Albatross cops may soon be taking to the skies over the subantarctic Isles to scan remote parts of the Pacific Ocean for illegal fishing boats, new research has found. In…
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Basking sharks hang out in family groups, research finds
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020Basking sharks travel migratory routes in groups of extended family, a new study led by Scottish scientists has suggested. Large groups of the fish gather in the Irish Sea and…
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…
Government grant to track wild salmon on ocean migration
Tuesday, January 14th, 2020Wild salmon from Scotland’s west coast will be tracked on their journey across the North Atlantic for the first time, thanks to a £750,000 grant from the government. Experts say…
£190k funding to monitor at-risk whales and dolphins
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020A project to monitor at-risk whales, dolphins and harbour porpoises around Scotland’s coast has been awarded £190,400 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help protect the species in the…
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…
Sunburns can plague farmed fish, new research suggests
Thursday, December 5th, 2019Trapped near the ocean’s surface in cages or nets, farmed fish can suffer a host of problems from sunburns by not being able to escape the light. You’re swimming at…
Demand for farmed fish causing wild fish stocks to collapse
Thursday, October 17th, 2019Shoppers buying farmed fish such as prawns and Scottish salmon labelled as sustainable in UK supermarkets may unwittingly be contributing to the collapse of fish stocks in Asia and Africa, a…
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…
New IPCC report signals red alert on “Blue Planet”
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019Climate change is devastating our seas and frozen regions as never before, a major new IPCC report from the United Nations warns. According to a UN panel of scientists, waters…