01 Jul 2026
Photo description: Someone’s torso wearing jeans and a black t-shirt, spraying a hose. Photo by Delia Giandeini on Unsplash The scale of the challenge A major new public engagement initiative, Let’s Save Water, has launched with backing from leading scientists, environmental bodies, and water industry figures, as new research reveals just one in 10 (11%) adults in England […]
30 Jun 2026
Marine Habitats Ecologist & Surveyor Location: Inverness preferred (other NatureScot locations and hybrid working considered) Salary: £41,567 Temporary until 31 March 2029 with the possibility of extension Closing date: 26 July 2026 Job Purpose Summary As a Marine Habitats Ecologist and Surveyor, you will play a valuable role in determining the future of Scotland’s seas […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Stanislav Lvovsky The 11th Our Ocean Conference closed in Mombasa, Kenya on 18 June with 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion, announced by more than 100 governments, businesses and civil society organisations across what Mongabay reported was a gathering of 6,000 delegates. It was the first time in the conference’s 11 editions that it […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Bosh Ar London Climate Action Week (LCAW) closed on 28 June after nine days of talks and events across the city. Europe’s largest city-wide climate gathering, now in its eighth year, brought together nearly 50,000 participants. Ironically, a record-breaking heatwave forced the cancellation of at least one LCAW session and many side events, […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Valentina Kondrasyuk A new report has warned that marine conservation careers in Wales are becoming increasingly difficult to access for young people from working-class backgrounds, with a severe shortage of entry-level roles compounded by the complete absence of local vocational routes into the sector. Improving Social Mobility within Wales’s Marine Conservation Sector, published […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Paul Einerhand The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed it will publish a new dataset linking UK fishing landings to the exact locations where they were caught, in a pre-announcement covering the 2024 data year. The dataset, named the Landings Enriched Approach for Positional FISHeries data, or LEAPFISH, is provisionally due for release […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Paolo Chiabrando Western Isles councillors have formally objected to a proposed 60-turbine offshore wind farm off the west coast of Lewis, after planning officers recommended opposition on the grounds of landscape, seascape and historic environment harm. The decision was taken at a full meeting of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar on 29 June, […]
30 Jun 2026
Photo by Theirry Meier A new umbrella body, Marine Science UK (MSUK), has been launched to bring UK universities and research organisations together under a single voice, with the aim of feeding more coherent scientific evidence into government and industry decision-making on the ocean. A single voice for a fragmented sector According to its own description, […]
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