Focus on Oceans

World Ocean Day: We are responsible for our fellow creatures in the oceans!

The oceans are the cradle of life and the most biodiverse habitat on our planet. Around 23,000 species are known, but scientists estimate that as many as 10 million species could live in the oceans! (In comparison, around 1.4 million species live on land.) Although the Earth is a “water planet”, the depths of the […] Read on...

World Ocean Day: The suffering of fish

For more than 3 billion people, fish is the primary and often irreplaceable source of protein; 800 million people live directly or indirectly from fishing. To feed that many people, it takes a lot of fish: worldwide, more than 90 million metric tons are caught each year, covering nearly seven percent of global protein consumption. However, […] Read on...

Microplastics – An Invisible Danger for Our Health

No water, no life. Earth is a water planet, as about two thirds of its surface consists of water. The same is true for our bodies, and if we do not regularly fill up our “body reservoir” with pure water, after a week at the latest we are no longer alive. It is obvious, therefore, […] Read on...

Even more radiation: mobile radio now also under water and in the sky

In recent decades, humanity has expanded mobile radiation on land at a record pace. The technically generated microwave radiation strains our bodies and weakens the immune system by interfering with important processes at the cellular level and disrupting them. Plants and animals are unprotected and also exposed to this harmful radiation. But that’s not all: […] Read on...

WORLD OCEAN DAY 2021

Every 8 June, the world’s population celebrates World Oceans Day with numerous events and activities to raise awareness of the essential importance of this vast ecosystem and the abundant life that calls it home. Around 230,000 species are known to exist in the oceans. Some scientists believe that there may be as many as 10 million […] Read on...

Insatiable Greed: Deep-Sea Mining to Tap Even the Last Resources

According to the current discourse, in order to achieve the climate goals and create the “green shift”, humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels and the associated harmful emissions need to be reduced. Digitisation with the further development of the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence is seen as playing a central role in this. However, […] Read on...

World Water Day 2021

Man needs two essential things for his or her survival and for health: air (that is, oxygen) and water. Regular access to clean water has been a recognized human right for over a decade. Despite this, to date one-in-three people on the planet do not have clean water. Have you ever wondered what you would […] Read on...

World Oceans Day – 8 June

World Oceans Day, which has been celebrated on 8 June since 2009, unites and rallies the world to protect and restore our shared oceans. On this day the people around our blue planet celebrate and honour the oceans that connect us all. The day is a reminder of how essential and worthy of protection the […] Read on...

Earth Day, April 22nd, 2020

On April 22nd, 2020, the Earth—our blue planet—will be honoured with Earth Day in over 175 countries, this year, exactly for the 50th time! What would man be without the Earth? Where would our house stand, what would we breathe, drink and eat? We are a part of the Earth, our body is a part […] Read on...

Congress 2019 – Review

Review of The 24th International “New Scientific Outlook” World Congress Thursday, October 31st, to Sunday, November 3rd 2019     Watch the lectures here The Burden of Loneliness Why togetherness and caring for each other is essential for us The Very Reverend Dean em. Paul PROBST, SF, European President, The World Foundation for Natural Science, Lucerne, […] Read on...