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2002 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary joint broad-scale mapping survey

The Firth of Tay and the Eden Estuary are situated on the east coast of Scotland between Carnoustie in the north and St Andrews in the south and the site has been selected as a candidate Special...

2019-2021 WFA-CPC EMFF PROTECTING OUR SEAS PROJECT

The Welsh Government, in partnership with statutory nature conservation advisors Natural Resources Wales, is evaluating interactions between fishing activities and conservation features of Welsh...

2015 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh MPA benthic camera and grab survey

The aim of this benthic survey in Loch Alsh, run by SNH and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) for SNH from the 26th-29th September 2015, was to improve knowledge of the occurrence and distribution of...

Priority Habitats - Heathland

About this layerThis data represents NIEA surveys and may not represent the entire extent of habitat or species across Northern IrelandThe heathland database was mapped using evidence gathered from...

2022 Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) Fal and Helford SAC Drop Down Video Maerl Habitat and Classification Survey

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (Cornwall IFCA) carried out a survey between May and July in 2022 of the maerl feature of the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation...

2002 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary joint broad-scale mapping survey

The Firth of Tay and the Eden Estuary are situated on the east coast of Scotland between Carnoustie in the north and St Andrews in the south and the site has been selected as a candidate Special...

Green Belt

Green Belts were made possible by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 but the Oxford Green Belt was not formally approved until 1975. The original designation of the Oxford Green Belt was to...

NYMNPA Article 4 Direction

An Article 4 Direction is made by a Local Planning Authority and confirmed by the Government. It serves to restrict Permitted Development rights usually in Conservation Areas. The aim of an Article...

Priority Habitats - Heathland

About this layerThis data represents NIEA surveys and may not represent the entire extent of habitat or species across Northern IrelandThe heathland database was mapped using evidence gathered from...

2000 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) biological analyses of BMT Cordah Ltd. Barra Ferry Terminal (Sound of Barra) Environmental Statement survey

Habitat survey undertaken within the Sound of Barra, Western Isles, in May 2000 and on 12 August 2000. The survey was undertaken as a precursor to the planned construction of a ferry terminal and...

2015 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh MPA benthic camera and grab survey

The aim of this benthic survey in Loch Alsh, run by SNH and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) for SNH from the 26th-29th September 2015, was to improve knowledge of the occurrence and distribution of...

Phase 2 Saltmarsh Survey of Wales

Coastal saltmarshes in the UK comprise of the upper, vegetated portions of intertidal mudflats, lying approximately between mean high water neap tides and mean high water spring tides. Saltmarshes...

Great Crested Newt - Risk Zones (Essex)

This dataset identifies areas where the distribution of great crested newts (GCN) has been categorised into district zones relating to GCN occurrence and the level of impact development is likely...

Great Crested Newt - Risk Zones (Somerset)

This dataset identifies areas where the distribution of great crested newts (GCN) has been categorised into zones relating to GCN occurrence and the level of impact development is likely to have on...

Phase 2 Saltmarsh Survey of Wales

Coastal saltmarshes in the UK comprise of the upper, vegetated portions of intertidal mudflats, lying approximately between mean high water neap tides and mean high water spring tides. ...

QICS Paper: Rapid response of the active microbial community to CO2 exposure from a controlled sub-seabed CO2 leak in Ardmucknish Bay (Oban, Scotland)

The response of the benthic microbial community to a controlled sub-seabed CO2 leak was assessed using quantitative PCR measurements of benthic bacterial, archaeal and cyanobacteria/chloroplast 16S...

QICS Paper: Optical assessment of impact and recovery of sedimentary pH profiles in ocean acidification and carbon capture and storage research

Available methods for measuring the impact of ocean acidification (OA) and leakage from carbon capture and storage (CCS) on marine sedimentary pH profiles are unsuitable for replicated experimental...

QICS Paper: Numerical study of the fate of CO2 purposefully injected into the sediment and seeping from seafloor in Ardmucknish Bay

To quantify the impact of leaked CO2 purposefully stored in subsea geological formations on the marine ecosystem, CO2 gas was injected into sandy sediments in a small bay in Scotland in 2012....

QICS Paper: Impact of sub-seabed CO2 leakage on macrobenthic community structure and diversity

A sub-seabed release of carbon dioxide (CO2) was conducted to assess the potential impacts of leakage from sub-seabed geological CO2 Capture and Storage CCS) on benthic macrofauna. CO2 gas was...

QICS Paper Gas migration pathways, controlling mechanisms and changes in sediment acoustic properties observed in a controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key technology to potentially mitigate global warming by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial facilities and power generation that escape...