“Widespread insect declines globally are likely to have far-reaching effects on wildlife. Beyond reducing an essential food source, losses of insects risk changing ecosystems, disrupting pollination ...

Developed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), it identifies landscape features in every three-metre-square area of land across the country, meaning it shows previously hidden detail, ...

As part of its ongoing work to scale up biodiversity monitoring and improve insect monitoring, UKCEH has entered into a new licensing agreement with Bristol-based biodiversity technology start-up ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a world-leading independent research institute, carrying out excellent environmental science with impact. UKCEH has launched the first national-level land ...

LCM 3m is UKCEH's highest-resolution national habitat map for England, providing habitat and land cover information at 3 metre resolution. It classifies England into 72 habitat and land cover ...

We expect that from time to time both individuals and organisations will have comments, ideas or complaints relating to UKCEH procedures, policies and services. Send an initial acknowledgement within ...

Our land, air, and freshwater environments are dynamic systems that interact in complex ways. Understanding them means studying these connections, not only the parts in isolation. Yet the data and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saltmarshes play a significant role in mitigating and adapting to climate change. We take a look at the value of these coastal wetlands and how UKCEH research is helping to build the scientific case ...

A new Science, Technology & Innovation (ST&I) helpdesk has officially launched to strengthen resource mapping, stakeholder engagement, and innovation support systems across West Africa. The ST&I ...

UKCEH scientists are part of the new Lake District Charr Recovery & Management project (LD-CHARM) which is gathering evidence to protect and restore Arctic charr populations in Windermere and other ...