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Soil Picture:CEH
Researchers given £1.8m to transform our understanding of soil carbon storage
Northern Snakehead Picture: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0
Scientists identify 66 alien species that pose the greatest threat to European biodiversity
Trees can mitigation pollution from animal housing Picture: lakesfreerange.co.uk
Trees can help mitigate ammonia emissions from farming
Part of cover of Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland
Field guide celebrates recording of ladybirds

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The COSMOS-UK site at Chimney Meadows, Oxfordshire
COSMOS-UK: Five years of soil moisture monitoring
Yukon river basin
Understanding catchment properties and runoff under both climate change and direct human influence
Map showing Shivamogga (formerly Shimoga) district of India
Mapping Monkey Fever Risk
Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia
First workshop on environmental flows in Cambodia
Plantation and forest in India
Novel workshop to combat emerging tick-borne disease in Indian forests
Coconut crab on Diego Garcia. Photo c. W Rabitsch
Predictions and priorities to prevent new invasive non-native species arrivals
Derwent valley reservoirs on 28th July 2018
UK Hydrological Status Update - early August 2018
CEH Virtual Reality
CEH engages with hundreds of people at Countryfile Live 2018
Black and white photo of a pine tree on a slope
Ecological data of the past: a vast early warning system
Boats on a lake shore
Letters from the Lakes group
Forest mist
Estimating transpiration in climate models
Still from CEH Minecraft showing a farmed landscape
ASSIST science and Minecraft brought to Cereals 2018
Getting together to fight plant health problems
A typical station in the COSMOS UK network
Reviewing the UK's soil moisture status - May 2018 update
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
Loch Flemington with algae in the water
Scottish Freshwater Group
Guillemot and chick on the Isle of May
Isle of May Long-Term Study
Agricultural landscape aerial view
National Capability
Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo - Shutterstock
UK Committee for National and International Hydrology

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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
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Smallholding farmer in India
SUNRISE
Air Pollution and Human Health in Developing Megacities
Flooding damage amid poor housing
International
CEH Honey Monitoring Scheme - jars of honey
National Honey Monitoring Scheme

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lake district
UK Lakes Portal 2.0 - NBN Atlas, Connectivity, Old Maps & More!
Man using binoculars to look across a Kenyan landscape
Citizen science has incredible potential to transform environmental monitoring across the world
An olive tree in Italy damaged by Xylella fastidiosa
The UK’s preparedness for Xylella fastidiosa
View across St Helena
Predicting the threat from invasive non-native species in British Overseas Territories