30 May 2023
An article in The Guardian reports on a call by researchers for a fund for nature loss in the same way as for climate impacts. Researchers state: “Global biodiversity loss has been disproportionately driven by consumption of people in rich nations. The concept of ‘loss and damage’ – familiar from international agreements on climate breakdown […]
30 May 2023
England’s first-ever national Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code which offers friendly advice and guidance to help people visit the coast responsibly has been published by DEFRA Home to around 95% of Europe’s grey seal population and around 25% of Europe’s breeding seabirds, the British coastline supports many iconic species and habitats. It is also a special […]
30 May 2023
“Very high” levels of E coli found in oysters and mussels have led to the closure of 11 shellfish production zones in Cornwall. In an email seen by the Guardian and Watershed Investigations, the Cornwall Port Health Authority (CPHA) told food business operators they “must not collect the affected animals from this area by any […]
30 May 2023
The second high-level round of negotiations organised by the United Nations on the way to achieving a global treaty against plastic pollution are underway in Paris. The meeting aims to lay the groundwork for the “Zero Draft” of the proposed treaty text, and therefore provides a critical opportunity to engage stakeholder organisations with ministers and […]
30 May 2023
Antarctica drives a global network of ocean currents called the “overturning circulation” that redistributes heat, carbon and nutrients around the globe. The overturning is crucial to keeping Earth’s climate stable. It’s also the main way oxygen reaches the deep ocean. But there are signs this circulation is slowing down and it’s happening decades earlier than […]
30 May 2023
The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a very large area of the Pacific Ocean located between Hawaii and Mexico. A deep sea abyssal plain, it is scattered with nodules of highly valuable minerals. These nodules are aggregates of minerals such as iron and manganese hydroxides, materials that are predicted to be in increasingly high demand as […]
23 May 2023
A campaign group’s legal challenge to the Scottish Government over fishing techniques which it says are destroying the seabed has got under way at Scotland’s highest civil court, STV reported. Open Seas, which works to protect and improve the marine environment, claims the Government’s licensing of scallop-dredging in Scottish waters is causing significant damage to […]
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