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The Korean Nature Futures project develops a globally useful visioning and forecasting framework for biodiversity, people, and climate neutrality in Korea. We are proud to have contributed to this ...
UKCEH scientists have applied this method – known as UNSEEN (Unprecedented simulated extremes using ensembles) – to explore ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A new partnership involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) will provide a blueprint for wet farming, or paludiculture, on UK peatlands.
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 at the UK Centre for Ecology & ...
Researchers have shown - for the first time - that less intensively managed British grazed grasslands have on average 50% more plant species and better soil health than intensively managed grassland.
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UK scientists have produced a comprehensive review of the latest research into drought including its impacts on people and the environment The Environment Agency worked with more than 40 experts from ...
UKCEH climate modeller Dr Chris Huntingford is part of a team awarded £5 million by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to investigate early warning signs of climate 'tipping points'.