Invasive animals outcompete or eat insects while invasive vegetation replaces native plants that insects feed upon. The study ...

A study has found microplastics in greater quantities in rural environments than in urban sites. Scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) estimated that up to 500 airborne particles ...

In mid-December, the 7th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), the world’s highest-level environmental decision-making body, took place at the United Nations Environment ...

Professor Helen Roy and Professor Paula Harrison of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology are co-authors of a new study that sets out a model for sustainable development. They explain that there needs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many insect pollinator species are disappearing from areas of Great Britain, a new study has found. The research, led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, measured the presence of 353 wild bee and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many insect pollinator species are disappearing from areas of Great Britain, a new study has found. The research, led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, measured the presence of 353 wild bee and ...