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British Ecological Society Annual Meeting | 12-15th December 2023 | Belfast

We’re at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting! Want to learn more about our freely available data? Come and find us on Stand 13 and talk to our team from 12-15 December at the ICC in Belfast.

2023

01/04/2023
Be sure to check out the UK-SCAPE Digital Assets Catalogue to browse the many datasets, services, apps and models that have resulted from UK-SCAPE

30/03/2023
Hot and dry summer impacts UK butterfly populations - latest results from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

22/03/2023
Loch Leven monitoring data now available through new online portal

20/03/2023
Creating resilient grasslands of the future - New research will explore the scientific evidence on grassland composition using data from UKCEH’s Countryside Survey, to identify which species grow successfully in multi-species grasslands

08/03/2023
Widespread declines in our wild plants estimated by largest national plant survey (Plant Atlas 2020)

31/01/2023
Research led by UKCEH and part-supported by UK-SCAPE investigates why less polluted air is leading to the browning of rivers. Don Monteith's blog was reproduced in Smart water magazine

16/01/2023
Blog: The state of lakes in the Windermere catchment – a long-term view

2022

19/11/2022
UK-SCAPE is at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting (18-21 December, Edinburgh), with elements of our wide-ranging programme presented on the UKCEH stand (number 13)

04/11/2022
Downscaling population and urban land use for socio-economic scenarios in the UK - new paper published in Regional Environmental Change

04/11/2022
New paper Improving regional applicability of the UK shared socioeconomic pathways through iterative participatory co-design published in Climate Risk Management

21/10/2022
'Why we are still in drought despite recent rain' - blog post

21/10/2022
ICYMI: Prof. Emmett talks about the importance of soil on BBC News during UK Soils Awareness Week [19m 30s]

19/10/2022
Report on harmonisation and integrated modelling of UK long-term vegetation data, focussing on heath & bog habitats

19/10/2022
UK-SCAPE plant diversity and occurrence app now includes survey data ranging from 1978 to 2021

22/09/2022
2022 reports on rodenticide residues in red kites and barn owls draw upon PBMS monitoring

22/09/2022
Paper reviews four emerging technologies that revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring

25/08/2022
UKCEH publishes latest Land Cover Map

23/08/2022
Cyanobacterial blooms on Windermere

23/07/2022
New record temperatures set at many ECN sites

20/07/2022
Dry weather and heatwave put increased pressure on UK water resources

22/06/2022
Listening out for nature: ECN acoustic monitoring presented at symposium

26/05/2022
Near real-time data for 267 river sites in Scotland now available on the UK Water Resources Portal

20/05/2022
New paper investigates sheep grazing and air pollution effects on moorland vegetation

19/05/2022
ECN work in the Cairngorms showcased at Big Nature Weekend

26/04/2022
Climate change is affecting Scotland's lochs and reservoirs

30/03/2022
Threatened butterfly species cope well in below-average year

16/03/2022
Explore hydrological forecasts for the UK through new portal

18/02/2022
Scientists and local campaigners have linked sewage flowing into Loch Leven, and climate change, to the increased growth of toxic algae

09/02/2022
Data from the Cumbrian Lakes Monitoring Platform shows winter plays a vital role in freshwater ecosystems

2021

29/11/2021
UKCEH’s greenhouse gas monitoring station gets top data certification

18/11/2021
Latest Land Cover Map provides greater detail about British landscape

11/08/2021
Interactive map will make exploring Predatory bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) bird submissions simpler

28/05/2021
Climate change is causing declines in seabirds’ breeding success

19/04/2021
Interview with Professor Bridget Emmett on BBC Farming Today. Talking about soil: how much attention does it get?

03/03/2021
Britain’s larger moths decline by a third over 50 years

27/01/2021
Threatened seabirds have better survival chance if they migrate for winter

2020

17/12/2020
Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum 2020 – science, regulation and policy discussion in a virtual world

04/12/2020
New online community hub to inspire action to protect our soils

18/09/2020
Artwork shows changes in air pollution during lockdown

09/07/2020
Almost 2 million acres of GB grassland lost as woodland and urban areas expand

19/05/2020
London’s CO₂ emissions cut by almost 60% during lockdown

24/03/2020
Track latest hydrological situation across the UK via our new portal

18/02/2020
UK freshwater insects are recovering while spiders are declining

27/01/2020
Warming trend revealed in eight decades of Cumbrian lake temperature records

2019

16/12/2019
Non-native plants provide habitats for variety of British insects

05/11/2019
National field survey takes advantage of innovative technology

23/10/2019
High microplastic levels in soil can halve worm fertility

03/10/2019
UKCEH analysis informs extensive health check on UK wildlife

01/10/2019
Non-native ruffe found in Windermere for the first time

08/05/2019
A citizen science initiative for intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams

26/03/2019
Widespread losses among pollinating insects in Britain

31/01/2019
Landmark reached as one million wildlife encounters recorded in a year

Data releases and publications

Data abstract graphic

New Data access APIs developed under the UK-SCAPE Data Science Framework

Lake Windermere

UKCEH long-term lake monitoring informs climate assessment

COSMOS-UK Rothamsted site

COSMOS-UK data available on EIDC