Worth watching the full NHKWORLD video in the link below. Sakura dangouo, the “cherry blossom lumpfish”, is very cute. #サクラダンゴウオ #Biodiversity #Oceans #cherryblossom www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

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

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

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

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

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

The likelihood of El Niño conditions developing later this year continues to increase. Another reminder of how closely ocean temperatures, weather systems and biodiversity are linked. #BiodiversityDay #oceans www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Earlier this year, a rediscovered 1949 recording of humpback whale song offered a reminder of how much louder the modern ocean has become. www.whoi.edu/press-room/n... 📸 Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank @whoi.edu @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #whales #whalesong

This fairy basslet is one small example of the extraordinary colour and diversity found beneath the ocean’s surface. The ocean is far more vibrant, complex and alive than most people realise. 📷 Beth Watson / Ocean Image Bank #OceanStateOfMind #biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @whoi.edu

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

The Polar Oceans may feel remote. Their influence isn’t. New Arctic and Antarctic imagery from The Ocean Agency, now freely available through the Ocean Image Bank: oceanimagebank.theoceanagency.org/polar-ocean-... Worth checking out #WorthProtecting. #Antarctica2030 @whoi.edu 📸 Ocean Agency

We’re excited to launch the Polar Ocean Image Collection, 500+ stunning images freely available to anyone who wants to communicate about the importance of polar research. Created in partnership with Ponant Explorations, The Ocean Agency and UNESCO 📲Dive in: go.whoi.edu/polar-ocean-images

Most people will never see the Arctic Ocean. Yet the Arctic helps shape weather, climate, and ocean systems far beyond the polar regions. Its influence reaches well beyond the ice. Happy Friday from the Arctic. #Arctic 📷 Lars von Ritter Zahony/Ocean Image Bank @whoi.edu

Happy Friday! Chinstrap Penguins. Named for the strap-like line under their chin. Small detail. Life here isn’t always that simple. #WorthProtecting @antarcticasouth.bsky.social #antarctica2030 #penguins #30x30 📽️ LPF

Most of the ocean remains invisible to us. Vast parts of it are still not well understood, which makes them easy to treat as empty and available. Understanding takes time. Exploitation doesn’t wait. #Ocean #DeepSea #Biodiversity #OceanProtection #DeepSeaMining 📷 Emma Li

King Penguins of South Georgia all start like this. Sailors used to call them “oakum boys”. Brown, fluffy, useless in the water. Then everything changes. Happy Penguin Day!! 🐧 #PenguinDay #Antarctica2030 #southernocean #antarctica #penguins 🎥 The Lewis Pugh Foundation Eaktas06

🧊 A glacier in Tibet collapsed and nobody noticed for two years. Satellite data from the ESA Climate Change Initiative revealed what happened: the glacier tongue had vanished. Scientists reconstructed the entire event from space 🛰️ Worth a read: climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

We call it Earth. This is an ocean world. More than 70% of our planet’s surface is ocean, and it absorbs around 90% of the excess heat generated by global warming (IPCC). #Oceans #ClimateCrisis #Earthday2026

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)

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

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

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

New study finds the "canary in the coal mine" for the #AMOC: a consistent decline of the western overturning circulation, down from 20 to 15 Sv during 2004-2023 at 26° N. 🌊 AMOC "could be at or near a critical tipping point, potentially leading to its collapse". www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We’ve gone back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years so we can look back at Earth again. The image is much sharper now, but it still doesn’t reveal the real change. Since the early 1970s: Atmospheric CO₂: from 325 ppm to over 420 ppm Wildlife populations: down 73% 📸 NASA / Artemis II

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

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

“When you swim for something larger than yourself, discomfort becomes part of the journey.” In 2018, Lewis swam 528 km in 49 days from Land’s End to Dover, driven by purpose. Read more here: swimtrek.com/blog/the-pow... @swimtrek.bsky.social

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 =

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

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

Today marks 37 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill. 11 million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean, impacting local livelihoods and killing countless animals. This serves as a reminder of how devastating oil spills can be – and why we should avoid them at all costs.

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

🐋 The living world. v.1. Boston: Samuel Walker & Co., 1868-1870, c1868. [Source]

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

From mountain peaks to communities downstream, everything is connected. This #WorldDayForGlaciers, we highlight how glacier loss impacts water, food, and ecosystems worldwide. Learn how the GEF supports resilience from source to sea: thegef.org/newsroom/blo... #Glaciers2026

Glaciers and ice sheets cover approximately 10% of Earth's land area, yet their influence stretches far beyond their frozen borders, shaping life across the entire planet. This #GlaciersDay, discover why glaciers matter for people and nature: https://ow.ly/qYuE50YwHhW

Even in a world of extremes, some events still stand out to me. This is one. All-time monthly records are being shattered. The size of this ridge across the western U.S. is truly striking for March, and we see a very clear climate change connection. Explore: csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

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

Can butterflies cross the Atlantic Ocean? It sounds impossible. Some scientists think it happens. A beautiful interactive on one of nature’s most remarkable journeys. www.theguardian.com/environment/... @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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

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)

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

High on Mount Kenya, the Lewis Glacier — one of the last remaining in Africa — is rapidly disappearing. Scientists warn it could be gone within three to five years. Learn why this matters far beyond Kenya: thegef.org/newsroom/blo... @lewispugh.bsky.social #MountKenya #LewisGlacier

The GEF Council, representing 186 countries, allocated $291 million from the GEF Trust Fund for 30 high-impact initiatives addressing illegal fishing, island economies, pollution, farmland regeneration, and policy alignment. Read the story: thegef.org/newsroom/new... #GEFCouncil70

With support from the GEF, Lewis recently visited Mount Kenya’s Lewis Glacier – one of Africa’s last three glacier areas – which is expected to disappear within 5 years. Its loss, alongside Kilimanjaro’s, threatens water supplies for around 2 million people. @thegef.bsky.social

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

🏔️ 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.

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

"..Ice loss creates a new world...Some species retreat upward, others move toward villages, and humans adapt to water shortages and changing landscapes." www.theguardian.com/environment/... #MountainsMatter #InternationalMountainDay #UNEA7

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