The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has collaborated with Children’s University Scotland (CUS) and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) to encourage local school children and their...
Great British Oceans campaign wins four PEA (People Environment Achievement) Awards on 3 October 2015 at a ‘green carpet event’ in Brighton. Attending from the GB Oceans...
Britain once ruled the waves and used its naval might to end the transatlantic slave trade. One of the positive legacies of that imperial past, is...
Annual research conducted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on bathing water quality across Europe has showed that the quality of UK beaches in 2013 was...
Around 40 English beaches are at risk of failing new regulations on sewage flow that will come into force from next year, the Environment Agency (EA)...
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has called on volunteers to join forces and clean-up litter from British beaches in September. The MCS said it is hoping...
Last year’s hot and dry summer dramatically improved the water quality at a record 73% of beaches in Britain, which are now rated ‘excellent’ by the...
Campaigners who cleaned up UK beaches in September collected 2,309 items of litter every kilometre – the highest amount in 20 years, which they say can...
Most of the world’s marine protected areas (MPAs) have roughly the same number of fish as fished areas, a new study has found. This suggests much...
A conservation group has warned that exfoliating skin products that have microbeads such as peels, scrubs and washes in them can add plastic to our seas...
A comprehensive study of divers and anglers has found that protecting marine habitats around the UK will bring about significant economic benefits, as well as preserving...
Scientists have criticised the government for not providing enough protection for the marine environment. They warned the lack of action will result in “years of overexploitation...
Marks and Spencer and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) spent last week cleaning up the UK’s beaches, rivers and canals with great success. As previously reported...