Our Common Ocean

@OurCommonOcean
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Writer and Educator
“In the saving of the ocean lies the saving of ourselves”, or as Sylvia Earle says: “No blue, no green”
Blog:https://ourCommonOcean.info
Twitter:https://twitter.com/ourCommonOcean
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ourcommonocean/
Our Common OceanAug 28, 2023
New blog post: “The shark that holds its breath.” Not what you may have been expecting – a fish that holds its breath for 17 minutes as it dives deep in search of its prey, but it has good reasons for doing so. https://bit.ly/45AbrDP
#sharks #ecology #ocean
Our Common OceanAug 9, 2023
New blog post: “Whales: how small can you go?”
My blog is all about the ocean, so there were bound to be whales sooner or later, but why are cetaceans the size that they are?
Image courtesy Ari Friedlaender, Oregon State University
https://bit.ly/44P47nW
#ocean #cetacean #minke #whales
Our Common OceanApr 9, 2023
New blog post: “Wild Isles, Wild Waters, Why Here?”
The UK is exceptional … : it is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.’ Why I write about UK waters and why local is important.
http://bit.ly/3KoUR0y
#WildIsles #Ocean #NatureMatters
Image: An image of Britain and Ireland taken by the Sentinel 3 satellite, part of the Copernicus programme.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2017, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO via Wikimedia Commons
Our Common OceanMar 1, 2023
Today is #worldSeagrassDay. #Seagrass is a marine flowering plant with amazing biodiversity and a huge capacity to store carbon. I wrote a short series about #seagrass last year: what it is and why should we care (https://bit.ly/3P6L5ko), what the threats to it are (https://bit.ly/3z0B3Mt), and what we can do about it (https://bit.ly/3OsmZAc) Image: https://twitter.com/Shannon_Photo/ and https://twitter.com/theoceanagency/
Our Common OceanFeb 28, 2023
Latest blog post: “Tidal flows, tidal power” http://bit.ly/3XLGacV
This was my (unsuccessful) application for the Save Our Seas Foundation Ocean Storytelling Writing Grant. Many congrats to the winners, and looking forward to reading their work.
Image: @theoceanagency / @thomashorig (twitter/insta)
Our Common OceanFeb 10, 2023

#introduction
Hi,
I'm Duncan Greenhill, the person behind Our Common Ocean.

We are all, no matter where we live, dependent on the #ocean for our well-being and survival. The aim of Our Common Ocean is to bring this realisation to a wider audience as we face the twin crises of #climateChange and #biodiversity loss. I write on a range of topics, from the #ecology of particular species and #habitats, to our relation to the ocean.

When I'm not writing I enjoy #photography and #sailing.