Karen McVeigh
Karen McVeigh is a senior Guardian reporter working on the Seascape series covering the state of our oceans
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Guardian Seascapes reporter Karen McVeigh tells Madeleine Finlay about a recent trip to the Galápagos Islands, where mounds of plastic waste are washing up and causing problems for endemic species. Tackling this kind of waste and the overproduction of plastic were the topics on the table in Ottawa this week, as countries met to negotiate a global plastics treaty. But is progress too slow to address this pervasive problem?Podcast
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After 23 migrants died while searching for cockles in 2004, access to the lucrative fishery became more regulated. But local fishers claim the new rules mean their families have been left behind
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Open letter calls for Soil Association certification to be removed from industry, amid concerns of negative environmental impact
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Warming seas and overfishing are taking their toll on the UK’s favourites, so play your part in nursing populations back to health
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Blue Marine Foundation is challenging government for ignoring scientific advice on limits and giving a green light to overfishing
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Broadcaster and RSPCA president says moratorium needed as mortality rates jump, while activists question charity’s role in certifying farms
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Seascape: the state of our oceans‘Unprecedented mass coral bleaching’ expected in 2024, says expert2023 is first year of potential pair of El Niño years and since 1997, every instance of these pairs has led to mass coral mortality
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Studies of cetaceans stranded in UK waters show high levels of toxins 20 years since global ban of most PCBs, say scientists