The 1976 drought remains one of the most severe hydrological events in the UK and is entrenched in the national memory. Fifty ...

New Official Statistics on insect pollinators have been published from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) during Insect Week 2026. The data collected every year across Great Britain (GB) ...

We are pleased to announce that, as of 1 December 2019, we are now an independent research institute. Following final approval in September, we have become autonomous from UK Research and Innovation ...

The National Capability for UK Challenges (NC-UK) programme is transforming how the UK understands and manages its land, air, and freshwater environments—delivering the data, tools, and partnerships ...

Why is hedgerow management important? Hedgerows provide key semi-natural habitat and resources for wildlife in agricultural landscapes. Hedgerow management can substantially alter the condition of ...

The AMBER project, funded by the Abrdn Charitable Foundation, will develop and trial cutting edge technology for monitoring biodiversity. The project will combine expertise from UKCEH and the Alan ...

The results from one of the longest ever woodland vegetation surveys are now available. The unprecedented 50-year dataset gives unparalleled insight into the major drivers of change in Britain’s ...

The environment in Wales supports significant economic sectors including agriculture, fisheries, tourism and forestry and is of importance to other policy areas including health and wellbeing, energy ...

Butterflies are well placed among British terrestrial insect and other invertebrate groups to act as indicators of the state of the environment. They are highly sensitive to environmental conditions ...

Applications to the NC-UK 2026 Internship programme have now closed! Interviews took place in April and May 2026.

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 ...

The City Explorer Toolkit (CET) is an interactive web-based tool, which helps planners to understand where best to create urban green spaces such as parks and blue spaces such as ponds, to ensure that ...