“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, ...

The Land Use/Woodlands Collection project will scope the preservation and digitisation of records documenting changes in the UK's landscapes and woodlands since the mid-20th century. The project will ...

Rivers across the world in 2025 had one of their driest years in recent decades, reflecting an ongoing trend that has serious future implications for people and economies. That is according to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the driest spring in England for 132 years, the Met Office forecasts for the coming months are uncertain. Hydrological ‘hindcasts’ exploring how weather conditions could have developed in ...

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 ...

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 ...