31 Mar 2026
Photo by Waldemar Brandt The UK government has announced a grant of up to £64m to develop Port Talbot into the first port in the Celtic Sea specifically designed to support floating offshore wind. The funding will enable Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, to complete the essential design and engineering work needed […]
31 Mar 2026
Photo by Torsten Dederichs Two major European retailers and the first supplement manufacturer have committed to exiting the krill market entirely, in what Sea Shepherd Global describes as a significant and accelerating shift in market forces against the Antarctic krill fishery. Germany’s dm-drogerie markt, Europe’s largest drugstore chain, with more than 4,000 stores across […]
31 Mar 2026
Photo by Sander Weeteling Existing offshore wind farms in the North Sea are already redistributing up to 1.5 million tonnes of mud and associated organic carbon each year, according to new research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany. The study, the first to model the combined effects of […]
31 Mar 2026
Photo by Ali Abdul Rahman More than 130 governments concluded a week of negotiations in Campo Grande, Brazil on 29 March, agreeing to extend new or upgraded international protections to 40 migratory species at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS CoP15). The marine outcomes […]
31 Mar 2026
The Welsh Government, in collaboration with the Coasts and Seas Partnership (CaSP), is undertaking an ambitious initiative to ensure that marine and coastal areas across Wales remain healthy, thriving, and community-led. As part of a wider programme of Coastal Capacity Building, the government has commissioned APEM to conduct a comprehensive Coastal Stakeholder Survey to map the […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by NASA The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any point in recorded history, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned, with greenhouse gas concentrations driving accelerating warming of the atmosphere, oceans and ice sheets. The WMO’s State of the Global Climate 2025 report confirms that 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Mario Ray The UK government has announced it will open its next renewable energy auction – Allocation Round 8 (AR8) – in July 2026, bringing forward the tender in response to mounting concern over Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband framed the decision as part of a broader drive […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Ramon Vloon Scotland’s £16 million Marine Fund has reopened for applications, with Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon announcing the expanded scheme during a visit to Dunbar harbour. But the launch has been met with immediate criticism from conservation and coastal community groups who warn that the fund’s eligibility criteria are too narrowly drawn to […]
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