10 Sep 2019
Leatherback turtle with an ocean robot camera – watch the video
Leatherback turtle with an ocean robot camera – ‘One of our Cape Cod leatherback #turtles ingested 123 jellies, took 133 breaths & beat its flippers 1405 times in just 2 hours’ Click here to watch the video: pic.twitter.com/xOYkPpefTK What a young seabird coughed up … plastics Here’s a clip from the brilliant but painful to […]
13 Aug 2019
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 […]
08 Aug 2019
Extreme rainfall event strikes North Yorkshire devastating local infrastructure
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 […]
18 May 2019
Outreach – Great short videos looking at how marine life support systems – Greenpeace
Greenpeace – Unearthed life support videos – two links below – these are succinct and to the point (4.5mins each) and convey key ideas on how living marine systems provide us with life support. Greenpeace: We started our Life Support series with a stark message from one of the world’s leading scientists: the destruction of […]
26 Mar 2019
Michael Gove questioned by MPs on the provisions of the Environment Bill – Watch the Video
Questioning goes to the heart of the provisions in the Bill on audit and the principles at the heart of sustainability and environmental management. EAC ‘The Environmental Audit Committee examines the proposed Office for Environmental Protection, the environmental principles, Environmental Improvement Plans, collaboration with the devolved administrations and no-deal preparations. Witnesses Wednesday 20 March 2019, […]
28 Nov 2018
Goldeneyes & Dippers on river bed video – Ness Fishery Board
Ness Fishery Board videos Dippers feeding on insects disturbed by salmon A dipper amongst spawning salmon and trout. They forage on the river bed collecting aquatic invertebrates displaced as the fish create their ‘redds’ (or nests). Goldeneye ducks feeding on the river bed A flock of goldeneye Ducks forage on the river bed. Watch the […]
