Protection Money
The Mexican government and insurance company Swiss Re have joined force to create an insurance policy for the coral reef off the coast of Cancun. This marks the first time something like this...
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The Great Wind Debate
In Scotland over the last few weeks there has been a fair amount of controversy over four wind farms due to be constructed on the East coast of Scotland. These wind farms were...
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Citizen Science: Are we missing out?
Recently there was some research done on Alzheimer’s disease using a game that collated data from a vast number of people. It was revealed that if the research had been done in a...
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Marine Protected Areas: Smoke and mirrors?
We’ve probably heard about Marine Protected Areas (MPA), areas where marine life is legally, but not physically, protected. What people mean by MPA’s can vary, it can be a nursery ground to allow...
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Fighting Their Corner: Save the Seagull
Perhaps one of the most overlooked and neglected iconic species of the British Isles, is the Herring gull (Larus argentatus). They provide the soundtrack to the seaside and are featured soaring in the...
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SeaWorld Ends Orca Breeding
In a not so surprising move SeaWorld have announced that they will no longer be breeding orca in captivity. “By making this the last generation of orcas in our care and reimagining how...
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Gazing at Gannets
This spring around 150,000 Northern Gannets return to the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, the island which is responsible for their scientific name Morus bassanus. Whilst most of us feel we...
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Shooting seals on the seashore
It is currently rather miserable weather and not the time that many humans will take to the beach. Happily this coincides with the grey seal “pupping” season where they haul out onto beaches...
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Taiji Dolphin Slaughter Continues
Once again it is the “dolphin season” where a number of Japanese fishermen (dolphinmen?) head out in search of dolphins. If you don’t know the story by now then let me explain. A...
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Japan to resume whaling
In a move that was all too predictable, Japan has announced it’s decision to continue whaling in the Antarctic. This is in direct violation of the UN’s International Court of Justice ruling in...
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