22 Dec 2022
It has been quite a year for the ocean. 2022 has seen some big news for the marine and coastal sectors, with environmental, community, industry and global issues coming to the fore. It was the year of the COPs: right across the world several Conference of the Parties took place, with varying levels of perceived […]
22 Dec 2022
Contracting Parties and observers to the Convention on Wetlands met in Wuhan, China and Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 13 November for the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14). With the theme: ‘Wetland Action for People and Nature’, COP14 saw representatives from 146 Contracting Parties and 55 observer organizations convene to […]
22 Dec 2022
Nik Perepelov, Senior Water Policy Officer at RSPB and Vice Chair of Blueprint for Water, reflects on the year in water policy. This blog is reproduced in full from Wildlife and Countryside LINK. With 2022 drawing to a close, Blueprint for Water are pleased to present a festive bumper blog to look back at the year […]
22 Dec 2022
Livestock farms in England polluted rivers 300 times last year, causing 20 major incidents, according to the latest government figures. Yet only six farms were prosecuted in 2021, with the Environment Agency giving out warning letters instead, the BBC reported. The dairy industry – mostly thanks to the waste its millions of cows produce – […]
22 Dec 2022
Seismometers could detect flooding and offer real-time information about incoming floods and their parameters. Normally, seismometers are used to pick up information from earthquakes. But increasingly, researchers are looking at using them for different additional purposes. For flooding, this could be a game changer. Climate change is making extreme weather more likely, and extreme weather […]
22 Dec 2022
New research led by the University of Stirling is to explore how pollution and climate change are impacting freshwater ecosystems for the first time. The study, which has been awarded funding of £2million from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), will investigate how pollutants interact with rivers and ecosystems, and devise a system to monitor and measure pollution. […]
22 Dec 2022
Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel – completely gone. The detailed study measured the change in size and number of all species of mussel in a stretch of the River Thames near Reading between 1964 and […]
22 Dec 2022
Legally binding targets to protect the environment, clean up air and rivers and boost nature were published on Friday 16 December, 2022 by the UK Government. The Government will publish its Environmental Improvement Plan in January 2023 setting out in more detail how they will achieve these targets, including interim targets. Publication of the targets […]
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