20 Apr 2022
From Reuters Flooding cost the global economy more than $82 billion last year, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from natural catastrophes, reinsurance agency Swiss Re Institute reported Wednesday. In some parts of Europe, such losses could climb. A new study in the journal Nature found that stormy seas around Scotland and northern […]
20 Apr 2022
From WaterBriefing In a water industry first, South East Water has launched a new consultation on its first draft 25 Year Environment Plan. The innovative plan sets out how fresh water only supplier, South East Water, will protect the environment for the next 25 years. The draft 25 Year Environment Plan is the first of […]
20 Apr 2022
Artist’s impression of Oxford Flood Scheme, viewed from Devil’s Backbone The Environment Agency has submitted the planning application to build the Oxford flood alleviation scheme. This is a significant step towards reducing flood risk to homes, businesses and transport links in Oxford. A major project led by the Environment Agency in partnership with 9 other […]
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, […]
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