Ireland defends action to protect marine habitats

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Sleeping Giant, Ventry, Co Kerry. Expanded MPA network required to protect threatened marine species, habitats and ecosystems The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has told Ocean Focus it will ‘vigorously defend the huge…
SWAN wetlands

€35m for community climate action plans

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Hundreds of projects supported through a five-year,€50 million climate action fund to 2027.

Earth’s climate spirals out of control

The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history, as greenhouse gas concentrations drive continued warming of the atmosphere and ocean, and melting of ice. “Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits.…

Biodiversity decline across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems

The State of Europe’s environment is ‘not good’ and is facing continued degradation, overexploitation and biodiversity loss, despite ‘significant progress’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Impacts of accelerating…

Sailing pilgrimage on a Spanish coastline

Asnauga, the Galician Nautical Association established to promote tourism and nautical sports, and represents the largest network of sailing clubs and marinas in the region.

New study reveals marine migratory behaviour of salmon

Marine survival of salmon in the eastern North Atlantic has 'substantially declined' in recent decades however little is known about the migratory behaviour and distribution of populations. A new genetic tagging study published in the international…

Capturing Ireland’s blue carbon potential

The Marine Institute is launching a funding call for a major programme of research in the area of blue carbon - identified as a way in which marine and coastal ecosystems can reduce the impacts of climate change by absorbing and storing carbon…

Marine Institute marks World Ocean Day

Under the theme 'The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods, the United Nations says World Ocean Day (June 8) reminds us about the major role the oceans play in everyday life. 'They are the lungs of our Planet and a major source of food and medicine…

Global action plan required to protect the oceans

An interdisciplinary European collaboration, the Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) project, has outlined the global action required to protect the largest connected ecosystem on Earth. In a commentary paper, published in the…