17 Jan 2016

The main article was carried in Nature: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18573 ‘Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well established does – dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC pollutants on European marine top predators remains unknown. Here we show that several cetacean species have […]

17 Jan 2016

The Capturing Our Coast project is taking off with the different regional hubs advertising the project and regional links.   http://capturingourcoast.co.uk/home The £1.7m Capturing Our Coast project, funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund, is designed to further our understanding of the abundance and distribution of marine life around the UK. Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is running […]

15 Jan 2016

            What’s so special     about this?  Believe     it or not, this is the     world’s oldest animal   Ocean quahogs (Artica islandica) are found in the North Atlantic. The oldest recorded specimen was 507 years old. Their rings can also tell us a lot about climate change. The proposed South […]

13 Jan 2016

Environment Agency: These documents will help you understand what you need to do when developing a hydropower scheme to generate electricity on a river or stream. Hydropower schemes harness the energy from flowing water to generate electricity, using a turbine or other device. Developing a hydropower scheme involves obtaining permissions from several organisations. Hydropower schemes […]

13 Jan 2016

Peter Coombs ‘I recently attended a CIWEM conference on ‘Flood Resilient Communities: Evaluating the Defra Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder’. Defra’s Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder initiative ran between April 2013 and March 2015, the programme sought to develop innovative local solutions by enabling and stimulating flood risk communities to work with key partners, including local authorities, […]

12 Jan 2016

The Governments own appointee resigns; not good. He was in the firing line from EFRA Committee MPs last week – see video below. Defra 11th Jan: The Chairman of the Environment Agency Sir Philip Dilley has today resigned from his position. Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said: Today I have accepted Sir Philip Dilley’s resignation and […]