep dive down through the different ocean zones to the very bottom of the seabed, introducing some fantastic creatures along the way in an article by Ryan Loftus, written originally for the online campaigning platform, On The Edge.

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Drift into a collection of free ocean-themed articles — reflections on the tides, the deep, and our connection to the sea.

Still So Much We Just Don’t Know

By Melissa Hobson

The ocean holds many secrets — and despite centuries of exploration, we’ve barely begun to understand its depths. In this beautifully personal piece, writer and diver Melissa Hobson reflects on her unexpected journey into ocean advocacy and the sense of awe and curiosity that keeps drawing her back.

 

Carrying the Future

By Hannah Stowe

On watch throughout the night out on the Baltic Sea, sailor Hannah Stowe tells her unborn child of the marvellous world he is about to be born into. She recalls, "The water through which we sail is both ancient and new – moving, moving, constantly cycling. Cooling, heating, sinking, rising."

   

Rights of the deep

By Emma Critchley

Artist Emma Critchley – together with a group of Pacific-based experts and ocean science and law advisors, all alarmed by the prospect of deep-sea mining licences being granted – reflects on humanity’s relationship with the deep ocean and advocates for its protection.

 

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