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Between Tides: A pound for every mistake
What a WhatsApp group, a grammar pedant and nearly £1,000 in spelling mistakes got me thinking about the ocean.
Between Tides is my personal column, normally for paid subscribers only. Think of it as an opinion column rather than one of my...
The Deep Brief #57 | 1 November 2026
The Good News Edition
Something rather encouraging is happening beneath the water in Dorset. Bare patches of seabed, left behind by mooring chains scraping through seagrass, are gradually turning green again. The reason? It’s rather simple...
BREAKING: Climate change is making the ocean less effective at absorbing the carbon dioxide we’re pumping into the atmosphere.
In rather disturbing news, a new UN report published yesterday estimates that human caused climate change has already reduced the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon by around 6%, compared with a world where we hadn’t changed the climate.
In...
Explained in 3 Minutes: The High Seas Treaty
In January 2026, the High Seas Treaty came into force.
How many protected areas has it created so far? None.
Only members that have formally joined can agree on one, and they haven’t held their first decision-making meeting yet. In Januar...
Meet the Omura’s Whale
Never heard of it? That’s not surprising.
The ocean is still full of secrets. Blue Planet 3 is coming out in a few days, and I genuinely cannot wait to hear the voice of my childhood once more, as Sir David shows us what’s going on beneath...
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I write about the ocean. The science, the politics, and who’s actually responsible when things go wrong. Published in BBC Wildlife and Oceanographic Magazine.
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