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16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Andrew D   Environment charities have reacted with frustration after the Scottish government announced that fisheries restrictions in marine protected areas, originally due to be implemented in 2016, are to be delayed for the fourth time. Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, announced this week that the consultation on inshore fisheries management measures for […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Jesse de Meulenaere   The UK is marking 25 years since its first offshore wind farm began generating clean power, celebrating a transformation that has seen the sector grow from two pioneering turbines to become the country’s second-largest electricity source. On 8th December 2000, Blyth Offshore Wind Farm off the Northumberland coast began operating, […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Sonia Kowsar   A mysterious pandemic is decimating sea urchin populations worldwide, with new research revealing catastrophic declines in the Canary Islands where some populations have plummeted by up to 99.7%. The mass mortality event, which has affected species across multiple ocean basins simultaneously, threatens to fundamentally alter marine ecosystems that depend on […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Oleksandr Sushko   International funding to help countries meet the global “30×30” biodiversity target is rising but remains billions of dollars short of what is needed, according to a new study launched at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. The analysis warns that current financial flows put the landmark conservation goal at serious […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Peter Burdon   The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented opportunity for scientists to study the ocean’s soundscape during a period of dramatically reduced human activity, with 2020 officially declared the “Year of the Quiet Ocean” by the International Quiet Ocean Experiment. In 2020, Covid-19 led to a 4.1% decrease in global maritime trade. In some […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Different Resonance   Wilder Humber has achieved a historic milestone with the largest release of native oysters in the intertidal zone by any restoration project in the UK to date, introducing 300,000 oysters into the Humber Estuary. The intertidal zone is the coastal region between high and low tide, characterised by unique ecosystems and diverse […]

16 Dec 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Matt Brown   Dutch gas producer ONE-Dyas has started operating the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German North Sea to be powered by offshore wind energy, after completing an electricity cable connection to Germany’s Riffgat offshore wind farm. The N05-A platform, developed together with partners EBN and Tenaz Energy, is now producing gas […]

11 Dec 2025

NewsWater

Image description: cars driving through roads which have flooded. Image by Chris “CJ” Johnson / pixabay.   A new analysis by the BBC has revealed thousands of flood defences meant to protect multiple homes or businesses in England were below the required condition when winter began. The exclusive figures obtained by the BBC show that, […]