14 Apr 2026
Photo by Johannes Heel A pioneering project to deploy floating wetlands in Portsmouth’s coastal waters has been launched by the University of Portsmouth in partnership with Southern Water, the BBC reports, with researchers describing it as a practical, scalable response to the widespread loss of essential coastal ecosystems. The project will see specially designed floating rafts […]
10 Feb 2026
Photo by wal_172619 Testing of a £50m ultrasound system designed to stop fish being sucked into the cooling pipes of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has gone “really well”, according to engineers working on the Somerset project. The trial by Swansea University found the system “highly effective,” and project leaders are now considering […]
25 Nov 2025
Photo by Annie Spratt Plastic bio-bead pollution from a Southern Water treatment works failure has now been found in the sensitive saltmarsh habitat at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, approximately two miles south-west of Camber Sands where millions of the pellets first washed ashore in early November. Sussex Wildlife Trust confirmed on 14 November that monitoring had […]
10 Dec 2024
WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife, has today announced that it has agreed the purchase of 148-hectares of low-lying land on the Awre peninsula for a pioneering saltmarsh restoration project. As part of the organisation’s mission to restore wetlands and unlock their power, they plan to create a new saltmarsh nature reserve in the […]
22 Oct 2024
The Saltmarsh Code is a voluntary standard enabling the verification and sale of carbon sequestered through saltmarsh restoration. Saltmarsh carbon can be sold to buyers seeking to voluntarily compensate for their emissions, generating additional revenues to accelerate saltmarsh restoration and deliver other social and environmental benefits, such as biodiversity gains, flood alleviation, and nutrient remediation. The […]
01 Oct 2024
Spending just under £3 billion on creating and restoring wetlands around the UK in the next 27 years could yield at least £11 billion in benefits for society and the environment, new research has revealed. New findings from WWT, the environmental charity focussed on wetlands and wildlife, and environmental economics consultancy eftec, showed that spending […]
28 May 2024
By Craig Smeaton and Ed Garrett: Saltmarshes, or tidal marshes, are able to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and lock it away at a far higher rate than even forests on land. This has lead to them being championed as a nature-based solution to climate change. However, our research suggests the role played by saltmarshes of the […]
16 Apr 2024
It has been announced a new project will see the installation of two flux towers on saltmarshes at RSPB Freiston Shore nature reserve on The Wash near Boston. One tower will be on a natural saltmarsh and the other will be on a restored saltmarsh, this project is in partnership with the RSPB. Alongside the […]
