Working together to shape better policies for nature-friendly farming across Europe.

As part of its ongoing work to scale up biodiversity monitoring and improve insect monitoring, UKCEH has entered into a new licensing agreement with Bristol-based biodiversity technology start-up ...

Blooms of algae in freshwaters can produce potent toxins, potentially making water bodies unsafe for recreational activities and restricting their access to the public and their suitability as a ...

Habitats across England’s landscape are shown in greater detail than ever before, thanks to the highest-resolution national-level land cover map released anywhere in the world. Developed by the UK ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a world-leading independent research institute, carrying out excellent environmental science with impact. In a first for Scotland, new technology installed in ...

Innovations in ‘Digital Research Infrastructure’ are revolutionising data-driven approaches to environmental science. Models, AI, digital twins and IoT have transformative potential for monitoring, ...

The Heathland Climate Change Experiment at Clocaenog is used to test how drought or warming impact upland ecosystems, which can be an important source or sink for greenhouse gases. This experimental ...

A combination of climate change and our increasing use of water is likely to result in significantly drier rivers during English summers by the end of the century, causing potential water scarcity ...

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 ...

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 ...

UKCEH scientists are part of the new Lake District Charr Recovery & Management project (LD-CHARM) which is gathering evidence to protect and restore Arctic charr populations in Windermere and other ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has released updated Land Cover Maps, which depict broad habitats across our landscape based on high-resolution satellite imagery. The maps, representing UK land ...