07 Jun 2023
Wessex Water has been hit with a £280,000 fine after it provided customers with undrinkable water for three weeks. The company has also agreed to pay out more than £21,000 to its affected customers. The fine was handed down by Swindon Magistrates following prosecution by the Drinking Water Inspectorate.
07 Jun 2023
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings have been published, “the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” The 2023 Impact Rankings is the fifth edition, and the overall ranking includes 1,591 universities from 112 countries/regions. Under the Clean Water and Sanitation goal, Exeter University came out on […]
06 Jun 2023
Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Bangor University have placed specialist recording equipment at three locations in the North Anglesey Special Area of Conservation to learn if human made and natural noise affects marine mammals. As part of the Welsh Acoustic Marine Mammal Survey, recordings will be made […]
06 Jun 2023
Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than Germany to fishing and mining, the government announced Monday, protecting millions of vulnerable seabirds and animals. The remote Macquarie Island Marine Park, located off Australia’s southeastern coast between Tasmania and Antarctica in the Southern Ocean, is set to […]
06 Jun 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the UK Government’s marine regulator for England, have now published their Studland Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone: 2022 Review of the effectiveness of the voluntary no anchor zone (VNAZ) after the first year of it being in place. A Summary of the 2022 review is also available. The MMO has concluded that the voluntary […]
06 Jun 2023
A 15-country study has confirmed that people living near or visiting the seaside enjoy better health. The concept that proximity to the ocean could foster better health isn’t entirely novel. We can trace this idea back to 1660, when English physicians started advocating for sea bathing and coastal strolls as wellness practices. By the mid-19th century, indulging […]
06 Jun 2023
From The Conversation: Research has suggested healthy whale populations could help us in unexpected ways – by storing carbon for the long term. How? Whales are usually huge. Among their number is the blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived. At up to 30 metres long and 190 tonnes, they’re bigger than any dinosaur. […]
06 Jun 2023
Marine Scotland has published a report entitled “Developing Essential Fish Habitat Maps for fish and shellfish species in Scotland”. Twenty-nine species and multiple life-stages were reviewed covering marine fish and shellfish of commercial and ecological importance, relevant to offshore wind development areas. Marine Scotland says that the report is “essential to the management of the activities, […]
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