Farmland covers a large part of the UK’s landscape and so plays a crucial role in supporting biodiversity. However, ...

State of Global Water Resources 2024 is an authoritative annual assessment of river flows, reservoirs, lakes, groundwater, soil moisture, snow and ice. It drew on data and insights provided by ...

The GBNVPD now acts as the centralised repository for vegetation plot data from Great Britain, the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and Bailiwick of Jersey and is registered in the global index ...

Tue 23 - Thu 25 September 2025 (Start on day 1 13:30, finish on day 3: 13:00) The interactive online course runs over two days. We will start mid-day on Tuesday and finish mid-day on Thursday. There ...

Scientific data confirm British farmers’ fears that this is the worst harvest for at least 25 years, following a year of extreme weather. Analyses by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology along Britain’s 20,000-mile rail network, as part of Network Rail’s new action plan for sustainable vegetation management. The UK Centre for Ecology & ...

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 ...

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown. The negative impacts of light pollution on ...

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 ...

Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say. West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes and has no vaccine. Most people have no ...

There has been a flurry of news items on ladybirds in recent weeks. Much of the focus has been on the harlequin ladybird and the way in which this species moves into houses for the winter months.

Nick Everard, a senior hydrometric scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, explains that an innovative project is investigating how very high-resolution videos shot from space could ...