A sampling approach known as Lagrangian sampling, where we sample with the flow of the river to capture the movement of water ...

The £2m project, UNSaFE (Understanding the Scale, Sources, Fate and Effects of PFAS pollution), is led by Imperial College London in partnership with Brunel University, King's College London and UKCEH ...

Whatever global action is taken on climate change, there will still be more wildfires across the world in future due to the warming that has already happened. However, large-scale reductions in ...

Alice met with Andy Elliott, Wildfire Tactical Adviser from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

In Summer 2025, the flood estimation team have released an update to the statistical flood frequency estimation methods (the FEH methods), including changes to QMED estimation, donor transfer, the ...

The UK will be increasingly tested by more droughts like 2022, emphasising the importance of being prepared for similar extreme weather in future, say scientists who have analysed that summer’s events ...

Nine varieties of rice are being trialled in the Cambridgeshire Fens, including risotto, basmati and sushi. Scientists and farmers are exploring the best ways to tackle climate change, food security ...

Following the driest spring in England for 132 years, the Met Office forecasts for the coming months are uncertain. Hydrological ‘hindcasts’ exploring how weather conditions could have developed in ...

Two distinguished scientists from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have received awards from the British Ecological Society (BES). Professor Helen Roy has been recognised for her public ...

Around one in six species are at risk of becoming extinct in the UK, according to the most comprehensive study of our national wildlife. The latest State of Nature report, which assessed the long-term ...

Scientific data confirm British farmers’ fears that this is the worst harvest for at least 25 years, following a year of extreme weather. Analyses by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have ...

Laser scanning shows a total of 390,000 km of hedgerows (1-6 metres tall) exist on field boundaries in England – enough to go round the world almost 10 times. These important habitats support ...