19 Apr 2022
The Canyons MCZ is located in the far south-west corner of the UK continental shelf. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) MPA fisheries assessment of fishing impacts at this site, taking into account advice from JNCC and scientific literature, has concluded that coral gardens, cold-water coral reefs and sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities and deep-sea bed […]
19 Apr 2022
A study led by the University of East Anglia highlights the areas in Europe and North Africa where the construction of wind turbines or power lines is likely to increase the risk of death for migrating birds. The study used GPS location data from 65 bird tracking studies to understand where they fly more frequently […]
19 Apr 2022
Justin Trudeau’s government has said it will phase out open-pen industrial fish farms off the coast of British Columbia by 2025. But both his government and the previous Conservative government were in possession of a newly released report that linked large-scale farms and wild salmon to the highly contagious Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV). Canada was warned […]
19 Apr 2022
Most simulations of our climate’s future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of abrupt changes in ocean circulation, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Climate scientists count the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (or AMOC) among the biggest tipping points on the way to a […]
19 Apr 2022
This desk-based study published by Natural England sought to map the extent and distribution of blue carbon habitats in English waters and estimate the associated carbon accumulation and storage rates. The potential for recovery and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats was explored alongside the key pressures that are driving habitat loss and inhibiting recovery, […]
19 Apr 2022
13 Apr 2022
Environment Agency research and analysis on water quality looks at what 3 future environmental land management schemes can achieve by 2027 The Environment Agency has estimated the pollution reductions from voluntary land management and land use change until 2027. The following future environmental land management schemes are one group of a wider set of schemes […]
13 Apr 2022
Between 2015 and 2021 government invested £2.6 billion into a flood and coastal defence programme for England. Capital investment into flood and coastal erosion risk management is crucial to achieve government’s long-term ambition to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk. This report sets out: some of the key headlines […]
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