“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 ...

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 ...

Habitats across England’s landscape are shown in greater detail than ever before, thanks to the highest-resolution national-level land cover map released anywhere in the world. Developed by the UK ...

The Heathland Climate Change Experiment at Clocaenog is used to test how drought or warming impact upland ecosystems, which can be an important source or sink for greenhouse gases. This experimental ...

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 ...

Need help identifying a moth? Want to know which moth species might be on the wing tonight in your area? Now you can find out easily using ‘What’s Flying Tonight’, a new smartphone app. Lead scientist ...

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 ...

Scientific data confirm British farmers’ fears that this is the worst harvest for at least 25 years, following a year of extreme weather. Analyses by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have ...