07 Feb 2024
A blog by Alex Plant, Scottish Water Chief Executive Officer The amount customers pay to keep Scotland’s water cycle flowing is increasing. It’s going up because the climate we rely on for the water needs of our nation is affecting every aspect of our services, and we must do more to maintain and replace our […]
17 Jan 2024
Scientists have been given millions to launch a research and training centre intending to better understand and manage flooding which has caused havoc across the UK this month. The £6.5million hub led by the University of Southampton will work to develop a talent pool of environmental experts invested in protecting against rising river, rainfall and […]
17 Jan 2024
Interest new piece of research published in Water Resources Research, which: Produces flood hazard estimates using spatiotemporal rainfall data from new convection permitting climate projections (UKCP Local) Finds the UKCP Local rainfall data gives higher estimates of flood hazard compared to standard climate change uplift approaches Indicates that representing full spatiotemporal rainfall and its future […]
10 Jan 2024
Over 80 per cent of the public are concerned about the state of nature in the UK – with the health of our water vital to this majority. More than three-quarters of the public believe water reform should be a major priority for the next government following a general election. Experts believe that our water […]
10 Jan 2024
2023 was officially the warmest year on record, overtaking the previous warmest year 2016 by a large margin 2016, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. According to the ERA5 dataset, the global-average temperature for 2023 was 14.98°C, 0.17°C higher than recorded for 2016. It is likely that a 12-month period ending in January or […]
02 Jan 2024
The health benefits of eating seafood are appreciated in many cultures which rely upon it to provide critical nutrients vital to our physical and mental development and health. Eating fish and shellfish provides significant benefits to neurological development and functioning and provides protection against the risks of coronary heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Over three billion people get at […]
20 Dec 2023
There was more reaction this week to the limited progress made at COP28, where agreement could not be made to phase out or even phase down fossil fuels. The deal, including a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, is not enough to keep temperatures under 1.5C this century, according to the BBC. WWF argued that the […]
13 Dec 2023
The fortnight-long talks in Dubai have concluded with limited progress, the headline being a deal that for the first time calls on all nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change. The agreement did not include an explicit commitment to phase out or even phase down fossil fuels. […]
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