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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English pond and farmland CCO
Greater R&I would protect businesses and our natural world
Enchytraeus crypticus
High microplastic levels in soil can halve worm fertility
Testing of nitrogen flux measurement methods over rice in Odisha, India Photo: Mark Sutton
We must wake up to devastating impact of nitrogen, say scientists
Urbanisation Edinburgh 2015
Urbanisation costs Edinburgh over 11 hectares of green land each year

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Surveyor in action
National field survey takes advantage of innovative technology
A stream flowing
Assessing Statistical models of Temporary River Intermittence for Decision makers (ASTRID)
Asian hornet
Environmental Audit Committee calls on citizen scientists to tackle threat from invasive species
Several flowers in a wheelbarrow
Biodiversity boost for housing association sites
Woman in a field looking through binoculars (photo by Ben Andrew, rspb-images.com
Volunteer recorders play vital role in monitoring the state of nature
Prof Andrew Millar talking to CEH scientists
Visit by Scottish Government Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
Ilfracombe harbour Picture: Gill Ainsworth
UK marine environment contributes to fulfilled human life
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New portal tracks UK hydrological situation as it happens
Toxic warning sign
New research into the impacts of climate change on harmful algal blooms in lakes
Map showing sea around UK and Ireland
Progress in UK Environmental Prediction research

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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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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