03 Mar 2026
Photo by Daniel Seßler Wales has passed some of the most significant environmental legislation in its devolved history, with the Senedd voting on 24 February to approve the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill – a move that conservation groups have welcomed as a defining moment for the country’s natural environment, nearly […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Ekaterina Zlotnikova Scotland’s largest known flame shell bed has made a complete recovery following the designation of a Marine Protected Area in Loch Carron, Wester Ross, a result that researchers and conservationists are hailing as a model for decisive marine protection. Two reports commissioned by NatureScot found that flame shell beds in the […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Doncoombez The UK Government has laid a draft statutory instrument to amend the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, bringing forward new powers to enable offshore wind deployment under the Energy Act 2023 — a long-awaited reform that conservation groups have cautiously welcomed, while warning that a critical flaw in the draft […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Yuriy Kostin A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has discovered what is believed to be the world’s largest known coral colony on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – a structure stretching approximately 111 metres and covering nearly 4,000 square metres, roughly the size of a football pitch. The coral was found late last […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Amy Asher Volunteers rescuing marine mammals entangled in discarded plastic waste along Yorkshire’s coast attended 41 call-outs in 2025, more than four times the nine recorded in 2019, the BBC reports, in a trend that rescue workers say reflects a worsening crisis of beach litter left behind by holidaymakers. Chris Cook, an area […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Jan Tang Scientists have discovered that the annual process by which Emperor penguins shed and regrow their feathers may be killing thousands of birds, as the collapse of Antarctic sea ice strips them of the stable platforms they depend on to survive it. The findings, published in Communications Earth & Environment, emerged from an […]
24 Feb 2026
Photo by Maxwell Andrews The Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan has been formally adopted by Scottish Ministers, establishing a statutory framework for managing marine activities out to 12 nautical miles from the coast. The plan, the second of its kind for the Orkney Islands Scottish Marine Region, sets binding policy for a wide range of sectors […]
24 Feb 2026
Photo by Chirayu Sharma India and the United Kingdom launched the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce on 18 February, establishing a new bilateral working mechanism intended to provide strategic leadership for India’s nascent offshore wind sector. The event was attended by India’s Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi, UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy […]
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