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The underwater wonders I saw on my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galápagos
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The underwater wonders I saw on my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galápagos

The Guardian Environment · Jun 12, 2026, 6:00 AM

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In this week’s newsletter: Joining a research team on the Darwin and Wolf Islands off the Ecuadorian coast revealed how critically endangered species are reacting to their rapidly changing ocean environment• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Darwin and Wolf Islands in the Galápagos archipelago are the kinds of places scuba divers and marine biologists dream of visiting, myself included. I even wrote a children’s book imagining a team of scientists exploring the underwater wonders of the Galápagos islands on a beautiful sailing ship.That’s why I’m still pinching myself that earlier this year I got to take part in a real expedition to Darwin and Wolf.‘Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm’‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival‘This may be our last chance’: rising sea levels threaten Kiribati’s World Cup dream | The Hotspot Continue reading...

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