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22.04.21
Climate 'tipping points' need not be irreversible, say scientists
The disastrous consequences of climate ‘tipping points’ could be averted if global warming is reversed quickly enough, new research suggests. Tipping...
12.04.21
Weather forecasts could provide early warning of meningitis outbreaks
A project involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is using weather forecasts to predict the location and scale of impending meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to give health agencies more time to activate emergency response plans.
31.03.21
Concern for many butterfly species despite ‘good year’ for populations
The UK’s butterflies had a ‘good’ year in 2020 but populations of many species remain in long-term decline, according to the annual results published by the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS).
30.03.21
UKRI Official Development Assistance funding reduction
UKCEH statement on reduction in UKRI Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding
16.03.21
UKCEH Annual Review 2020
Our Annual Review gives a snapshot of some of the inspiring work we carried out in 2020.
12.03.21
Increase in Amazon wildfires linked to human activity, not weather
A new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Met Office shows there was less than a 10 per cent chance that large-scale fires in the Amazon in 2019 were caused by weather conditions.
03.03.21
Britain’s larger moths decline by a third over 50 years
Populations of Britain’s larger moths have declined by a third over the past 50 years, according to a report by Butterfly Conservation, Rothamsted Research and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
27.01.21
Threatened seabirds have better survival chance if they migrate for winter
Extreme storms on the east coast of Scotland are hitting the survival chances of threatened seabirds who do not migrate for the winter, according to research by the University of Aberdeen and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
22.01.21
New appointments of directors at UKCEH
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has announced four new appointments. Sam Bullen will become Director of Finance, Gill Lay will be the new Director for People and Operations, Lynette Eastman has been appointed a Trustee Director, and Ian Reid has taken the position of Non-Executive Director of UKCEH Enterprise.
21.01.21
Three-quarters of UKCEH outputs ranked as world leading or internationally excellent
An Evaluation of NERC centres demonstrates that the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is undertaking excellent research with impact.