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Between Tides: Fourteen stings
Finlay and Meg. Five minutes later, he’d been stung fourteen times.
Between Tides is my personal column, normally for paid subscribers only. This one is open to everyone. Think of it as an opinion column rather than one of my more rigorous...
Explained in 3 Minutes: Icelandic whaling
On 20 September, Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9 returned to Reykjavík harbour, ending a season in which 93 fin whales were killed in 94 days.
Did Iceland just kill its last fin whale?
This is a three-minute explainer on Icelandic whaling. I’m goin...
Between Tides: You knew, didn’t you?
Between Tides is my personal column exclusively for paid subscribers.
Between Tides is my personal column exclusively for paid subscribers. Think of it as an opinion column rather than one of my more rigorous science or policy pieces. It’s...
The Deep Brief #54 | 27 September 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that the main Hawaiian Islands population of false killer whales has been declining by about 3.5 per cent a year since 2013. On 16 September, it reported that two calves f...
Did Iceland just kill its last fin whale?
Credit: Hard to Port
A few months ago I put a date in my calendar where I wrote 'Iceland Ends Whaling'. It was my way of trying to manifest something (I've read a lot about the power of manifesting and thought I'd give it a crack).
I...
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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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