The world’s biggest insect monitoring scheme is marking 50 years of butterfly data collection, with over 44 million records received from 782,000 volunteers during this time. The UK Butterfly ...

With microplastics reaching far and wide, mosses’ ability to capture atmospheric particles means they can be studied to assess the extent and amount of pollution. Dr Richard Cross, an ecotoxicologist ...

We have just 20 Years To Stop Spiralling Decline In British biodiversity There is a closing 20-year window in which decisions on climate and land use will determine the fate of dozens of native birds, ...

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New High-resolution Soil Maps Will Support On-farm Decision-making A new set of high-resolution soil and landscape maps for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There continues to be much interest from the public and media regarding recent algal blooms and water quality on Windermere. In this explainer note, we aim to provide background information regarding ...

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 ...