09 Oct 2025
Coastal Futures abstracts closing soon! ⏰ Coastal Futures 2026 sets out to cover the major current themes in the estuarine, coastal and marine sectors, providing a place where practitioners in our field come together to challenge conventions, spark new ideas, and shape the future. We are inviting abstract submissions relating to this year’s conference […]
09 Oct 2025
Image description: River Wye winding through the English countryside. Image by malcolm west from Pixabay. Thousands of residents and environmental campaigners have launched a legal claim against poultry producers over pollution in the River Wye. The claim, filed at the High Court, alleges that intensive chicken farming has caused significant environmental damage to the […]
09 Oct 2025
Image description: Water cascading down rocks. Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash. A new £2 million research initiative has been launched to investigate the growing threat of so-called “forever chemicals” in UK rivers and their impact on wildlife. The project, titled UNSaFE (UNderstanding the Scale, Sources, Fate and Effects of PFAS pollution), is funded […]
09 Oct 2025
Image description: Water spraying from a hose. Photo by Oliver Li on Unsplash The Environment Agency has issued 17 drought permits to Yorkshire Water in response to ongoing dry conditions affecting water supplies across the region. As reported by the UK Government, the permits will allow Yorkshire Water to take additional water from rivers […]
09 Oct 2025
Image description: Shoals of juvenile salmon, known as smolts struggling with barriers in the River Itchen. Image by Kieran Gillingham. Over 500km of Yorkshire rivers is opening up as physical barriers, a legacy from the region’s industrial past, are removed in a bid to support fish migration and improve habitats. Led by the Environment […]
09 Oct 2025
Image description: water droplet falling from a tap. Image by Tim from Pixabay Millions of households in England will have to pay even higher water bills than had previously been expected, after five water companies appealed to the UK’s competition regulator. In December regulator Ofwat said average annual household bills could rise by 36% […]
07 Oct 2025
Photo by Richard Bell The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has advised that Northeast Atlantic mackerel catches must be reduced by 77% for 2026, setting a total allowable catch of 174,357 tonnes compared to an estimated 755,143 tonnes in 2025. The recommendation reflects spawning stock biomass falling below all critical reference points, […]
07 Oct 2025
Photo by Uriel Soberanes Every part of the global ocean is now affected by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, according to the ninth Copernicus Ocean State Report published on 30 September 2025. “No part of the ocean is untouched by the triple planetary crisis, as pollution, biodiversity loss, […]
