06.06.19
Strategy will help trees to survive climate change, pests and diseases
Dr Stephen Cavers of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is part of a team of UK experts that has drawn up a strategy for protecting the country’s forests. He explains its importance...A major step in...
22.05.19
CEH ecologist is honoured to help lead global study into invasive alien species
Invasive alien species were identified, in the recent landmark IPBES Global Assessment Report, as one of the top five causes of negative change in nature around the world. Professor Helen Roy of the...
16.05.19
CEH scientists receive Innovation Award for system forecasting surface water flooding and impact
Congratulations to our CEH colleagues Bob Moore and Steven Cole who were among the recipients of an Innovation Award for their work on a novel system for forecasting surface water flooding and impact...
08.05.19
Urgent action is needed to protect the natural world
Humans are threatening one million species across the world with extinction, according to a stark report by the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)...
20.03.19
Protection of unique forest is a big step for UK biodiversity
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has played a key role in an important milestone for the conservation of the UK’s native trees, explains Dr Stephen Cavers, an ecologist specialising in plant genetic...
18.03.19
On the track of soil carbon – in an ancient wood
In the third of our fieldwork updates from the SOC-D soil sampling team, the team are at work in Oxfordshire during some surprisingly warm weather…Spring has arrived at Wytham Woods, a little woodland...
14.03.19
What are the effects of radiation on wildlife? Discussing results from Chernobyl
Professor Nick Beresford (@Radioecology) of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology led the TREE (Transfer-Exposure-Effects) project, an international collaboration to investigate how to reduce uncertainty...
12.03.19
New research could support Indian farmers hit by devastating virus in sheep
Beth Purse, of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Mudassar Chanda, from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, report new insights into patterns of bluetongue disease in sheep in southern...
08.03.19
International Women's Day 2019
International Women’s Day (8 March each year) is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.To mark the occasion this year, we're showcasing...
05.03.19
Notes from the field - PARAGUAS research under way
Dr France Gerard (CEH) reports from the first field campaign conducted by the PARAGUAS research team in the high-altitude páramos of Boyacá, Colombia. PARAGUAS is investigating how people and plants...