First seagrass restoration project in Britain will capture carbon rapidly and offer habitat for lost marine life. “We think this whole bay was once carpeted with seagrass,” says Evie Furness,…
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New colony of rare freshwater pearl mussels discovered
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020A new colony of endangered freshwater pearl mussels has been discovered in the north Highlands. The rare species was uncovered during a watercourse survey being carried out before culvert replacement…
Ocean temperatures hit record highs as heating accelerates
Thursday, January 16th, 2020The Earth’s oceans hit record high temperatures in 2019 as the rate of global warming continued to accelerate, researchers have said. The rate of heat introduced to the planet’s oceans over…
Scottish wildlife at risk from 40% public funding cuts
Thursday, December 12th, 2019Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature and the climate at risk, according to a new expert…
State of Nature report confirms UK biodiversity crisis
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date, the State of Nature report. The…
The Atlantic Ocean is “running out of breath”
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019A huge international research programme has been launched to assess the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The iAtlantic project is the biggest ever mounted in the planet’s second largest ocean….
Habitat loss endangers ecological relationships
Thursday, May 30th, 2019Habitat loss is the leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. Depending on their size, animals need a given amount of area to be able to find enough resources to maintain…
UN issues world alert over species extinction rates
Friday, May 10th, 2019Humanity faces an ecological catastrophe after dragging one million species of animals and plants towards extinction, a devastating report by the world’s leading scientists has said. The United Nations (UN) alert…
Restoring degraded oyster beds and reefs
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019When we think of mass habitat extinction, colourful, diverse and highly visible ecosystems such as tropical rain forests and coral reefs come to mind. Approximately half of global shallow water…
UK will miss almost all 2020 nature targets
Monday, March 25th, 2019The UK will miss almost all the 2020 nature targets it signed up to a decade ago, according to a report by the government’s official advisers. The nation is failing…
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