20 Apr 2021
EA New reports 1. Flood and coastal erosion risk management research and development framework: working with communities This project developed a framework to determine the priorities for future research on how to work with communities to manage the risks associated with flooding and coastal erosion. 2. Review of groundwater flood risk management in England This […]
20 Apr 2021
Guardian ‘The wisdom of water: 12 ways to use blue spaces to improve your health and happiness From relaxing baths to seaside swims, water can be a balm in difficult times. Catherine Kelly, the author of a new book on blue spaces, shares her tips It was after her mother died that Catherine Kelly learned the […]
20 Apr 2021
The Environmental Audit Committee have penned an open letter to Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in which they call for the government to provide support to a home grown tidal industry to help it reach the point of commercialisation. The committee have recognised and highlighted a number of the […]
20 Apr 2021
Seagrasses, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, and their preservation and restoration hold great potential to bank CO2 and keep it out of the atmosphere. But can the blue carbon market avoid the pitfalls that have plagued land-based efforts? In the shallow waters off the shores of Virginia, vast meadows of seagrass have been recreated over the past […]
20 Apr 2021
An investigation by the EU, shared with Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine late last year, concluded that fishery controls were “unsatisfactory”. As a result, the country faces losing tens of thousands of tonnes from its fishing quota and around €40m in funding annually. The investigation reported that, during a four-year period, 33 cases of […]
20 Apr 2021
North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered species produced no known offspring at all. It’s qualified good news though since right whales are still dying — largely from manmade causes — at […]
20 Apr 2021
Ángel León made his name serving innovative seafood, but “then he discovered something in the seagrass that could transform our understanding of the sea itself – as a vast garden” Growing up in southern Spain he paid little attention to the seagrass meadows as he swam near his home in the Bay of Cádiz. Decades later, […]
20 Apr 2021
“What Netflix’s Seaspiracy gets wrong about fishing, explained by a marine biologist.” Daniel Pauly is a marine biologist, fisheries scientist, and professor at the University of British Columbia and a member of the board of directors of Oceana. “I wanted to like Seaspiracy, the recent Netflix documentary that has lots of people talking about the damage […]
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