The impact of global warming, plastic pollution and biodiversity loss is underestimated by the general public, a new study finds. Only a quarter of people correctly identified that all 20…
Posts Tagged ‘Climate change’
COP26: Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate summit
Friday, August 9th, 2019The next United Nations climate change summit will take place in Glasgow, if a bid to attract COP26 to the UK is successful, it has been announced. The UK and…
Rise of ocean heatwaves threatens Scottish marine life
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019As Scotland sweltered in record atmospheric temperatures last week marine scientists were investigating the rise of a lesser-known but equally life-threatening heatwave. Ocean heatwaves are a phenomenon which have, in…
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….
Climate change: Scottish shellfish threatened
Friday, April 19th, 2019Scottish shellfish are at risk from an invasion of tiny Japanese sea creatures known as schizoporella japonica. The orange-red sea creatures are thought to be spreading with the help of climate…
Shellfish under threat from acidic oceans
Monday, February 18th, 2019For the past few million years the world’s oceans have existed in a slightly alkaline state, with an average pH of 8.2. Now, with carbon emissions escalating, there is more…
Rising Ocean Temperatures Catastrophe
Friday, January 25th, 2019Last year was the hottest ever measured, continuing an upward trend that is a direct result of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. The key to the measurements is the oceans. Oceans…
Insight: 2018, a year for climate change
Monday, December 24th, 2018Early signs of catastrophe are everywhere in 2018, in floods, wildfires, freezing conditions – and the paralysis of human efforts to combat them, writes Ilona Amos. It’s not every day…
Blue Carbon forum launched
Monday, November 5th, 2018
A new research programme will measure the ability of Scotland’s marine environment to store carbon dioxide and mitigate against the effects of climate change. It will be driven by the...
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Jonny Hughes: Time to stop plundering the sea
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Image © Pete Bicheno Jonny Hughes, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, shares his thoughts on kelp harvesting proposals in this piece at The Scotsman. Keystone species are so...
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