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Melissa Hobson

February 2024

  • A killer whale jumps over a boy at the end of the film Free Willy

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘You lied to us’: did the real-life saga behind Free Willy change the story for orcas in captivity?

    Thirty years after a film highlighted their plight, thousands of whales and dolphins remain performing in entertainment parks

January 2024

  • Volunteers combing the beach at Camber Sands, looking for nurdles.

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    The nurdle hunters: is combing UK beaches for tiny bits of plastic a waste of time?

    More than 170tn plastic particles are floating in the world’s oceans – and millions of them wash up on our shores

March 2023

  • Steve Allnutt in his garage with water tanks growing kelp. Seabed Restoration Project. Sussex

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    The NHS worker singlehandedly rewilding kelp forests in Sussex

    NHS worker Steve Allnutt has watched the lush beds disappear from local waters over the years, and decided to take on the job of restoration himself
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