Fossil fuel drilling scheme faces High Court challenge
A scheme to allow a drilling project on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Surrey is being challenged in...
National Trust to deploy wildfire sensors in a UK first
Dryad Networks (Dryad), a Berlin-based company that provides environmental IoT solutions, has announced it is working with the National Trust, the UK's largest conservation...
First demonstration that forests trap airborne microplastics
A research group in Japan has demonstrated that airborne microplastics adsorb to the epicuticular wax on the surface of forest canopy leaves, and that...
New research reveals coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef has happened for hundreds of...
Coral bleaching across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been occurring since the late 18th century, new research shows.
Using cores taken from long-lived...
SEPA fish farm report published in international journal
Independent review of SEPA Fish Farm Survey Report – ‘Evaluation of a New Seabed Monitoring Approach to Investigate the Impacts of Marine Cage...
New study shows impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage
Large scale ‘disturbances’, including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of...
Tens of thousands of city trees to be planted in first round of Urban...
· First round of successful bidders to the Urban Tree Challenge Fund announced.
· Projects across England have been awarded funding for new trees in...
Rudolf is coping with climate change better than feared – for now
The North Pole is not what it once was. The Arctic is the area on the globe where temperatures are rising the fastest. On...
Biodiversity Net Gain is moving closer, says Defra, as observers praise “game changer” policy
The UK government said nature-positive developments were moving a step closer on 27 July as it announced additional government support to enable the rollout...
Rare leech recorded in Dumfries and Galloway
One of the rarest invertebrates in Scotland, the Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis), has been confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway for the first time, after...
Study reveals the global growth of ecological and environmental citizen science is fuelled by...
Scientists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and the Natural History Museum, London have revealed the diversity of ecological and environmental...
French expedition aims to advance understanding of what lies beneath the Arctic ice
The warming of the Arctic Ocean and the retreat of the ice cover at the North Pole is presenting new opportunities for exploration
River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution
Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester appears to show.
Macroplastics – or plastic...
Major campaign aims to save bees and pollinators in the South Downs
A campaign launched on 20 May aims to help reverse the decline of bees in the South East and create a haven for pollinators...
DEFRA use satellite technology to monitor oak and ash dieback throughout England
DEFRA (the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs) has begun a nationwide project with geospatial data analytics company, Rezatec, to map the key...
Utility completes £100k salmon ladder at Scottish freshwater reservoir
Work has been completed on a new fish ladder to support salmon in Scottish Water's reservoir at Loch Venachar, in Stirling district.
The utility announced...
A mixture of trees purifies urban air best, reports Swedish study
Conifers are generally better than broadleaved trees at purifying air from pollutants. But deciduous tree may be better at capturing particle-bound pollution. A new...
No butts: Time to eradicate litter item as research clarifies toxic cargo
Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter. New research appears to show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic...
First-of-its-kind AI technology will record 3d flight of seabirds near wind farms in Aberdeen
A new collaborative project tracking seabirds with AI technology has started at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen. Working with Spoor,...
Molecular sensor enables water bear hardiness by triggering dormancy
Free radicals sensor triggers tardigrades to enter dehydrated tun state to withstand extreme stress
Tardigrades – hardy, microscopic animals commonly known as “water bears” –...
