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Photo by @BrianSkerry Happy World Oceans Day! On #worldoceansday2022 it is especially important to remember that we live on an Ocean World, so on Earth every day is world oceans day. It seem that we often take for granted our connection to the natural world and to the ocean. 98% of Earth’s biosphere, where life can exist, is water. And regardless of where we live on this planet, every other breath we take comes from the sea. Yet, we have removed 90% of the big fish from our oceans, we’ve lost half the world’s coral reefs, we dump 18 billion pounds of plastic into the sea each year and we have expelled so much carbon into the atmosphere that we’ve changed the ocean’s chemistry, it is turning to acid. Our ‘Ocean World’ is unique and likely rare in the universe. My wish on World Oceans Day is that we celebrate our Ocean World with love, respect and protection. @natgeo #nikonnofilter

Photo by @BrianSkerry Portrait of a gray seal in the Gulf of Maine On Assignment for @natgeo A little nose boop for the weekend! #GulfofMaine #nikonnofilter

Photos by @BrianSkerry Every day is Earth Day #earthday2022

Photo by @BrianSkerry Exciting News - Secrets of the Whales will now be available on @natgeotv (National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild) beginning on Earth Day! Our Emmy Award-Winning documentary series about whale culture continues to be available on @disneyplus and will premier on National Geographic tomorrow as well. Hope you can watch all four episodes! With @jamescameronofficial @official_sigourneyweaver @redrockfilms

Photo by @BrianSkerry San Diego, California - I will be presenting my lecture OCEAN SOUL this Thursday March 31st @ljmusicsociety Hope you can join me for an evening of ocean exploration with wildlife & conservation! I photographed this harbor seal 100-miles off San Diego in a beautiful kelp forest ecosystem called Cortez Banks. The seal was shy at first, but by the end of my dive he was nibbling my fins! With @live_natgeo

Make an IMPACT NOW, for Humanitarian Relief! I am honored to launch this new @vital.impacts flash print initiative with the photographers of @NatGeo. 100% of profits will be donated to @directrelief who are allocating these funds to the regions in the world in most need of humanitarian aid. They are working in Ukraine now to provide medical aid to people affected by the war. Act now. It ends April 20, 2022. See all the images and get involved today at vitalimpacts.org/collections/impact-now (link in profile.) Thank you to @cansoninfinity for donating all of the paper for this sale and thank you to @paperandinkstudio and @theprintspace for your exquisite fine art printing. Photos: @brianskerry @franslanting @amytoensing @joemcnallyphoto @jimrichardsonng @jodicobbphoto @andreabruce @iantehphotography @dguttenfelder @ismailferdous Thank you to all the photographers: @amysacka @andrea_frazzetta @babaktafreshi @brucedalephotography @cameron.davidson.photo @carltonward @chiaragoia @christianziegler @ciriljazbec @daniele_volpe @dzalcman @daviddoubilet @davidemonteleonestudio @dina_litovsky @edkashi @elliotstudio @fritzhoffmannschinawork @gabrielegalimbertiphoto @_giuseppenucci @gordonwiltsie @instadickie @gregkahn @irablockphoto @jaime_culebras @james_balog @jasperdoest @javier_aznar_photography @jtkerby @jimmychin @joannapinneo @johnstanmeyer @joshuacogan @justmiel @kaigner @kengeiger @kiliiiyuyan @laurakmorton @ljohnphoto @maggiesteber @marcovernaschi @fishercreative @melissafarlow @michaelgeorge @michaelmelford @yamashitaphoto @mishkusk @nadiashiracohen @nicholesobecki @nickcobbing @norbert_rosing_photography @paoloverzone @paulnicklen @prasen.yadav @randyolson @remibenali @renaeffendiphoto @shonephoto @rwmaddenphotog @hammond_robin @rubensalgadoescudero @sarahyltonphoto @roseleen @sarah_stacke @scottgoldsmithphoto @simoncroberts @sissebrimberg @smitashrm @christmannphoto @stephenedwardferry @steven_gnam @stuartpalley @susiepostrust @zacekfoto @habjouqa @vincentjmusi @zachkrahmer #vitalimpacts #ukraine #peace #humanitartian #solidarity

Photo by @BrianSkerry   I will be presenting my new lecture ‘Secrets of the Whales’ in Denver, Colorado on April 5th at the @newmancenterdu at the University of Denver.   I’ll be sharing my experiences with whales and their fascinating lives with stories from my 3-year project that took me from the equator to the poles documenting whale culture.   For more information on Denver and other cities, please follow the link in my Instagram profile.   With @natgeo

Photo by @BrianSkerry I am looking forward to joining my colleagues in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates next week for the Saving Our Oceans conservation summit at the @xposurexpf !     Conservationists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and National Geographic photographers will gather in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates – to launch for the very first time throughout Xposure International Photography Festival the Conservation Summit under the theme “ Saving Our Oceans.” The event boasts an impressive line-up, of marine biologists, members of the @ilcp_photographers specializing in marine wildlife and underwater environments.   I’ll be joining @daviddoubilet @jenniferhayesig @laurentballesta , @kfmoran @jeffreygarriock and Daryl Owen to discuss ocean threats and solutions and to present our latest work.   #Xposurexpf #Xposure2022 #sharjahlovesphotographry

Photo by @BrianSkerry Fish Are Our Friends! A great white shark cruises just beneath the surface in the waters of South Australia. #greatwhiteshark #sharks #Australia #nikonnofilter

Photo by @BrianSkerry I wanted to close out the year with this photograph of a happy sperm whale calf named HOPE. We named this little whale Hope, because as a female calf she offered hope for the future to her family. Sperm whale families are matrilineal and are led by the older, wiser females. As 2021 winds down we see and read year-end-reviews and are reminded of much pain and suffering and so many serious concerns for our planet. But as a new year dawns, we are hopeful that we can make things better, make things right. In the time I have spent with whales I learned that their lives are difficult too. Sperm whales spend most of their life in the deep ocean searching for food. They must contend with ship strikes, entanglement, ocean noise, toxins and pollution. Yet every day or so, they gather together and reaffirm their family bonds. They rub against one another, play and close their eyes in what can only be described as joy. Although life is hard, they have learned that it’s easier together and that they need one another. And so do we. So, may this ’smiling’ little whale offer you Hope on this day and may the year ahead be bright! #newyears2022 #secretsofthewhales eWhales #nikonnofilter

Photo by @BrianSkerry An Orca mother carries her dead calf as she swims in the waters of the Norwegian Arctic. I witnessed this mourning procession on a dark, cold and snowy day and was touched deeply by the empathy exhibited by this mom and her family. I don’t know where exactly they were going or how long this lasted, but in the time I spent with them it was clear that this family was not ready to let go. We can’t be certain why the little orca died since a necropsy couldn’t be performed. But orca calf mortality is high, often due to toxic contaminants in the mother’s milk (pollutants in the ocean such as PCBs and heavy metals). From my book Secrets of the Whales. #orca #whales #norway #arctic #SecretsoftheWhales #nikonnofilter

Photo by @BrianSkerry An Atlantic Puffin bringing its chick a butterfish, on an island in the Gulf of Maine. The fish species that puffins usually bring their chicks are herring, hake and sand lance, which are slender-bodied and are easily eaten by the chicks. But due to climate change and warming seawater temperatures, these typical fish species are often scarce. Butterfish, are a wide-bodied subtropical species that the young have trouble swallowing, and are being seen more commonly in recent years. Nesting burrows can be littered with uneaten fish and chicks can sometimes starve, even though their parents have brought them plenty to eat. From my latest story in @natgeo - link in my profile. With great reporting and writing from James Prosek and video from @stevedeneef #GulfOfMaine #climatechange #puffins #seabirds #nikonnofilter