As the RHS Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, UKCEH is asking the public to take an interest in unsung heroes of nature such as spiders, earwigs, woodlice and grasshoppers, by submitting their ...

The worst-case climate projections could involve the collapse of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system of currents that circulate water within the ocean. This would cause ...

A project jointly led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is targeting nutrient pollution in the Maldives as part of international efforts to clean up oceans and protect biodiversity. Excess ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

New research will investigate how pollution impacts our country’s rivers, develop better monitoring methods and put forward solutions for better chemical management to improve water quality. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new report has, for the first time, mapped agricultural uses of lowland peat, from vegetables to cereal crops to grassland for beef and dairy production. The independent study by the UK Centre for ...

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 ...