07 Dec 2019
Open Seas ‘We have published a ‘Discard Dossier’ in collaboration with Our Fish providing evidence that illegal discarding continues in the Scottish prawn (scampi) fishery and is threatening the recovery of our already collapsed fish stocks. Here’s the executive summary: In 2013 the ‘discard ban’ or Landing Obligation was agreed to reduce and record the amount of […]
07 Dec 2019
As well as providing renewable energy, wave farms can help protect coasts against erosion by reducing the force of waves. However, it remains unknown whether they can provide this complementary service under future climate change when sea levels will be higher. A new study, based upon computer simulations, concludes that a wave farm off the […]
07 Dec 2019
The future of UK blue shark angling looks a little more secure after ICCAT (the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, which also manages shark species) agreed science-based catch limits for both southern and northern blue shark stocks for the first time. The limits cap the amount of blue sharks that can be […]
06 Dec 2019
CEH: Submitted by Katie Muchan on Fri, 22/11/2019 – 15:04 An unsettled and wet period since late September followed by persistent heavy rainfall in late October and early November has caused severe flooding across northern and central England. Our hydrologists have provided the following background information, based on provisional data provided by the Environment Agency and the Met Office, […]
06 Dec 2019
This report examines the oil and gas industry’s expansion plans over the next five years, from 2020 to 2024. It finds the sector plans to invest USD 1.4 trillion into new extraction projects. This would lock in 148 gigatonnes of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to 1200 new US coal-fired power plants. The report reveals […]
06 Dec 2019
Water companies in England have launched a major project to design the plan that will help deliver their world-leading goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The water industry is the first industrial sector in the UK, and one of the first major sectors in the world, to commit to a carbon zero […]
06 Dec 2019
Southern Water has published its Water Resources Management Plan – the company said for the first time is now looking forward 50 years so it can be prepared to meet the challenges of a very different world. Launching the plan, Nicholas Price, water resource planning manager at Southern Water, commented: “Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan made a speech this […]
06 Dec 2019
HR Wallingford Emergency planners can use our tool, the Life Safety Model, to develop emergency plans for floods to help save lives. Technical Director Darren Lumbroso explains the vital role that such tools can play in planning how to deal with the consequences in areas where a dam is at risk of collapsing or an […]
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