Offshore wind infrastructure modifies benthic habitats, affecting ecosystem services. A natural capital approach allows risks to nature-based assets and ecosystem benefits to be assessed. The UK Natural Capital Committee ...

Anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been introduced into the marine environmentaround the world and from a wide variety of sources for well over a century. Despite this, littleis known about potential ecological ...

Top predators inhabiting a dynamic environment, such as coastal waters, should theoretically possess sufficient cognitive ability to allow successful foraging despite unpredictable sensory stimuli. The cognition-related ...

Introduction Deforestation significantly impacts large carnivores that depend on large tracts of interconnected forest habitat and that are sensitive to human activities. Understanding the relationship between habitat ...

Background This report reviews the current state of knowledge with regard to the potential for three fish species of conservation importance, namely Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), sea trout (Salmo trutta) and European eel ...

Global scale environmental degradation and its links with non-renewable fossil fuels have lead to an increasing interest in generating electricity from renewable energy resources. Much of this interest centres on offshore ...

Marine renewable energy developments (MREDs) are rapidly expanding in size and number as society strives to maintain electricity generation whilst simultaneously reducing climate-change linked CO2 emissions. MREDs are part ...