24 Sep 2024
Introducing the new OCF brand We’ve worked recently to pin down who we are and what we do, and we’ve also put a lot of thought into defining our mission, vision and values. One of the more noticeable outputs from this work will be our new brand identity – which will begin to […]
24 Sep 2024
The below is an abridged version of a report in The Conversation, by Prof. Alex Ford, Prof. Crispin Halsall and Prof. Mark Fitzsimons In October 2021, thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along 70km of coastline in north-east England. This mass-mortality event coincided with the redevelopment of one of the UK’s largest ports […]
24 Sep 2024
Plans to extend Scotland’s marine planning zones have been put out to public consultation for a total of 12 weeks. Extending local authority responsibilities Fish and shellfish farms require planning permission out to twelve nautical miles, however local authority responsibilities for planning controls currently only extend to three nautical miles. Under new proposals, the marine […]
24 Sep 2024
New research lead by NOAA has shown using data collected by deep ocean robots, called Deep Argo floats, combined with historic data from research vessels has increased confidence that parts of the global deep ocean are warming at a rate of .002 to .004 degrees Celsius each year. Credit: NOAA Greg Johnson, an […]
24 Sep 2024
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has submitted advice to the Defra Secretary of State on reviewing and updating Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan. Steve Reed, Secretary of State Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has announced a review of the EIP with the intention of developing ‘ambitious new plans to save nature’. He has formally requested […]
24 Sep 2024
The OES-Environmental 2024 State of the Science Report: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development Around the World summarises the state of the science of environmental effects of marine renewable energy (MRE) and serves as an update and a complement to the 2020 State of the Science Report. While the research and monitoring findings prior […]
24 Sep 2024
Enhanced mapping of the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is being made available to the public for the first time, providing greater insight into the occurrence of earthquake hazard across an area of seabed that the country holds exclusive rights to, including those for energy production. The updated modelling from British Geological Survey (BGS) comes […]
24 Sep 2024
A new report from marine NGO Seas At Risk warns that all targets will be missed unless the industry embraces transformative change. The “One Planet Shipping” report emphasises that drastic changes are essential if the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is to meet its decarbonisation goals of 30% by 2030, 80% by 2040, and complete decarbonisation […]
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