16 Aug 2022
UN member states will gather in New York next week to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet’s last, lawless wilderness: the high seas. Two hundred nautical miles beyond the territorial waters and jurisdiction of nations, the high seas have been treated “recklessly”, according to environmental groups. Warning that the […]
16 Aug 2022
Introducing in the latest issue of ECO magazine, the senior editor Kira Coley writes that “the potential of blue carbon goes well beyond the restoration of important coastal habitats and mitigating climate change. If done right, there is also potential to grow economies, improve the livelihoods of local communities and see financial returns for those […]
16 Aug 2022
The vast majority of people in Scotland believe offshore wind has a vital role to play in Scotland’s future, according to a recent study. Of those surveyed as part of the study, 92% thought the renewable sector is important to Scotland in terms of its social value, with 89% believing the sector is important in […]
16 Aug 2022
Funded by the PML internal research program and the European Space Agency the innovative study – titled “Detection and Classification of Floating Plastic Litter Using a Vessel-Mounted Video Camera and Deep Learning” – was carried out as part of an undergraduate placement project, with the results now published in the journal Remote Sensing The model […]
16 Aug 2022
Under the UK Marine Strategy (UK MS) the UK is required to determine and measure the status of the health of its seas. For this, specific indicators are used for different ecosystem components to measure and assess progress. JNCC has undertaken work on behalf of Defra to understand where biodiversity data collected by statutory environmental […]
09 Aug 2022
News from Pew: ‘Finally, a pinky-length crustacean that’s central to the Antarctic marine cycle of life is getting the recognition it deserves: A global group of stakeholders has designated Aug. 11 as the first World Krill Day, a chance to celebrate all species of this arthropod, especially Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). So what exactly are […]
09 Aug 2022
EU countries are committed to achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) in their marine waters under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The UK is following a parallel process with the same commitment under the UK Marine Strategy, which also has the objective of Good Environmental Status. OSPAR is coordinating this work at the regional scale, and […]
09 Aug 2022
Along the coast of Wales, scores of old fishing and leisure boats lie abandoned and rotting. In the coming years, experts fear a wave of abandonments as boat owners baulk at high disposal costs that can run to £3,000 for larger vessels. This coastal dumping ground has the potential to devastate marine life as decaying […]
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