23 Apr 2026
Photo by Martin King on Unsplash United Utilities and the Environment Agency (EA) are going to place two monitoring buoys into Lake Windermere in Cumbria next week, as part of a year-long study to continuously assess the body of water. United Utilities has said the trial would help it and the Environment Agency (EA) […]
02 Apr 2026
Image Description: Landscape view of the River Dart in Devon. Photo by Valentina Sotnikova on Unsplash England’s water environment faces a perfect storm The Environment Agency has published their latest Chief Scientist’s Annual Review 2025, highlighting how they are using science to support the country’s ambition for sustainable growth and respect the nature that underpins […]
07 Oct 2025
Photo by Jannet Serhan The Scottish Government is investigating after two boats were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a marine protected area in the north-west Highlands. Footage shows the Dawn Maid and another vessel hauling up gear after being challenged in Loch Alsh, between the Scottish mainland and Skye. The activity was spotted on […]
07 Jul 2025
Photo of iceberg in Antarctica by Rob Long The waters surrounding Antarctica are becoming more saline, defying long-held expectations and raising fresh alarm over the accelerating collapse of sea ice. Scientists using European Space Agency satellite data and ocean-based sensors have found that the Southern Ocean has been steadily growing saltier since 2015—a trend […]
07 Jul 2025
Photo of Kuwait City by Mayer Tawfik Kuwait has officially launched the Needlefish, a cutting-edge unmanned surface vessel (USV) developed by British companies SRT Marine Systems and Ocean Infinity. This launch represents a major advancement in maritime surveillance technology as part of Kuwait’s $213 million Project Vigilant, an integrated system designed to enhance maritime […]
03 Jun 2025
Image: Fishing boat at the harbour – Paul Einerhand A new report claims that the marine insurance industry is enabling illegal and environmentally destructive behaviour in the fishing sector by insuring vessels that deliberately disable their tracking systems — a practice known as “going dark.” In 2023, Blue Marine investigators revealed how industrial fishing […]
27 Nov 2024
Defra has published bathing water results showing that 92% of English bathing waters meet water quality standards. The number of monitored bathing waters in England rated as poor and unfit for swimming has more than doubled, from 18 to 37. Out of the 450 sites regularly tested this summer for bacteria related to sewage discharges, […]
30 Oct 2024
According to The Observer, Water firms “passed” thousands of pollution tests under a self-monitoring regime … yet the tests were never even conducted, the Observer can reveal. The water firms’ own operational data for sewage plants across the country reveals how outflows of effluent had stopped – in some cases for just a few hours – on […]
