26 Mar 2026
Image description: Salmon jumping upstream. Image by Danny Moore from Pixabay. Migratory freshwater fish populations vital to river health and sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people are in freefall and risk collapse, a major UN assessment has warned. Freshwater fish face multiple threats and are “among the most imperiled vertebrates”, according to the most comprehensive assessment to […]
26 Mar 2026
Image description: Ecologically damaging Blue Green algae blooms (cyanobacteria), close up from river bank along Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. A High Court challenge has been launched by an eel fisherman against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over the Lough Neagh pollution crisis. The judicial review his being brought against DAERA by eel fisher […]
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 […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Jay Gomez King Charles has inaugurated the longest managed coastal walking route in the world, opening a continuous footpath stretching around the entire coast of England. The King Charles III England Coast Path runs approximately 2,689 miles and, for the first time, allows walkers to follow England’s shoreline without interruption, passing through salt marshes, […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Sander Weeteling The Welsh Government has launched a new Renewable Energy Sector Deal, a strategic partnership with industry designed to accelerate the deployment of wind, solar, marine and hydro power across the country. Announced on 18 March, the deal contains 78 commitments, from streamlining planning to building a skilled workforce, and aims to […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Andy Castille Five years after a ban on bottom trawling along the Sussex coast, scientists, fishers and conservationists are reporting the first meaningful signs of seabed recovery — with mussel beds stretching more than a kilometre and increasing numbers of black sea bream detected in underwater surveys. The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP), described […]
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