Week 13 Summary

We celebrate the birthday of the world's oldest turtle, and talk about the whale record, the Oceans Conference and climate mobilisation.


Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise who turned 190 years old

On the remote island of St Helena, almost 2,000 kilometres from any coastline, lives the giant tortoise Jonathan, who has just turned 190...

A 'fleet' of solutions will be chartered during the 2022 Oceans Conference

"There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean," says Peter Thomson, UN special envoy for the oceans.

Call for renewables and climate mobilisation in the face of war and energy crisis

On World Climate Day, representatives of green parties and social movements call for renewable energy...

Whales keep a record of environmental change in their baleen plates.

The bristle-like structures on which toothless whales, such as humpback and southern right whales, feed...