18 Aug 2020
The Royal Dutch Shell-led CrossWind consortium has won the lease rights to develop a novel offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The 760 megawatt farm will use about 70 giant Siemens Gamesa turbines, but it also incorporates five unusual energy demonstrator projects. According to Shell and co-developer Eneco, the site […]
18 Aug 2020
Across the world’s oceans, the average long-term temperature shift associated with ocean warming has been estimated at just over 20 kilometers, about 13 miles, per decade. By comparison, marine heatwaves have displaced temperatures an average of approximately 200 kilometers, roughly 120 miles, in a matter of months. In effect, marine heatwaves are shifting ocean temperatures […]
11 Aug 2020
Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna was on the verge of collapse less than two decades ago but is now considered to be sufficiently recovered and well managed for a small Japanese company to receive accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council Click here The assessment process started in 2018 and has been subject to formal objections from […]
11 Aug 2020
An environmental review of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has been published by Defra. providing insights into the effectiveness of the EMFF scheme in delivering environmental benefits (one of the key thrusts of the scheme). One of the benefits of the EMFF is that the scheme has broad eligibility criteria. Interviews with stakeholders […]
11 Aug 2020
The UK Government has said that Tidal Power’s five-year development consent order (DCO) for its £1.3 billion project lapsed at the end of June – a position shared by Swansea Council. Tidal Power claims it has extended the DCO in perpetuity by starting land-based works – namely knocking down a wall at Swansea docks – […]
11 Aug 2020
A team of four NRW marine scientists work at the Skomer MCZ. They are responsible for the management of the site and completing an extensive marine monitoring programme which has built on the marine biological surveys started in the 1980s. There is a 5-knot speed limit within 100m of the shore to reduce disturbance to […]
11 Aug 2020
Recent marine and coastal surveys reports published by Natural England: Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC: subtidal reef communities survey 2017/18 NECR295 2020/06/11 Torbay MCZ Seagrass Base Monitoring: 2019 NECR293 2020/06/11 Seagrass condition monitoring in Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC 2018 NECR294 2020/06/11 MSFD Sponge & Anthozoan Indicator Trial Lyme Bay 2017 & 2018 NECR296 2020/06/11 […]
11 Aug 2020
Canada’s last fully intact ice shelf in the Arctic has collapsed, shrinking by about 80 square kilometres, or 40 percent of its area, over just two days at the end of July, according to scientists at the Canadian Ice Service. The breakup of the ice was driven by record-setting temperatures in the region, which have measured […]
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