The 1859 artwork ‘Ocean Life’ gives a wonderful impression of the real-life complexity which few humans then had the chance to see; Helen Scales describes some of its 75 species. For those of us looking out for #IconicFishes, a #seahorse & #cornetfish stand out. 🧵 3/
The fish with trumpet-like snout & the "web-footed horse" illustrated by JB Clark for 'The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen' are surely #IconicFishes - & can you find the seahorse in the second image, 'Water' by Giuseppe Arcimboldo? 🧵 2/
I hugely enjoyed ‘Ocean Art'. It’s teeming with wondrous creatures, & human perceptions changing due to both art & science. Helen Scales' first book was on seahorses, & here it’s her first image.
🎨 Hashime Murayama, 1920
#IconicFishes #seahorse #NewBook #OceanArt #HelenScales #ocean #SeaLife #SciComm
Burning biomass for energy is causing air pollution, health problems, & deforestation. Burning releases carbon & contributes immediately to warming: a carbon debt that may be repaid over decades, or never. No simple solution here! 🔥
https://www.mekongeye.com/2026/05/11/biomass-air-pollution
#MekongEye #biomass #carbon #RenewableEnergy #pollution #Thailand
Sir David highlights the value of the growing network of Whitley Award winners. Here are this year’s conservationists to celebrate:
https://whitleyaward.org/2026/04/30/meet-the-2026-whitley-award-winners/
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A wonderful tribute from conservationists around the world, from the team at #WhitleyAwards 🦋
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJvboCTCEY
@nature @ephemeral
#Attenborough #nature #wildlife #conservation #inspiration #SilverbackFilms
Huge cities, populations & economic sectors may be affected by sea level rise much faster than previously estimated... #Shanghai #Jakarta #Osaka #Bangkok #Nile #Mekong #YellowRiver
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence
Towards a sustainable palm oil supply chain: major Japanese buyers Mitsui & Co and Nissin Foods will be evaluating the regenerative agriculture methods advocated by Malaysian NGO Wild Asia.
Background: https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/789500
New (in Japanese): https://www.nissin.com/jp/company/news/13717/
Following today's post by @InsideClimate on the appalling marine die-off & toxic seawater in Papua New Guinea, I found an excellent article by John Cannon dated 20Mar on Mongabay which is complentary (& was apparently omitted from the Mastodon feed @mongabay):
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/pngs-new-ireland-coastal-waters-causing-fish-deaths-human-sickness/
Artists around the world have been commissioned by Greenpeace to celebrate the Global Ocean Treaty which comes into force today. Berlin, Makkovik, Mexico... please post more images when available!
https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJRPO6HI
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#ArtAndNature #StreetArt #PublicArt #Greenpeace #OceanTreaty
#HighSeasTreaty
"A message in a bottle, widely understood as an act of desperation and devotion; thrown into the sea in the hope of finding help before it’s too late. Here, the bottle has sunk and is filling with water. Often, news about the environment is paired with the language of “last chance”. In this case, that last chance is being held up by red tape."
Artist's statement: https://www.richtstudio.com/outdoor/greenpeace-global-oceans-treaty
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#MarineConservation #HighSeasTreaty #ocean
Big mural features message in a bottle: a call to action for the UK government to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty & establish large marine sanctuaries. https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpeace-uk-unveils-new-mural/
#OceanArt #Richt #Sussex #Greenpeace #MarineProtectedArea #ocean #conservation #mural
The dolphins invite us to look closely at the beauty and diversity of the ocean, and the current impact of man. On show now in the heart of Cambridge, 'Reflecting on the Sea': details above.
Open invitation to a reception [edit: and talk] on Thurs 25 Nov, 5-6pm:
https://www.stbenetschurch.org/events/reflecting-on-the-sea
#StBenetsCam #PangrokSulap #stewardship #BottomTrawling #ArtAndNature #Cambridge #Malaysia
See ‘The Making of Ratapan Lautan’ on #MakerTube, 4min28:
https://makertube.net/w/qQiThe9QJ7rVhSe3B93SAT
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#PangrokSulap #Malaysia #BottomTrawling #OceanArt #ArtAndNature #EnvironmentalArt #ArtAndEcology #ArtAndNature #Sabah @pangroksulap
Two powerful artworks by Pangrok Sulap are now on display in the beautiful space of St Bene't's in Cambridge:
https://www.stbenetschurch.org/laut
📷 Revd Devin McLachlan
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#sealife #StBenetsCam #BottomTrawling #ocean #pollution #MarineConservation #PangrokSulap #IconicFishes #Cambridge
Eat the invaders!
Interventions for conservation:
https://www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/gokova-bay-what-monitoring-reveals-about-marine-recovery/
#EatEmToBeatEm #MarineProtectedArea #Gökova #Göcek #Türkiye #MarineConservation
My first posts here will be to boost the first few by @iconicfishes - introducing the movement #InspiredByIconicFishes
& then each of the seven #IconicFishes with the fanfare they deserve 😍 🎺
#Introduction. An account for river and ocean life - 99% of the biosphere, & we have so much to discover.
I've been on Mastodon since 2022, posting as @ClaireFromClare, mostly about medieval history; it seems time to have separate accounts for these two interests.
Spurred into action now by #InspiredByIconicFishes, a global arts movement started by my friends @projectseahorse - please check out their website https://www.iconicfishes.art & posts @iconicfishes & #IconicFishes