Biodiversity

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As flood and water infrastructure must increasingly deliver biodiversity net gains alongside flood and supply resilience, engineers are finding new ways to design for wildlife without compromising the assets people depend on. Giles Squirrell, Growth Director at Ancora Group, looks…

22nd July 2026

Finding the balance: A spotlight on ecological engineering

22nd July 2026

OCEAN SCIENCES

OCEAN SCIENCES

Ecocoast has launched a new eco-engineered mooring block designed to combine conventional anchoring functions with marine habitat creation.

8th June 2026

Ecocoast launches mooring block to support marine habitats

8th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the complaints about the burgeoning offshore wind sector is the dangers it poses to marine life: but using robotics and other modern methods, environmental scientists say they can reduce the…

13th January 2026

Exclusive: Scientists reduce offshore wind risks to marine life

13th January 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A research team from the One Ocean Foundation has successfully completed a groundbreaking deep-sea expedition in the Caprera Canyon off northeastern Sardinia, reaching depths exceeding 1,000 metres.

1st August 2025

Battery-powered ROV reveals deep-sea biodiversity

1st August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A consortium including the Dutch water board has reported flood defence and marine biodiversity success two years after a reef scheme was installed in Rotterdam’s most important shipping lane.

22nd April 2025

Dutch hail success of two-year reef block scheme

22nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord and Ørsted have installed ‘Droppable Oyster Structures’ within an offshore wind farm site in a joint initiative to boost marine life around the monopiles.

5th November 2024

Oyster reefs installed in offshore wind farms

5th November 2024

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UK’s main seabed owner and manager will invest over £12million in new research to help protect the UK marine environment.

12th January 2022

Developing offshore wind to coexist with nature

12th January 2022