Articles for tag: AnimalRights, ClimateAction, ecotourism, IcelandNews, MarineConservation, OceanProtection, WhalingBan

Breaking: Iceland’s Largest Whaling Company Calls Off 2025 Fin Whale Season

Jan Otte

In a shocking and potentially game-changing development for ocean conservation, Iceland’s biggest and most contentious whaling firm, Hvalur hf., has officially canceled its summer 2025 fin whale hunt. The move comes just a few months after being granted a five-year permit to hunt as many as 209 fin whales per year from 2025 to 2029 ...

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11 U.S. Salt Marshes Bouncing Back – Carbon Benefits Measured

Suhail Ahmed

  Once dismissed as mosquito-plagued wastelands, salt marshes are now staging one of the most hopeful comebacks in coastal science – and they’re doing it with measurable climate power. Across the United States, restoration teams are reconnecting tidal flows, rebuilding elevation, and watching carbon quietly stack up grain by grain. The drama is real: rising ...