Daniel Shailer

Thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) by @theNASEM/ @schmidtsciences. Excited to put this back into telling climate stories! nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10/n…

2) With so many potential sources (2 wastewater plants, 200 CSOs, 500+ landfills) it probably easier to restrict Pfas use, rather than treat later. Water companies "don’t have the capacity to treat these compounds," says author @DrAlexFord. "They should be banned at source.”

1) Not all Pfas are equal. Individually many chemicals were below safe limits. But if you weight each one by its specific toxicity and add that up *combined* risk was in the red far more. Ran this weighted test on remote lochs in @FerretScot: theferret.scot/orkney-highlan…

In the @guardian today with new research from @portsmouthuni & @mcsuk finding toxic Pfas everywhere you look in the Solent. Beneath that headline finding — two important takeaways about how we measure Pfas, and what to do about it. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Do "green" tourist taxes work? The Balearic Islands have been doing it for a decade and the reviews are mixed. Latest for @AFARmedia : afar.com/magazine/a-cas…

For decades Brazilian policy-makers have "sacrificed" the country's Cerrado region to agriculture. Now scientists have found that, hectare-for-hectare, its wetlands beat the lowland Amazon for carbon storage SIX times over. For @MongabayOrg: news.mongabay.com/2026/05/cerrad…

🔴 NEW - The SNP’s Oil Executive Holyrood Candidate The party has put forward a senior Equinor figure to stand in Shetland. desmog.com/2026/03/12/snp…

I'm in the latest @PrivateEyeNews answering the question on no one's lips: what does Cuomo's NYC housing plan have in common with "cutting edge" Scottish fish farmers? AI!

"It’s a fine shame to all involved." Britain's biggest salmon farm has the greenlight off Shetland, and it's making unlikely bedfellows of fishers and environmentalists. w/ @karenmcveigh1 for Guardian Seascapes: theguardian.com/environment/20…

@sightsonwheels @HIPBMA @shetlandtimes @HighNewsMedia xx

@danswimsMCS @HIPBMA @shetlandtimes @HighNewsMedia big shot!!

Thrilled to have won a clutch of gongs at the Highlands and Islands media awards last week, including 2025 journalist of the year. Shetland is a bustling patch and I'm lucky to cover it. @HIPBMA @shetlandtimes @HighNewsMedia

🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks. Our latest investigation: bit.ly/44lsnjh

Marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the critically endangered vaquita porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California. The sighting provides hope for the future, but scientists warn the species remains at risk of extinction. insideclimatenews.org/news/13112025/…

The deets: shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/council-s…

While other Scottish councils spent their share of nature/coastal adaptation funds on... nature/the coast, Shetland slushed the money into its general coffers for stuff like IT and vehicle maintenance. "Completely unacceptable" said @ScotWildlife's @ruchirlives. Deets below.

I'm particularly grateful to the editors who trusted me with the stories this award recognised, and helped whip them into shape: @LoebVernon w @insideclimate, @SarahExplains w @sciam and @ShannaDBaker w @hakaimagazine (now @bioGraphic).

Thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) by @theNASEM/ @schmidtsciences. Excited to put this back into telling climate stories! nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10/n…

@SalmonScotland @TheGAAIA @salmon_free

HUGE (if mixed) news week for Shetland's crabs 🦀 First beachcombers find a rare Columbus crab the size of a 50p coin. Then a scientific fracas about whether subsea cables "mesmerise" crustaceans. And we found some less good news: shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/releases-…

A compressor at Shetland's oil terminal broke for *nine* straight months last year, pushing the isles' entire methane emissions to a near decade high. "It's an embarrassment for the whole community," said @EnvStanScot chairman @Richard_Dixon shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/broken-eq…

🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’. Our latest investigation: bit.ly/3KAfw5T