02 Apr 2024
The six main UK gull species – the black-headed gull, common gull, Mediterranean gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull and great black-backed gull – are all declining and either amber- or, in the case of the herring gull, red-listed. Photo: Tony Jolliffe/BBC. The herring gull is on the UK Red List of birds of […]
02 Apr 2024
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team is hoping to fortify coastlines with “architected” reefs — sustainable, offshore structures engineered to mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while also providing pockets for fish and other marine life. The team’s reef design centres on a cylindrical structure surrounded by four rudder-like slats. The engineers found that […]
02 Apr 2024
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), in collaboration with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and supported by the European Union, has announced the successful applicants for the “One Thousand Reasons” campaign. There were 65 applications from 21 countries among all five regional groups of ISA Members and one country with observer status. This initiative […]
27 Mar 2024
Heavy rainfall in the autumn and winter is thought to be behind the huge increase in raw sewage discharges just announced by the Environment Agency. Latest figures show more than 4m hours of discharges were poured into rivers and seas last year, a 129% increase on the previous 12 months. Total discharges from the 14,000 […]
27 Mar 2024
The first project to proceed under a new fast track process has received a provisional £2billion funding package to deliver a subsea energy superhighway which could connect up to two million homes to clean energy. The proposed Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) high voltage subsea cable would be able to transport 2GW of wind generated electricity […]
27 Mar 2024
A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development shines a light on the seaweed sector as a driver of food security and women’s empowerment. Seaweed has multiple uses including for food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, aquatic animal, or livestock feed, biofertilizer, textiles, and biofuels. It can also be used for producing fully […]
26 Mar 2024
WMO report shows every climate indicator broken The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) “State of the Global Climate 2023” report confirms that last year broke every single climate indicator to be, by far, the warmest year on record. The report finds that, in 2023, concentrations of greenhouse gases continued to rise; ocean heat content and sea […]
26 Mar 2024
Water UK has published details of the English water companies’ updated strategy to cut storm overflow spills between 2025 and 2050. The National Storm Overflows Plan provides a national overview of company proposals, and an interactive map detailing the action planned for each individual overflow. Phase one runs between 2025 and 2030 and will triple […]
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