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First ever UK Hope Spot declared in Scotland
Monday, June 10th, 2019Scotland’s Argyll Coast and Islands have been declared a Hope Spot – the first in mainland United Kingdom – by international non-profit Mission Blue to shed light on the immense…
Large expansion to UK marine conservation zones
Monday, June 3rd, 2019An area nearly twice the size of England will become a “blue belt” of protected waters after the government created 41 new marine conservation zones. The short-snouted seahorse, the ocean…
Visitors to seabird colonies urged to check for stowaways
Friday, May 17th, 2019Daytrippers travelling to seabird colonies are being urged to check their bags for rats, mink and stoats over fears they may be inadvertently importing deadly predators. The National Trust and…
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…
Harbour porpoises dying in UK waters
Friday, April 26th, 2019More than 1,000 harbour porpoises are needlessly dying in UK waters each year, according to a report from a global environmental organisation. The study by the World Wide Fund for…
Plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic
Monday, April 22nd, 2019A trove of data showing when the Atlantic Ocean began choking with plastic has been uncovered in the handwritten logbooks of a little-known but doggedly persistent plankton study dating back…
The Blue Planet UK effect
Thursday, March 28th, 2019If people knew the wonder and beauty of the UK’s marine habitats they would want to protect them. The life of a conservationist often feels like one long struggle, taking…
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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