The Marine Conservation Society recommended just 370 out of 775 of the UK’s most popular bathing beaches in its annual Good Beach Guide, a fall of 17 per cent on last year and the lowest number since 2002.
Swimmers were advised to use a further 327 beaches only at certain times of year.
Over 90 species of rockfish are caught commercially off the West Coast of the United States, but some deep-water species have been severely affected by overfishing. To help these threatened populations recover, fisheries scientists need to know how many fish are out there and how large they are, so that fisheries managers can regulate where and how many fish can be caught each year. As part of this effort, MBARI recently partnered with The Nature Conservancy, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and other organizations to design a new camera system for counting threatened rockfish off the US West Coast.
Lynxes may be reintroduced to the UK after breeding programmes elsewhere in Europe have succeeded in saving the big cats from extinction.
The numbers of Iberian lynx, which historically lived in Portugal and Spain, have tripled over just 15 years following programmes which sought to reverse the effects of forest destruction in those countries.
‘What an amazingly awesome country’, Elon Musk tweeted in response to the plan
Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports.
Nations have agreed that the world needs to completely stop plastic waste from entering the oceans. The UN resolution, which is set to be sealed tomorrow, has no timetable and is not legally binding. But ministers at an environment summit in Kenya believe it will set the course for much tougher policies and send a clear signal to business. A stronger motion was rejected after the US would not agree to any specific, internationally agreed goals.
Every autumn millions of the Pantala Flavescens dragonfly appear suddenly in the Maldives 600 miles off the coast of Southern India.
Independent biologist Charles Anderson thinks the insects are coming from India before continuing on the trade winds to south eastern Africa. If his theory is correct it would mean the 5cm dragonflies are flying a round trip of up to 12,000 miles – the longest migration of any insect.
Six major hurricanes that engulfed the Atlantic Basin in 2017 were a devastating reminder of the vulnerability of coastal communities, where more than half the U.S. population resides.
What if there was a better way to forecast and communicate these storms’ damaging economic impacts, before they happen?
A research expedition tracked endangered tigers through the Sumatran jungles for a year and found tigers are clinging to survival in low density populations. Their findings have renewed fears about the possible extinction of the elusive predators.
Arctic and major fishing nations, including China, announced Friday that they have agreed to a moratorium on commercial fishing in Arctic waters before a fishery in the icy region is even feasible.
The far north is warming at nearly twice the global average rate, causing changes in the size and distribution of fish stocks that may become more attractive to fishers in the medium to long term.
A ‘dramatic’ decrease of flying insects has scientists worried about the environment
The number of flying insects has declined more than 75 percent over the last 25 years, according to a new study.
The data, gathered by scientists from the Krefeld Entomological Society in nature reserves across Germany, was published in the scientific journal Plos One.
