The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a world-class research organisation focusing on land and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere.

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Bluebells Picture Beth Newman-Plantlife
Survey enables better understanding of pressures on UK’s plant species
Dry river under a bridge
Conference showcases latest international drought research
UKESM logo
UK’s first Earth System Model launched
Soil Picture:CEH
Research shines light on the hidden world beneath our feet

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Scots pines at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill SNH
Protection of unique forest is a big step for UK biodiversity
Woodland-grassland boundary image from above
On the track of soil carbon – in an ancient wood
Lynx photographed by wildlife trap camera in Chernobyl exclusion zone
What are the effects of radiation on wildlife? Discussing results from Chernobyl
Sheep beside housing, farm in India
New research could support Indian farmers hit by devastating virus in sheep
International Women's Day collage of four photos
International Women's Day 2019
Covers of two reports from the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme
30 years of the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme
Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes
Dry soil
Drought and Water Scarcity: addressing current and future challenges
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology carries out a variety of long-term environmental monitoring, including air quality
UK-SCAPE: UK Status, Change and Projections of the Environment
Map showing Shivamogga (formerly Shimoga) district of India
Mapping Monkey Fever Risk
Coconut crab on Diego Garcia. Photo c. W Rabitsch
Predictions and priorities to prevent new invasive non-native species arrivals
Black and white photo of a pine tree on a slope
Ecological data of the past: a vast early warning system
Forest mist
Estimating transpiration in climate models
Getting together to fight plant health problems
What's Flying Tonight moth app screengrab
New app makes identifying moths easier
STEM Ambassador medal
Becoming a STEM Ambassador
River Thames at Swinford
How do we manage water resources in the future to best protect water quality?
Bridge over Scottish river
Scottish Freshwater Group 100th Meeting (April 2018)
Taking a pill - image by Shutterstock
Why Defra, the Environment Agency and the Water Industry should take notice of the CMO Report
The back of a person outdoors in the Cairngorms
Putting the concept of ecosystem services into practice
By Oxfam East Africa (A family gathers sticks and branches for firewood) [CC BY 2.0]
Will droughts in East Africa become more common?
Wildlflowers including oxeye daisy and knapweed
In-field wild flower strips
Crossness sewage treatment works
Chemicals in our wastewater...and our rivers - closing the water cycle loop
Rills descend through light soils
How is land use change altering global patterns of soil erosion?
Pictures of an algal bloom, bee, land cover map and microplastics with 2017 written over the top
2017 CEH News Review of the Year
Holding an Arctic charr
Arctic charr environmental challenges explored on film
Detail from Land Cover plus Crops Map 2015 showing crop types
CEH Land Cover® plus: Crops
Loch Flemington with algae in the water
Scottish Freshwater Group
Guillemot and chick on the Isle of May
Isle of May Long-Term Study
Flowers on Beacon Hill National Nature Reserve
National Capability
Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo - Shutterstock
UK Committee for National and International Hydrology

Data

Environmental Change Network
Environmental Change Network
Biological Records Centre (BRC)
Biological Records Centre (BRC)
Environmental Information Platform
Environmental Information Platform
Environmental datasets
Environmental datasets
NRFA
NRFA
Land cover map
Land cover map
Turning world-class research into practical action
Innovation and commercialisation

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Strengthening Thailand's Agricultural drought Resilience (STAR)
Polar ice
Understanding the Pathways to and Impacts of 1.5C Rise in Global Temperature
Smallholding farmer in India
SUNRISE
Air Pollution and Human Health in Developing Megacities

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Scots pines at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill SNH
Protection of unique forest is a big step for UK biodiversity
Woodland-grassland boundary image from above
On the track of soil carbon – in an ancient wood
Lynx photographed by wildlife trap camera in Chernobyl exclusion zone
What are the effects of radiation on wildlife? Discussing results from Chernobyl
Sheep beside housing, farm in India
New research could support Indian farmers hit by devastating virus in sheep