02 Dec 2018
Environment Bill delayed until 2019 The Secretary of State for the Environment, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, admitted to a parliamentary committee that the only part of the Environment Bill that will be published this year will be the part concerning environmental principles and governance post Brexit, which government is legally obliged to publish by the end […]
02 Dec 2018
Scottish Parliament Urgent action needs to be taken to improve the regulation of the Scottish salmon farming industry and to address fish health and environmental challenges, a Holyrood Committee has concluded. Following its in-depth inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland, the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee has determined that, if the industry is to expand, […]
02 Dec 2018
Guardian ‘Windy weather carries Britain to renewable energy record Windfarms supplied third of UK’s electricity this week, with output hitting 14.9GW high Storm Diana brought travel chaos to road, rail and airports, but the clouds did have a silver lining: the strong winds helped set a renewable energy record. Windfarms supplied about a third of […]
02 Dec 2018
Chemical cocktail suppresses periwinkles’ ability to avoid crabs and disrupts food chain Toxins leaching from microplastics leave shellfish at the mercy of predators, research has found. The chemicals completely suppress the ability of the periwinkles to detect and avoid the crabs that eat them. Microplastics plague the world’s rivers and oceans and absorb poisonous chemicals from the […]
02 Dec 2018
The 2017 SWME Annual Report the fourth in this series has just been completed and it can be downloaded here. The report is bigger than ever (84 pages) and has a fantastic range of observations and records ranging from new species of sea slug and shark, the continued rise of tuna and crawfish and continued […]
01 Dec 2018
Marine Social Science Research and Practice in the UK As management of our global seas and coastlines becomes ever more complex, there is a growing call for improved integration of social sciences within marine and coastal decision making. Recent high-profile campaigns and media coverage have triggered an unprecedented out-pouring of public awareness and concern for […]
28 Nov 2018
Three articles & reports Michael Gove launches new Met office Projections Gove’s speech – a detailed statement US Climate change report highlights massive costs not least to inland and coastal flooding Committee on Climate Change Animation 1. The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove at the Science Museum in London, in which he launched new data giving the […]
28 Nov 2018
EA ‘Environment Agency Chair, Emma Howard Boyd is calling on businesses and communities to prepare as latest UK climate change projections are published. Writing in the Environment Agency’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation report, the Chair of the Environment Agency says worryingly few FTSE boards are disclosing the strategic risks to their shareholders brought by the […]
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