This is Ocean Rising

The stories, the mission, the work.

Whether you subscribed yesterday or six months ago, this is where everything starts.

Ocean Rising is where the ocean stories that matter most get told properly. Long-form investigations. Science made clear. No fluff, no spin, no clickbait.

I’m Luke McMillan. Twenty years in ocean conservation - whaling ports, policy rooms, investigative fieldwork, campaign planning. I write about the ocean for BBC Wildlife Magazine, The Guardian and Oceanographic Magazine. Currently Head of Hunting and Captivity at Whale and Dolphin Conservation.

This is where I put everything I’ve learned and everything I’m still uncovering.

30,000 readers in 80+ countries. You're part of it.

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Start with these five:

Breaking News: Our Planet Has Hit Its First Climate Tipping Point Coral reefs are dying beyond recovery. This is what that actually means.

I’m a Person Too: The Legal Revolution That Could Save Whales A new movement, grounded in Indigenous law and legal precedent, seeks to grant whales the right to live, thrive and be heard.

Emergency Broadcast: A Message to the Room in Geneva The Global Plastics Treaty could change everything. But only if the world’s leaders are brave enough.

The Mountains Beneath the Ice How Antarctica’s hidden peaks reveal a quieter, older resilience.

The Deep Brief #16 Your end-of-week ocean intelligence. This is what the weekly briefing looks like.

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• Every article two weeks before it goes public

• Coffee Break videos - ten minutes with the ocean, no news, no crisis, just water

• Extended Deep Briefs with extra analysis

• Paid-only podcast episodes

• Behind-the-scenes updates from my work at Whale and Dolphin Conservation

• Direct replies to your questions

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- Luke