Pollution Archives - Page 25 of 39 - Ocean and Coastal Futures

30 Dec 2020

Bournemouth £2.4m Environmental Innovation Hub – to lead step change in waste reduction

BCP ‘An inspiring new public education destination dedicated to achieving a step-change in the reduction of waste and elimination of single use packaging along Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s beautiful seafront. Funded with £2.4 million from the Coastal Communities Fund, the Durley Environmental Innovation Hub will allow both residents and the millions of visitors that flock to our coastal resort every year, to explore […]

15 Dec 2020

Plastic Pollution: Some types of plastic provide disproportionately serious threats to marine wildlife

Marine News

Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds Wide-ranging review finds whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds at mortal risk from marine debris Review Abstract Pollution by plastic and other debris is a problem affecting the world’s oceans and is increasing through time. The problem is so large that prioritizing solutions to effect […]

09 Dec 2020

Environment Agency has significantly reduced the number of water pollution incidents: press response

News Water

Environment Agency slashes number of water pollution incident visits Guardian ‘Huge drop in number of visits during Covid crisis raises concerns polluters are breaking laws with impunity The Environment Agency has dramatically reduced the frequency that it attends water pollution incidents amid the Covid-19 pandemic, raising concerns the crisis is allowing companies to break environmental regulations with […]

03 Dec 2020

Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd speech

News Water

Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency to the Institute of Water February this year was the wettest on record. It was followed by the sunniest spring on record. Climate change will increasingly bounce us between these extremes in the coming decades, and water […]

03 Dec 2020

Wet wipes warning: Up to a quarter of wipes sold could end up in sewer network

News Water

Anglian water ‘A new study is warning that up to a quarter of wet wipes sold in the UK could end up in the sewer network – and that wipes containing plastic fibres make up 80% of items being wrongly flushed. Anglian Water has conducted a study of plastics being wrongly flushed into one of […]

01 Dec 2020

Plastics and the Fossil Fuel industry Plan B – How Client Earth are going to the heart of the problem

Marine News

The sheer scales in the growth of plastic usage is staggering. See this figure from CIEL, but simply Google Plastics growth images to get any number of graphs. We can see the polluting effects of plastics well enough now on every environment and innumerable species. Lots of this plastic is also going to get incinerated […]

26 Nov 2020

Oestrogenic effects in wild fish: comparing contemporary and historical impacts

News Water

Environment Agency ‘A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish. The results of a study of wild roach in English rivers indicate that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish […]

17 Nov 2020

Scallops & heavy metal pollution: conclusive evidence of damage affecting survival in relation to fisheries

Marine News

Thanks to Bryce Beukers-Stewart for forwarding this information. The paper can be accessed here The Conversation ‘Shellfish such as scallops, mussels and oysters – bivalve molluscs – readily take up tiny specs of metals into their tissues and shells. In sufficient concentrations this can harm their growth and survival chances, and even threaten the health of any […]