PLURALAKES is an EU-funded Water4All project which aims to improve the health of lakes by including diverse perspectives. It looks at lakes not only as ecosystems but as places with cultural, social, ...

Phosphorus is a key nutrient in crop and livestock production, and is present in human and animal excreta as well as chemical fertilisers. Excess amounts pollute aquatic ecosystems through ...

On the first day of the UK Saltmarsh Forum in Swansea, Deputy First Minister for Wales and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Huw Irranca-Davies MS has announced funding for the ...

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The Yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, also known as the Asian hornet, is a highly effective predator of insects including honeybees and other pollinators. Originating from Asia, it was ...

The Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and the earlier Flood Studies Report (FSR) are a set of methods and associated data to enable recognised standard national methods for rainfall and flood estimation ...

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 ...

Microbes are central to all life on Earth due to their huge diversity in form and function. In soils, one teaspoon of topsoil contains around 1 billion individual microscopic cells and around 10,000 ...

Around the globe progress towards Net Zero and adaptation to climate change is underpinned by our understanding of the linkages between land and water systems. Working closely with partners across ...

The results from one of the longest ever woodland vegetation surveys are now available. The unprecedented 50-year dataset gives unparalleled insight into the major drivers of change in Britain’s ...

Hydrological extremes: Providing data, models and insights to increase our resilience to floods and droughts. Land use and net zero: Measuring how changes in land use impact greenhouse gas emissions, ...

There has been a rapid expansion in growing crops such as maize to produce biomethane as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, to help reach Net Zero. But some of this increased cultivation, on ...