Margaret Spring

@margaretspring.bsky.social

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Chief Conservation and Science Officer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (@Montereyaq.bsky.social.) Acting for conservation of the global ocean. On the ground in Busan working to get a strong #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.

A mother seea otter with a white face cuddles a fluffy brown pup on her chest as she floats on her back in blue ocean water.

Cover of a report with plastic bottles, cups, and bags floating in the ocean. The title is "Plastic: Exposing Their Climate Impacts". Subtext reads "What we know, what we need to know, and recommendations for research and policy." Dated May 2025.

Video walking through the inside the mouth of the whale sculpture outside the Bexco conference center at the UN Global plastic treaty negotiation in Busan, Republic of Korea. It is filled with all the plastic waste that accumulates and harms marine life.

Sculpture of a whale outside the Bexco conference center at the UN Global plastic treaty negotiation in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Inside the mouth of the whale sculpture outside the Bexco conference center at the UN Global plastic treaty negotiation in Busan, Republic of Korea. It is filled with all the plastic waste that accumulates and harms marine life.