24 Apr 2025
Disaster planning often overlooks how people truly respond during emergencies. New research, highlighted by CIWEM, using insights from schoolchildren shows how social data can make flood evacuation strategies more effective and inclusive. In July 2021, devastating floods struck Germany and Belgium due to extreme rainfall, submerging many towns. In Germany, over 190 lives were lost, particularly in […]
24 Apr 2025
Welsh Water have called for less concrete and chemicals to be used in the drive to improve river water quality, with more emphasis on the use of schemes that use nature to do the work. A reliance on concrete or ‘grey’ systems to increase storm storage or increase wastewater treatment has resulted in high carbon […]
24 Apr 2025
Two new Bills, introduced as Private Members Bills, both with potentially significant impacts for water companies, are due to have their Second readings in Parliament on Friday 25 April 2025. Water Briefing reported that the Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill had its First reading in Parliament on 21 October 2024. The Bill addresses the creation of a […]
24 Apr 2025
Water companies should no longer be allowed to monitor their own levels of sewage pollution, the industry body has told the BBC exclusively. Instead they are proposing a new, third-party monitoring system to build consumer trust. The recommendation is part of a submission made to the UK government’s independent review into the water […]
22 Apr 2025
The Trump administration’s decision to halt construction of Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 farm off the coast of New York late on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the offshore wind industry, raising concerns that fully-permitted developments representing billions in investment are not safe. Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered the Equinor project to cease […]
22 Apr 2025
An international team of scientists has been the first to film the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural environment. The juvenile squid was captured on video at a depth of 600 metres by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated vehicle. The sighting occurred on March 9 on an expedition near the South Sandwich Islands in […]
22 Apr 2025
Brazil becomes the first country to officially become committed to integrating Ocean Literacy into its national curriculum. Known as the “Blue Curriculum”, it will be implemented in schools nationwide with adaptations to regional and local contexts. The initiative aligns with the recommendation of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who has called on all Member States to […]
22 Apr 2025
President Trump has said he will allow commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest MPAs, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales. As reported in the New York Times, Mr. […]
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