08 Apr 2025

Image description: A plastic bottle, polystyrene and driftwood on a sandy beach. Image by Catherine Sheila/ Pexels.   Not a single inch of the Mediterranean is clean  A new study has shone a light on one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists captured […]

03 Apr 2025

In one of the largest syntheses of the human impacts on biodiversity ever conducted worldwide, a team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich looked at terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats, as well as including all groups of organisms, including microbes, fungi, plants, invertebrates, fish, birds […]

03 Apr 2025

River being given legal rights  A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from pollution and to enjoy its native biodiversity. The move by Lewes District Council in East Sussex to recognise the fundamental rights of the River Ouse is the […]

03 Apr 2025

It has been more than four years since the UK set up its own chemicals regulatory regime post-Brexit, however senior campaigner at Chem Trust Chloe Alexander notes that the UK has failed to restrict a single substance since it departed from the European Union (EU). In fact, despite more than four years of regulatory analysis […]

25 Mar 2025

Image description: The torso of a person on the beach holding a plastic bag with litter in it. The person is wearing a grey tshirt, white shorts and plastic gloves. Image by Chaiyan Anuwatmongkolchai from Pixabay   New evidence from the State of our Beaches report by the Marine Conservation Society revealed the amount of […]

20 Mar 2025

Last year, Professor Carolyn Roberts brought a landmark class action against six of England’s largest water companies for alleged breaches of environmental duties. The suit claimed the six defendants significantly under-reported pollution incidents, which allowed them to charge higher prices than would have been permitted if accurate reports had been made. This under-reporting was argued […]

20 Mar 2025

A new study has revealed that a staggering majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour in the last 40 years. The research team analysed data sets containing 32 million satellite observations from over 67,000 lakes.   Photo description: Lake Bled surrounding Bled Island in Slovenia.The island has several buildings, the main one being the […]