Blogs

In the UK, April 2021 was exceptionally dry and May 2021 was exceptionally wet. UKCEH scientists put the transition, sometimes called a 'weather whiplash', into historical context.

Professor Laurence Carvalho of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), who specialises in the study of algal blooms and water quality, says people can provide early warnings of blue-green algae...

Dr Michael Pocock writes about research exploring people's connection to nature and how it might relate to wellbeing... This week (10-16 May 2021) is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme for...

Since 2015, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has used satellite-derived imagery to identify crop types grown across 1.7 million agricultural fields in Great Britain each year, producing...

There is some good news for efforts to protect the UK's trees, as Dr Stephen Cavers of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, explains...An important milestone has been achieved for the UK’s trees...

The Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum is an annual event for sharing developments in lake and freshwater research, regulation and management. It also provides an opportunity for discussion among...

This year scientists from UKCEH will be presenting at the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The AGU fall meeting is the largest international Earth and space science meeting in the...

Professor Helen Roy, an ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and President of the Royal Entomological Society, tells us how a new set of insect-themed stamps has been developed with...

The Royal Society has published a themed issue of its Philosophical Transactions journal addressing “Air Quality, past, present and future”. This special issue of 16 articles from the world’s first...

Despite the many setbacks Covid-19 has caused this year, a repeat of the ‘Bunce’ Woodland Survey of Great Britain is now under way for a third time since 1971. The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology...