Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe than previously thought because it can be spread when air temperatures are ...

The group brings together a diverse mix of influential volunteer supporters and advocates from across the business community. Each member shares a commitment to strengthening UKCEH’s ability to ...

UKCEH scientists attended the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) 12th Plenary in Manchester last week, which culminated in the approval of the Business and ...

By confirming the detection of microplastic particles with multiple independent techniques, the confidence in the results is increased and any remaining uncertainty can be communicated more ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is collaborating on new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ ...

Over 20 years, the Long Drought showed periods of low flows across much of the country at both long and short accumulation periods. For SSI-12, there was often with coherency in conditions across ...

The resulting study, now published in Weather, used recently available high-resolution in situ observations alongside reanalysis data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many insect pollinator species are disappearing from areas of Great Britain, a new study has found. The research, led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, measured the presence of 353 wild bee and ...

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 ...