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UK Marine Science Strategy
The UK Marine Science Strategy was launched on 3rd February 2010. The Strategy sets out a framework for shaping, supporting, co-ordinating and enabling the delivery of world class marine science for the UK. It is the first UK Marine Science... Read More...
UK National Ecosystem Assessment
The hidden value of the natural environment has been shown for the first time in a new independent report revealing that nature is worth billions of pounds to the UK economy. The report, UK National Ecosystem Assessment (UK NEA),... Read More...
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,... Read More...
UK seafood topping world's menus
Luxury seafood caught off UK shores is now making it onto menus across a record 76 countries helping bring over £650 million to our economy in 2014, Fisheries Minister George Eustice announced recently. So if you’re dining out on smoked... Read More...
UK's Exceptional Weather
As the stormy weather continues, the National Climate Information Centre at the Met Office has looked at the historical records in an attempt to put the last 2 months into context. The Met Office News Blog has some interesting facts and figures... Read More...
Walking Speed and Ageing Well
There is a link between walking and ageing well. This article in 'The Conversation' discusses the benefits of walking and how you can increase your pace! Walking Speed & Ageing WellRead More...
Wallace & Gromit Flood Film
Lincolnshire County Council has commissioned the animators behind Wallace and Gromit to create a film raising awareness of the dangers of flooding. Something to think about for the Peninsula perhaps? The two-minute-long film, titled A Mole’s Story, was commissioned by... Read More...
Warmer by Degrees
What might the earth look like after warming by a few degrees? A range of scenarios can be found on the 4 Degrees Selsius Google Earth layer developed by the UK government in the Science section of the Foreign &... Read More...
Wasteland Warship
Surfers Against Sewage has launched its latest campaign against marine plastic called 'Wasteland' and has created a 30-ft warship made out of ocean plastic from around the UK's coastline to illustrate its point. It is made out of five... Read More...
Water Situation Report South East
The Environment Agency routinely measure, monitor and report on a range of hydrological parameters to assess the water situation across England, including the Solent and Arun areas. They do this using their own hydrometric data, together with data provided... Read More...
Water Voles
Natural England has just released a new publication, the Definition of Favourable Condition for European Water Vole. Water voles can be found along rivers, streams and ditches, around ponds and lakes, and in marshes, reedbeds and areas of wet moorland.... Read More...
Water-scrapers
Move over sky-scrapers, now we have water-scrapers. Power is generated in this self contained underwater city using wave, wind and solar power. The city also produces its own food using farming, aquaculture and hydroponic techniques. So what keeps the water-scraper upright?... 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... Read More...