02 May 2023
The High Court granted Greenpeace permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to launch a new licensing oil and gas round, with fossil fuel companies submitting more than 100 licences to explore for new oil and gas. The judge has granted permission to Greenpeace for a full Judicial Review of the […]
02 May 2023
A global alliance of scientists and explorers has begun a race against time to find at least 100,000 new marine species in the next decade before overfishing and global warming drive entire populations to extinction. The initiative, called Ocean Census, is spearheaded by The Nippon Foundation and UK marine research institute, Nekton, Euronews has reported. […]
02 May 2023
Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve – will be declared by Natural England this summer. The government agency will create a King’s Series of National Nature Reserves to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The plans will see the creation of five major National Nature Reserves named every year for the next five […]
25 Apr 2023
Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first […]
25 Apr 2023
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings, published April 20 in Science, show that while elephant seals may spend 10 hours a day sleeping on the beach during the breeding season, they […]
25 Apr 2023
Cod larvae are attracted by the noise from offshore wind turbines, a new peer-reviewed study has found. When offshore wind turbines are operating, they create a constant, low-frequency underwater noise that spreads out from a wind farm. “We already know that fish and other sea creatures are sensitive to sounds, and that some species react to […]
25 Apr 2023
The updated River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) were published in December 2022 under the Water Environment (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, which seeks to establish an integrated approach to the protection and sustainable use of the water environment. During previous RBMP consultations, stakeholders highlighted an insufficient focus on estuaries and coasts (E&C) within RBMPs. A ‘RBMP […]
25 Apr 2023
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s First Minister, was answering questions during the First Minister’s Question Time in the Holyrood Parliament when a question was raised on Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) by Conservative & Unionist MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Donald Cameron. Mr Cameron asked the First Minister if he would recommit to not forcing HPMAs […]
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