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Advancing nature-positive offshore wind: review calls for improved impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation

A new review, published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity and led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, synthesises current knowledge of offshore wind farm impacts across their entire life cycle. The study highlights both direct and indirect ecological effects and calls for stronger regional and international coordination, to ensure consistent assessment, monitoring and mitigation of offshore wind impacts. This work will help set the stage for nature-positive offshore energy projects that balances decarbonisation with the protection and restoration of marine biodiversity.