Sepa gave 400 Scottish lochs ‘good’ environmental status but only checked 54 of them

The monitoring of marine pollution by the Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been dubbed a “scandal” following the discovery that it rates 400 of Scotland’s coastal waters as being environmentally fine based on wildlife samples from just 54 of them. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) samples insects, crabs and worms from single sea lochs…

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Country diary: A dead Portuguese man-of-war is still a dangerous one | Marine life

As a child, I was obsessed with my DK Eyewitness Ocean book, particularly the “dangerous creatures” pages. My favourite was the Portuguese man-of-war, illustrated by a silhouette of a man being dwarfed by a jellyfish-like creature with 30-metre tentacles. They seemed a world away, exotic in both location and possibility. So when they began beaching…

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Contracts roundup: Jacobs wins multi-state US transport and port electrification roles

Stantec to support European Investment Bank; GHD wins Georgia water modelling; DNV assesses climate risk for 1.3GW French renewables; and Bilfinger leads permitting for biomethanol plant 15 April 2026 | News | Business, Climate change, Contracts, Energy transition, Europe, France, Infrastructure, Netherlands, United States, Water Management Stantec to provide advisory for European…

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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Oceans

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc)…

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ISO Releases New Version of Flagship Environmental Management Standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced the release of ISO 14001:2026, the new edition of its flagship environmental management standard, aimed at enabling organizations to design and implement environmental management systems to improve environmental performance, minimize impact, and comply with laws and regulations. According to ISO, the new standard is being launched as organizations…

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