The Heathland Climate Change Experiment at Clocaenog is used to test how drought or warming impact upland ecosystems, which can be an important source or sink for greenhouse gases. This experimental ...

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) drive global warming. Many countries, including the UK, have committed to a net zero emissions economy. To find solutions to reduce or minimise carbon and other GHG ...

AI-Hab is an innovative project being delivered by UKCEH and the University of Lincoln, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform how we assess and monitor habitats across the UK.

ROBIN Phase II focuses on growing and strengthening the global reference hydrological network. Building on the foundations of Phase I, this next phase aims to: ...

Our Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN) initiative has been showcased in UNESCOs Open Hydrology publication. A lack of openness in hydrology ...

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 ...

Around one in six species are at risk of becoming extinct in the UK, according to the most comprehensive study of our national wildlife. The latest State of Nature report, which assessed the long-term ...

The UK will be increasingly tested by more droughts like 2022, emphasising the importance of being prepared for similar extreme weather in future, say scientists who have analysed that summer’s events ...

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 ...

Dr Simon Parry, hydrologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, looks at how the current drought compares to past events and how it may evolve in the near future using our Hydrological Summary, ...

The impact of a changing climate on the severity of flooding has been demonstrated in the largest-scale study of its kind – with parts of northern Britain seeing the largest increase in Europe. A ...