30 Nov 2015
The UK government has cancelled its £1bn competition for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology just six months before it was due to be awarded, breaking a pledge in the Conservative party’s election manifesto. The abandonment of a technology championed by David Cameron and seen as vital in tackling global warming will be an embarrassment […]
30 Nov 2015
Decades’ worth of data revealing the health of our seas and marine wildlife, will be made freely available to the public for the first time, following the launch of a new ‘Data Hub’ today by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). The Cefas Data Hub, an online portal allowing the public and […]
30 Nov 2015
Cefas ‘Knowledge about which human activities take place where, when, and how often, is essential for successful Marine Planning, the management of human activities, to understand how the different activities relate to one another and facilitate assessments required under WFD and MSFD. Whereas the location and footprint of most human activities is well known (e.g. […]
30 Nov 2015
The Western Channel Observatory, Plymouth, has celebrated the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of L4 with the publication of a special issue in Progress in Oceanography (Volume 137, Part B, Pages 335-570). The 17 cross-cutting scientific research papers, from 25 UK and international institutes, provide new insights into seabed and water column processes as well […]
30 Nov 2015
Environment minister says Tokyo cannot ‘unilaterally decide’ to ignore scientific advice and international court of justice ruling to hunt and kill 333 minke whales Japan cannot unilaterally decide to start whaling in Antarctica again against the advice of scientists, says the environment minister, Greg Hunt.Japan is set to ignore an international court of justice ruling […]
26 Nov 2015
Hello, My colleagues and I at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research, Plymouth University, are currently conducting a study that aims to identify the skills and knowledge that are necessary or desirable for working in the marine science and conservation sector. The findings of this study will be used to optimise the […]
24 Nov 2015
Environment Agency Blog: Jeremy Walker, chair of the innovative ‘Slowing the Flow’ project in North Yorkshire, explains how a range of land management measures are helping to reduce flood risk in the market town of Pickering. The project, which was officially completed this autumn, was recently opened by Defra Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss. The […]
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