Category: Marine Science
Oil-eating bacteria could help to tackle spills. A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University has created an underwater observatory in the Faroe-Shetland Channel – and found its waters are teeming with oil-eating bacteria that could ...
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna. Marine scientists in the UK and Ireland have analysed multiple datasets, spanning a 16-year period, to document the increase in bluefin, which arrive into the waters ...
SW Marine Pioneer project draws to a close. A Marine Pioneer research project in partnership with Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA) and the North Devon Biosphere is drawing to a close ...
Marine alternatives for petrochemicals in everyday items. An international team of scientists, coordinated by Professor Stephen Euston at Heriot-Watt University, has been tackling sustainability issues in everyday items like foods, pharmaceuticals, and beauty products. They ...
New underwater acoustic recording network to protect marine mammals. A new underwater acoustic recording network being established by Cawthron Institute marine ecologists is opening up a ‘world of information’ about the lives of New Zealand’s ...
Canadian Atlantic Science Enterprise Centre milestone. The Government of Canada has reached another milestone for the Atlantic Science Enterprise Centre (ASEC). A bidding process is underway, through requests for proposals, to find architectural and engineering, ...
Alertox-Net project develops marine toxin warning network. The Marine Institute has collaborated with ten European partners as part of the research project, Alertox-Net – Atlantic Area Network for Innovative Toxicity Alert Systems for Safer Seafood ...
We must protect our oceans – but giving up seafood is not the solution. There’s no doubt Netflix’s most recent documentary about oceans, Seaspiracy, has caused quite a stir. But, it is great that the ...
Removing flavour from fish offcuts. Nofima’s doctoral research fellow Silje Steinsholm has used a magnetic tongue to identify flavours that may make fish offcuts suitable for human consumption. On 12 April, she publicly defended her ...
Environmental groups say no to deep-sea mining. Environmental groups in the Pacific call on Lord Zac Goldsmith to say ‘yes’ to marine protection and human rights and ‘no’ to deep-sea mining. Organisations including the Civil ...
Norway urged to abandon plans to experiment on captured whales. WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and NOAH, Norway’s largest NGO for animals, are urging the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) to ...
Corals carefully organise proteins to form rock-hard skeletons. Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t ...
Explorers Education Project features in new European blue school hand book. The Marine Institute Explorers Education Programme are pleased to be included in the publication of the European Blue School handbook for teachers, that was recently released ...
Predicting and managing harmful algal blooms impacts in the coastal seas of Europe now and in the future. Over the last three years, researchers from 12 institutes across seven European countries (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, ...
UK Government supports seal protection campaign. Last week, the Seal Alliance launched a campaign, backed by Defra, aimed at educating the public about the devastating impacts human interactions can have on seals. The UK is home ...
Clew Bay and Achill key study areas in SeaMonitor marine research project. Clew Bay and Achill, Co Mayo will be among the key study areas in SeaMonitor, a unique marine research project which is using ...
Underwater camera network to monitor and protect ocean wildlife and blue economies launched across ten UK overseas territories. The ocean wildlife and diverse ecosystems of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) will soon be more visible ...
SMT and the University of Gibraltar form collaborative partnership. Stream Marine Training (SMT) and the University of Gibraltar have formed a collaborative partnership to provide MCA approved STCW courses and technical training for maritime students ...
EU project to reduce pollutant mercury in oceans MER-CLUB is an innovative EU-funded project aiming to deliver a mercury clean-up system based on microbial bioremediation – in other words, using marine bacteria to get rid ...
Cell-based fish company secures seed funding Berlin-based biotech Bluu Biosciences has closed its seed funding round at 7 million euros less than ten months after its foundation. Bluu Biosciences is the first company in Europe ...
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