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Focus on Basking sharks – Groundbreaking video – MPAs for baskers & research

Groundbreaking video by Exeter University team from the Hebrides – various feeds Researchers attempting to look at behaviour of backing shark aggregations underwater in areas where they also aggregate on the surface. Will they find evidence of mating? BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49237808 Guardian Fin tech: underwater robot monitors sharks in Scottish waters 1. ECO Magazine The ground-breaking […]

Behaviour change – Five top tips – Behavioural Insights Team

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BusinessGreen “We need to gear policy more towards human ways of decision-making behaviour rather than the hypothetical actor,” argued Toby Park, head of energy and sustainability at the Behavioural Insights Team. But what might this mean in practice? How can businesses and policymakers convince people not only that reducing their greenhouse gas emissions is a […]

Wreck fish eats a shark: Remarkable footage from the deep sea – NOAA

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Wreck fish video: A NOAA Remotely Operated Vehicle came across a dead swordfish being eaten by two species of deep sea shark, one of which is only recently know to science. This is upstaged by a large wreck fish which uses the ROV to ambush and eat one of the sharks. Remarkable footage from the […]

Emma Howard Boyd replies to the Times article on the state of England’s Rivers

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Your editorial (“Filthy Business”, 3 August) and coverage of the state of England’s rivers is wrong on most counts except one. Let me give you the facts. Water quality in our rivers is now better than at any time since the start of the Industrial Revolution. All over the country, salmon and otter have returned […]

Whaley Bridge dam: residents can return home after the reservoir is pumped out

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Whaley bridge dam incident – Guardian description – major failures of the cladding infrastructure The need to look at dam safety again. Guardian BBC: 7/9/19 ‘Hundreds of Whaley Bridge residents have been told they can return home, nearly a week after fears over a damaged dam saw them evacuated. About 1,500 residents were removed from their homes […]

Extreme rainfall event strikes North Yorkshire devastating local infrastructure

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Extreme rainfall (82 mm in 24 hours 30th July) in the Yorkshire Dales lead to major damage to rural infrastructure John Curtin ‘Incredible hydrograph for Swale at Grinton Bridge – 2.5m rise in just a few minutes (note this is raw data).’ pic.twitter.com/UlTj4BTyIx A month’s rainfall in a few hours – how often have we […]

Met office Annual State of the Climate report for 2018

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Met office climate report 2018 The Met Office have published their annual State of the UK Climate report for 2018. Some of its key findings are: Nine of the 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 2002 and all the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 1990. The most recent decade (2008–2017) […]

Theresa Villiers first speech – Business as usual with the Gove Defra agenda

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Defra: Theresa Villiers: ‘The Environment Secretary’s speech at Countryfile Live which took place at Blenheim Palace on Thursday 1 August 2019. ‘It is just over a week since the Prime Minister asked me to take on the role of Secretary of State at Defra. And I am delighted to be making my first speech here […]