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UK National Water Quality Instrumentation Service
The Environment Agency's National Water Quality Instrumentation Service are being so helpful with CHASM's water quality monitoring at West Pole and within Chichester Harbour by making sure it is as efficient and effective as possible. Set up in 2011, here is a little more information about the service: 'The Environment... read more »
Calls for better water testing
South Tyneside Council has written to the Secretary of State for the Environment to lobby for better procedures in water quality testing, highlighting the Council's commitment to the environment and challenging the Government to do more to help protect waters nationally. Follow this link to read the South Tyneside... read more »
Turning the Tide on Climate Change
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ocean has released “The Ocean: Turning the Tide on Climate Change”, which examines blue carbon and ocean-based solutions to climate change. The report calls for the government to prioritise and facilitate investment in blue carbon and ocean-based solutions to combat climate change,... read more »
Marine Net Gain
In 2018, the UK government consulted on making biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandatory for new development on land, and respondents suggested that net gain principles should be extended to marine developments. A consultation on Marine Net Gain is being held in August 2022. The consultation runs until the end of... read more »
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change. To read the report please follow... read more »
World Wetlands
By the time most people read this World Wetlands Day 2022 will have been and gone. However this doesn't mean we should now put wetlands on a shelf to be looked at later. On the contrary, wetlands have a hugely important role to play in holding carbon and... read more »
COP26 Wetlands
Coastal wetlands are some of the most biologically rich on earth. At the recent COP26 Summit a film was shown discussing wetlands. Follow this link to see the COP26 film about Wetlandsread more »
Met Office Climate Dashboard
The climate is a complex system and it is changing fast. It can be hard to keep track of what is going on. The Met Office has put together a dashboard which gathers together the key indicators of climate change. The indicators are based on earth observations made at surface... read more »
People and Nature Survey
The People and Nature Survey for England gathers evidence and trend data through an online survey relating to people’s enjoyment, access, understanding of and attitudes to the natural environment, and it’s contributions to wellbeing. Follow this link to find out more about the People & Nature Survey Follow this link... read more »
IPCC Report: Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth's climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented... read more »