<div>'Supreme wake-up call': Prince Charles makes threat to oceans a priority</div>

Prince says catastrophic hurricanes must be seen as consequence of climate change and welcomes growing awareness of plastic pollutionThe world’s oceans are at last receiving the attention they deserve, as the scale of plastic pollution is finally becoming clear, the Prince of Wales has said, hailing this growing awareness as the first step to saving the marine environment.Prince Charles said it had taken years for the enormity of the problem to emerge, but promised to make it a key priority of his campaigning, alongside rainforests. Related: Fish mistaking plastic debris in ocean for food, study finds Related: Ocean plastic pollution in Scotland – in pictures Continue reading...