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 ...

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 ...

Whatever global action is taken on climate change, there will still be more wildfires across the world in future due to the warming that has already happened. However, large-scale reductions in ...

Alice met with Andy Elliott, Wildfire Tactical Adviser from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

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 ...

Policies to improve air quality in the UK over the past 40 years have led to significant reductions in pollution and associated mortality rates, a new study has found. Research led by the Centre for ...

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 ...

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown. The negative impacts of light pollution on ...

Laser scanning shows a total of 390,000 km of hedgerows (1-6 metres tall) exist on field boundaries in England – enough to go round the world almost 10 times. These important habitats support ...

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 ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology along Britain’s 20,000-mile rail network, as part of Network Rail’s new action plan for sustainable vegetation management. The UK Centre for Ecology & ...

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 ...