The National Garden Scheme is inviting people across the UK to take part in The Big British Garden Survey, a new project which encourages everyone to discover and record the wildlife visiting their ...

The newly published UKBMS annual results show that despite the UK experiencing its sunniest year on record – weather in which butterflies should thrive – 2025 was only an average butterfly year (20th ...

With microplastics reaching far and wide, mosses’ ability to capture atmospheric particles means they can be studied to assess the extent and amount of pollution. Dr Richard Cross, an ecotoxicologist ...

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Innovations in ‘Digital Research Infrastructure’ are revolutionising data-driven approaches to environmental science. Models, AI, digital twins and IoT have transformative potential for monitoring, ...

Dr Kelly Widdicks is the Lead for Digital Innovation in the Digital Research group at UKCEH. Her research interests focus on the responsible design and development of digital research infrastructure ...

In Summer 2025, the flood estimation team have released an update to the statistical flood frequency estimation methods (the FEH methods), including changes to QMED estimation, donor transfer, the ...

Nine varieties of rice are being trialled in the Cambridgeshire Fens, including risotto, basmati and sushi. Scientists and farmers are exploring the best ways to tackle climate change, food security ...

Laser scanning shows a total of 390,000 km of hedgerows (1-6 metres tall) exist on field boundaries in England – enough to go round the world almost 10 times. These important habitats support ...

Following the driest spring in England for 132 years, the Met Office forecasts for the coming months are uncertain. Hydrological ‘hindcasts’ exploring how weather conditions could have developed in ...

A combination of climate change and our increasing use of water is likely to result in significantly drier rivers during English summers by the end of the century, causing potential water scarcity ...

Trials have shown that adding relatively small amounts of biochar to soil can significantly increase the amount of nutrients essential for crop growth, boosting crop yield. The charcoal-like substance ...