Bio-based ropes claim eco-friendly aquaculture benefits
New "bio" ropes made from biomaterials have the potential to replace conventional plastics of fossil origin in mussel and algae cultivation, say the groups...
Wiltshire pilot explores landfill gas-powered food production
A pilot project in Wiltshire explores the possibilities of turning landfill sites into low carbon, affordable fruit and vegetable production hubs.
Unveiled by Sustain Wiltshire...
Successful projects announced for €3m research programme looking at offshore wind impacts
Wind power developer Vattenfall has awarded €3million of research funding to projects that promise to offer insight into the socio-economic impact of offshore wind...
How will climate change affect microplastics already in the environment?
Understanding why climate change might contribute to increasing plastic pollution is the focus of a new research project starting this month at the University...
New research data tool provides a leap forward for ocean management
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A new standard method for conducting ocean research, launched on 5 October at the Our Ocean Conference in Malta, could help transform understanding of...
Ocean change is exacerbating the climate crisis
New scientific paper says we will not reach Paris Agreement without urgent ocean action
A scientific paper published in the peer review Journal, Aquatic Conservation...
Building firm creates wetland for local school in Wigan area
Building and engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons (Murphy) will help open a new biodiversity Wetlands project in Golborne on 18 June.
Murphy created...
Rare butterfly gets new home next to Bucks railway line
Network Rail volunteers have helped create a new habitat for one of the UK’s rarest butterflies at a new site next to a Buckinghamshire...
Fifteen ways to reforest the planet: Latest research profiled in publication
A dedicated issue of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions explores the latest scientific advances in forest restoration.
“This paves the way for evidence-based, on-the-ground action...
Five local authorities selected by Defra for nature recovery pilots
Cornwall, Buckinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Cumbria local authorities were selected by the government on 14 August "to help kick-start nature recovery on a...
Study indicates marine plastic pollution as a breeding ground for disease-causing bacteria
A new study reveals - seemingly for the first time - that particle type affects colonization, enrichment and spread of both antimicrobial-resistant and pathogenic...
Making sense of the system: Highlights from the Corry Review
The Corry Review recommends a number of changes to the way environmental regulation operates, in a bid to pull off that long elusive political...
How dangerous is microplastic?
An interview with Dr. Natalia Ivleva, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, discusses her research into the...
EcoFABs could lead to better bioenergy crops, say researchers
A greater understanding of how plants and microbes work together to store vast amounts of atmospheric carbon in the soil will help in the...
Ozone depletion driving climate change in Southern Hemisphere
Hole in ozone layer above Antarctica affects climate from tropics to the pole
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere continues to affect not only ultraviolet (UV)...
Farmers and local knowledge critical to stewardship of Earth’s life support systems, says UK-China...
Future plans to tackle the climate change’s impacts on food security must integrate local knowledge to help preserve the Earth’s critical zone, experts have...
New study will explore if a tree’s ‘memory’ can increase its resilience
A new project sets out to demonstrate experimentally whether and how trees 'remember' past stress conditions and transfer these memories to descendants through epigenetics-based DNA modifications – changes that alter the activity of some genes, without changing the DNA sequence.
Don’t blame the newts? Challenging the false dichotomy of nature vs the economy
There was widespread misinformation blaming nature as a blocker to growth in the run up to the Chancellor’s speech last week, writes Joe Keegan,...
Conservation group warns Labour against painting nature as villain
Ahead of the Labour Party Conference, Matt Browne, head of public affairs at The Wildlife Trusts, warns politicians against deregulation and urges them to...
Report pulls back the curtain on chemical pollution in the ocean
A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity.
The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical...
