How people in the United Kingdom value our marine environments and the resources that they provide us? Adam Nixon discusses coastal connectedness, oysters, and restoration programs.
Help a Researcher Out! People in the UK - share your thoughts about the value of beaches, the sea, and their resources with Adam Nixon (University of Essex).
Mine waste needs careful storage to ensure they don’t contaminate the environment. A new study explores the long-term effectiveness of one type of storage cover, which essentially made from layers of soil that allow plants to grow on them.
Help a Researcher Out! With coral reefs increasingly suffering under the climate crisis, Kath Whittey (Cardiff University) is working on creating Fish Hives - artificial reef structures that can help rebuild damaged reefs. She needs your help to build and test the Fish Hives.
Together with scientifically-backed fisheries management schemes, habitat maintenance plays a huge role in the conservation and sustainable use of migrating species, such as the European eel.
It makes sense to instigate oyster restoration projects, not just to provide food, but also to reverse the degradation of the ecosystem. Unfortunately it is not always that simple.