Activists Protest against Shell in the North Sea Greenpeace-Protest gegen Shell in der NordseeThe Greenpeace Ship Esperanza passes in front of the Shell operated Oil platform Brent-C (Charlie) and the foundations of Shell's former Brent Bravo oil platform. In a protest against Shell, the Esperanza carries a banner that reads "SHELL, THE OCEAN IS NOT YOUR DUMP!". The installation is located in the Brent Oilfield in the UK part of the North Sea. According to Shell’s decommissioning proposals, it will leave behind the remains of four platforms in the Brent oil field. Shell estimates three of those platforms contain 640,000 cubic metres of oily water and 40,000 cubic metres of oily sediment with a total content of more than 11,000 tonnes of oil. The lettering "TOXIC WASTE" was applied by Greenpeace activists during a campaign in October 2019. Das Greenpeace-Schiff Esperanza fährt vor der von Shell betriebenen Ölplattform Brent-C (Charlie) und den Fundamenten von Shells ehemaliger Plattform Brent Bravo vorbei. In einem Protest gegen Shell trägt die Esperanza ein Banner mit der Aufschrift "SHELL, THE OCEAN IS NOT YOUR DUMP!" (SHELL, DAS MEER IST KEINE MÜLLKIPPE!). Die Anlage befindet sich im Ölfeld Brent im britischen Teil der Nordsee. Nach den Stilllegungsvorschlägen von Shell wird sie die Überreste von vier Plattformen im Brent-Ölfeld zurücklassen. Shell schätzt, dass drei dieser Plattformen 640.000 Kubikmeter ölhaltiges Wasser und 40.000 Kubikmeter ölhaltige Sedimente mit einem Gesamtgehalt von mehr als 11.000 Tonnen Öl enthalten. Den Schriftzug "TOXIC WASTE" haben Greenpeace-Aktivistinnen bei einer Aktion im Oktober 2019 angebracht.© Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
Protests on Shell Brent Oil Platforms in the North SeaGreenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark boarded two oil platforms in Shell’s Brent field in a peaceful protest against plans by the company to leave parts of old oil structures with 11,000 tons of oil in the North Sea. Climbers, supported by the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, scaled Brent Alpha and Bravo and hung banners saying, ‘Shell, clean up your mess!’ and ‘Stop Ocean Pollution’.© Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
Plastic Floating in the Great Pacific Garbage PatchA clear plastic bottle is found drifting in the garbage patch. Living on this single bottle were bryozoans, nudibranchs, crabs, and barnacles. The crew of the Greenpeace ship MY Arctic Sunrise voyage into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch document plastics and other marine debris. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a soupy mix of plastics and microplastics, now twice the size of Texas, in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.© Justin Hofman / Greenpeace
Manta rays off Nusa Penida IslandManta rays are seen in the cold upwellings off Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia. More and more single use plastics are swept along the coast, as Indonesia struggles to control its addiction to plastics.© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Arctic Sunrise Action at OMV Drilling PlatformActivists documenting the oil drilling operations of the Austrian OMV in the Arctic Ocean near Bear Island in winter are protesting this irresponsible venture with banners.© Mitja Kobal / Greenpeace
Walruses on Ice Floe at Kvitøya in SvalbardAerial view over two walruses on an ice floe in front of Kvitøya (White Island) in the Svalbard Archipelago.© Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
MY Esperanza in the Indian OceanThe MY Esperanza and a Greenpeace inflatable bear witness to an illegal fishing vessel. Greenpeace is in the Indian Ocean to document and peacefully tackle unsustainable fishing.© Will Rose / Greenpeace
Sperm Whales in Sri LankaA pod of Sperm Whales move into a defense line to stop a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) getting to their calf, off the coast of Sri Lanka.© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Whale Shark in Cenderawasih BayA whale shark in Cenderawasih Bay National Park. Greenpeace is in Indonesia to document one of the world’s most biodiverse – and threatened – environments and to call for urgent action to ensure that the country's oceans and forests are protected.© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf of MexicoFire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. Multiple United States Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the BP Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. Eleven workers died and millions of barrels of crude oil gushed into the Gulf in worst oil spill in United States history.© The United States Coast Guard
Turtle and FAD in East Pacific OceanLoggerhead turtle swimming around a fish aggregation device belonging to the Ecuadorean purse seiner 'Ingalapagos', which was documented by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands. Around 10% of the catch generated by purse seine FAD fisheries is unwanted bycatch and includes endangered species. LAT 04:07 NORTH / LONG 091:28 WEST© Alex Hofford / Greenpeace
Fish on Purse Seiner in East Pacific OceanA net bulging with tuna and bycatch on the Ecuadorean purse seiner 'Ocean Lady', which was spotted by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands while using fishing aggregating devices (FADs). Around 10% of the catch generated by purse seine FAD fisheries is unwanted bycatch and includes endangered species of sharks and turtles. The catch of large amounts of juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tunas in these fisheries is now threatening the survival of these commercially valuable species. Greenpeace is calling for a total ban on the use of fish aggregation devices in purse seining and the establishment of a global network of marine reserves LAT 04:09 NORTH / LONG 091:31 WEST© Alex Hofford / Greenpeace