Environment Journal

The industry has ceased operations ahead of schedule for a second year running, showing current management approaches don’t work and must be reformed. According to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference report published last month, the continent’s Krill fishery closed on 12th August — just 24 hours…

Collaborative research has led to a list of population centres on course to suffer most from heatwaves by the end of this century. But the problems is not yet baked in. Britain is now counting the cost and reflecting on its hottest summer on record during which tropical nights and…

PFAS is the latest in a long line of public and environmental health panics, and a particularly insidious one. But these invisible, ‘indestructible’ toxic compounds might have met their match. Birmingham is no stranger to breaking new ground and pushing boundaries. Known as the City of 1000 Trades in the…

The Wildlife Trust has issued a stark warning to Downing Street, urging a rethink on safeguards for green and blue spaces, the countryside and Britain’s few remaining wildernesses. Policymakers are being asked to reconsider existing and inbound legislation that threatens nature. Environmentalists argue any further destruction of wildlife would reduce…

More than 90% of suitable commercial rooftop space in the UK is currently unused for solar generation, but unlocking it could provide enough electricity to power around 20 million homes, according to new research. A report commissioned by Real Estate, in partnership with Forsters and Push Power Ltd and authored…

While Europe’s forests may ostensibly look healthy, they are quietly losing their capacity to recover from drought, fire and pest outbreaks, according to a new policy brief from eLTER, the European research infrastructure for long-term ecosystem research. The brief, Forests at Risk: Measuring and Building Resilience Against Extreme Climate Events,…

More households will be able to start producing renewable electricity on-site, and selling excess back to the grid. A new partnership between Good Energy and Zopa Bank has been announced, allowing homeowners to pay just 25% of the total price of new solar panels and spread the remainder over five,…

Good luck to attendees at the Third International Symposium on Marine Plastic Pollution in Reykjavík next month. They’re going to need it. In August 2025, Environment Journal ran an editorial which suggested the collapse of talks towards a global plastic pollution treaty ‘could be just what we needed’. The long and…

Fish could be more sensitive to commonly used antidepressants than humans, according to new research which raises concerns about the effects of pharmaceutical pollution in rivers and other waterways. This research follows a recent study which detected elevated levels of antidepressant drugs in several North Carolina waterways. Researchers from…

TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to introduce Britain’s first mainline battery-electric trains as part of a £1 billion investment designed to transform rail travel across the North of England. The operator has signed contracts with rail manufacturer Alstom for 29 new five-car battery-electric trains, along with maintenance services, depot facilities…