Super sewer progress
Recent aerial photography shows some of the changes being made to the banks of the Thames during the construction of London’s 25-km super-sewer, Tideway. Now said to be three-quarters complete – and on-schedule to finish in 2025 – the 2.5m-diameter tunnel will provide an extra 1.6 million m3 of storage in London’s sewers.
Cotswold District Council offers advice to support development of green infrastructure
Cotswold District Council is encouraging developers to incorporate high quality green infrastructure into new developments. Green infrastructure (GI) is the network of natural and...
Summer reed cutting is essential, says waterways expert
The Rothen Group, an independent civil engineering and maintenance business servicing UK waterways, has issued a warning to raise awareness of the dangers of overgrown weeds choking the waterways this summer .
Comment: We reconstructed Britain of millions of years ago to see what climate breakdown...
Dr Matthew Pound, Associate Professor in Physical Geography, and Dr Martha Gibson, Research Fellow in Paleoclimatology at Northumbria University, explore how the climate crisis...
The Environment Agency wins a national award for “Bringing Back the River Bulbourne”
A partnership project between the Environment Agency and the Box Moor Trust in Hemel Hempstead has been recognised with a national award.
The project has...
“Radical” rhetoric of farming reform promising, but lack of details and urgency still puts...
On 6 January, the Government announced further details on two new schemes for rewarding farmers in England for producing food sustainably, while supporting nature’s...
Amazon study suggests big conservation gains possible for imperilled freshwater ecosystems
A new study by an international team of environmental scientists in the Brazilian Amazon appears to show that redesigned conservation projects could deliver big gains for critical freshwater ecosystems – raising hopes for the futures of thousands of species
A global observatory is needed to understand how global change is transforming forests
Leading forest researchers from around the world call for a global forest observatory to provide much-needed data on the current and future ability...
New IPSO report: Eight urgent measures needed in the next decade to preserve life-supporting...
Deep-sea mining ‘precautionary pause’ and closure of one-third of the ocean among eight urgent measures needed in the next decade to preserve life-supporting ocean function .
Sea trash data suggests holistic response
A first-of-its-kind analysis of the impact of 20 ocean trash items on seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles was published on 12 January in...
Moon, compass, blue and lion’s mane – it’s a blooming good time for jellyfish
Beach users urged to report jellyfish finds on UK beaches
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), a UK marine charity, says the number of jellyfish...
Report highlights UK and US financial institutions’ contribution to Amazon deforestation
A report released on 12 March by Amazon Watch reveals the involvement of five American and British financial institutions in billions of dollars in...
Emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide is a “deathblow” says charity group
(Text: The Wildlife Trusts)
On 18th January 2024, the UK Government’s Farming Minister, Mark Spencer, approved ‘emergency’ authorisation for the use of the highly damaging...
UK supermarket is first to say ‘no’ to products made with gene editing
In response to a civil society appeal for UK supermarkets to back strong regulation of new gene-edited crops and animals, the Co-op has made...
Climate education project takes root in high school gardens
A project which aims to plant the seeds of climate awareness and action through gardening is branching out across Glasgow high schools.
The University of...
Engineering new signalling networks to produce crops that need less fertiliser
An interdisciplinary research collaboration between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has engineered a novel synthetic plant-microbe signalling pathway that could provide the foundation...
Death in a cold climate
Canada's first human decomposition laboratory in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, is using scientific sampling and analysis equipment designed and manufactured by Bridgend-headquartered Markes International. The company explains how the equipment is being used.
First UK study of synthetic chemicals found in food
The first comprehensive assessment of common synthetic chemicals found in UK foods has been completed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
In the study,...
‘Live fast, die young’ cycle threatening California’s ecosystems
Intensive water management causing short-term gains but long-term damage to one of the most biodiverse regions in the world.
An entire ecosystem of rare and...
Podcast explores hedgerows and nature-based careers
On 10 March, The Tree Council released the first three episodes of a new podcast series, Life On The Hedge, which explores "the magic...
