Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a new study. The paper, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, was led by Edinburgh Napier University and also involved the ...

This would benefit soil health, food production and the environment. Surplus nutrients from fertilisers degrade soil health and leach into water, which can result in toxic algal blooms, while excess ...

At UKCEH, we are proud of the diverse range of opportunities available to help our colleagues learn, grow and succeed. We are continually expanding and improving what we offer, taking on board ...

The next UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30) will be held in Belém, in the state of Pará in Brazil's Amazon region, from 10 to 21 November 2025. UKCEH will be represented at COP30 in ...

A sampling approach known as Lagrangian sampling, where we sample with the flow of the river to capture the movement of water downstream, is needed to investigate this effect. Given the complexity of ...

The £2m project, UNSaFE (Understanding the Scale, Sources, Fate and Effects of PFAS pollution), is led by Imperial College London in partnership with Brunel University, King's College London and UKCEH ...

UKCEH Edinburgh, Wallingford, Bangor and Lancaster, subject to demand. The one-day BEGINNER course will give you an introduction to electronics as applied to environmental sensors in the field ...

Challenges and opportunities related to the environment keep emerging in our rapidly changing world. At UKCEH, we are continuously horizon scanning to consider what science will be needed to address ...

The Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and the earlier Flood Studies Report (FSR) are a set of methods and associated data to enable recognised standard national methods for rainfall and flood estimation ...

All applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application in due course. We are excited to be recruiting eight interns for our National Capabilities for Global Challenges internship ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a world-leading independent research institute, carrying out excellent environmental science with impact. In a blog, Alex O’Brien tells us about a project ...

Microbes are central to all life on Earth due to their huge diversity in form and function. In soils, one teaspoon of topsoil contains around 1 billion individual microscopic cells and around 10,000 ...