Conservation project in the running for National Lottery award
Conservation project 'Back from the Brink' is appealing for votes after reaching the finals of the 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards - the search for the UK’s favourite ever National Lottery-funded projects .
Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration
A ‘near total’ lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, according to a Lancaster University-led...
“Don’t derail recycling scheme” – marine charity issues warning to CEOs
Industry warned not to derail ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme for drinks bottles and cans
Marine Conservation Society warns behind-the-scenes lobbying could be a...
Aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood
Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have renamed...
Four in five ecologists in England feel undervalued by government, industry survey finds
An overwhelming majority of environmental practitioners in England feel grossly undervalued by politicians, the public and other professions, according to a survey conducted by...
Accounting for plastic persistence can minimize environmental impacts
Researchers have developed a sustainability metric for the ecological design of plastic products that have low persistence in the environment.
Adhering to this metric could...
Managing reed growth safely
Charlotte Lea, ecologist at The Rothen Group, a civil engineering and maintenance firm servicing UK waterways, explains the important reasons for managing excess reed growth
Systems-thinking study identifies agricultural practices that threaten soil health and global food supply
The global food system faces growing risks as modern farming practices undermine the resilience of the world’s soils, according to new research.
Soil resilience...
How trees can help reach net zero: UK project launches
Six research teams across the UK will develop new tools and approaches which will help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable...
Using mussels to clean up microplastics: UK laboratory trials nature-based solution
Scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) have launched a series of in-situ trials of what they describe as a unique microplastic clean-up method using...
New AI algorithm will hopefully save ‘hopping’ bee from extinction
A project to protect a unique ‘hopping’ bee from extinction is underway in Yorkshire. The species in question has declined in number by more than...
Honey bees can be used to monitor PFAS levels in the environment, says study
Honey bees can be used to monitor levels of PFAS in the environment, a new study from The James Hutton Institute and the University...
Award for hull cleaning solution
A solution for the in-transit cleaning of hulls (ITCH) - removing biofouling from a ship's hull during a voyage - has picked up a...
Geographically-distributed species fare better with anthropogenic changes
New findings appear to reveal that widely distributed (geographically) species tend to benefit from anthropogenic changes and increase the number of sites they occupy,...
Portable DNA probe promises real-time identification of biological species in the field
Scientists’ glowing endorsements of Oxford Nanopore’s MiniION portable DNA sequencer, as reported in the media in mid-October, suggest a host of potentially revolutionary applications,...
Microbes conquer the next extreme environment: the home microwave
Radiation-resistant microbiome inside microwaves resembles that on solar panels
Since the industrial revolution, microbes have successfully colonized one novel type of habitat after another: for...
DNA pinpoints river animals in the here-and-now, new research reveals
New research proves that environmental DNA survives for less than two days in small fast-flowing rivers
‘Some insects are declining but what’s happening to the other 99%?’
Despite fears over ‘insectageddon’, there is a lack of data about virtually all insect species globally, according to a study led by the UK...
A reprieve for mako sharks in the North Atlantic
International fishery managers agree to historic yet potentially short-term ban
On 23 November, conservationists were celebrating a hard-fought ban on retention of North Atlantic shortfin...
Technology will boost real-time monitoring of remote peatlands
Researchers will develop new ways to monitor carbon emissions from vast swathes of peatland after winning almost half a million pounds to develop new...
