Assessing and managing the cumulative impacts of human activities on the environment
remains a major challenge to sustainable development. This challenge is highlighted by the …

Globally, we are faced with a climate crisis that requires urgent transition to a low-carbon
economy. Simultaneously, the biodiversity crisis demands equally urgent action to prevent …

Offshore wind farms may affect bird populations through collision mortality and
displacement. Given the pressures to develop offshore wind farms, there is an urgent need …

There are substantial knowledge gaps regarding both the bioacoustics and the responses of
animals to sounds associated with pre-construction, construction, and operations of offshore …

Abstract Furness, RW, Wade, HM, Robbins, AMC, and Masden, EA 2012. Assessing the
sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave …

Globally, the deployment of offshore wind is expanding rapidly. An improved understanding
of the economic, social and environmental impacts of this sector, and how they compare with …

Offshore wind power is expanding with particular development plans in the Baltic and the
North Sea. To reassure an environmentally acceptable development, regulatory authorities …

The coexistence between offshore wind and fisheries has raised questions about potential
impacts on species that are fished. We systematically evaluated the offshore wind farm …

Marine birds are vulnerable to collision with and displacement by offshore wind energy
infrastructure (OWEI). Here we present the first assessment of marine bird vulnerability to …

Marine tidal-stream renewable energy devices (MREDs) are beginning to move from
demonstration to early commercial deployment. However, the ecological impacts which may …