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 ...

UKCEH Annual Report and Accounts 2024UKCEH delivers impartial environmental data that benefits and enables the UK research community, governments, businesses, and society. Our large-scale research ...

Our office in Accra, Ghana is our hub for developing and delivering collaborative scientific projects and maintaining strategic relationships with local, national and regional stakeholders across West ...

Develop practical machine learning skills to address complex environmental data challenges. Location: Interactive online course using MS Teams Lancaster and Edinburgh, as indicated by learner demand ...

The drought of the 1920s was mostly focussed in England and south Wales with severe flow deficits beginning in summer 1921 across southern England for SSI-12).

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has shown.

An innovative project led by UKCEH is investigating how very high-resolution videos shot from space could transform flood management globally.

Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say. West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes and has no vaccine. Most people have no ...

Trials have shown that adding relatively small amounts of biochar to soil can significantly increase the amount of nutrients essential for crop growth, boosting crop yield. The charcoal-like substance ...

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 ...

Protected natural areas of the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the past 30 years, according to a study led by researchers from the UK Centre for ...

There has been a lot of interest from the the public and media regarding recent algal blooms and water quality on Windermere. In a joint statement, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster ...