UKCEH scientists have applied this method – known as UNSEEN (Unprecedented simulated extremes using ensembles) – to explore ...

The system for assessing the health of England’s rivers states just 14% are in good ecological health but an independent report for Defra says this masks improvements in freshwater biodiversity – and ...

We harness data and digital technologies to provide solutions to environmental challenges, and are a major custodian of environmental datasets. The long-term environmental data hosted by UKCEH inform ...

Phase 1 - completed in January 2023 – was funded by Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) and included: A feasibility analysis of the Verified Carbon Standard VM0003 vs. a UK code ...

Natural England natural capital maps With ever increasing interest in the benefits that the natural environment provides to people, there is a need to know where our natural capital is. Natural ...

Within cities, green spaces such as parks, and blue spaces such as ponds and rivers, deliver many benefits to residents, such as cooling on a hot day, clean air, and reduced traffic noise. The City ...

Around the globe progress towards Net Zero and adaptation to climate change is underpinned by our understanding of the linkages between land and water systems. Working closely with partners across ...

Here we aimed to quantify the impact on honeybees of two commercial neonicotinoid-based seed treatments in commercially grown crops of oilseed rape (‘Clothianidin’ Bayer CropScience and ‘Thiamethoxam’ ...

UKCEH Land Cover Maps describe the physical material on the surface of the United Kingdom in land cover classes from grassland, woodland and fresh water to urban and suburban built-up areas.

Climate change will increase temperatures and change rainfall across England, Wales and Scotland. In turn, this will modify patterns of river flow and groundwater recharge, affecting the availability ...

Full references Choosing and Using Citizen Science: a guide to when and how to use citizen science to monitor biodiversity and the environment Pocock, M J O, Chapman, D S, Sheppard, L J and Roy, H E.

An innovative long-term programme which, for the first time in the UK, joins up monitoring the whole hydrological system, to improve resilience to floods and droughts. FDRI will advance our ...