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UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future. We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
We've grown, and our new identity reflects who we have become.
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🌧️ Help shape the future of hydrological monitoring! Take 5 mins to share your views on FDRI by 1st Oct for a chance to win a £50 M&S gift card! 🎁
Access the survey here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
#FDRI #hydrologicalmonitoring #hydrologicalresearchuk
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Latest UK Hydrological Outlook is out. Forecast for next 3 months indicates higher-than-normal chance of it being wet.
River flows & groundwater levels likely in normal range for most of UK though below normal in parts of SE & above normal in NW.
More: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook
UKCEH retweeted
Our annual UK Moth Recorders' Meeting is back with a fantastic line-up of talks exploring the latest developments in moth research and conservation!
📍 Where: Online
📅 When: Saturday 31 January
Book your place 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-moth-r…
📷: Marian Coburn
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: f.mtr.cool/majeflnjbl
The study led by Dr David Obura of @cordioea
and current IPBES Chair also included @unepwcmc, UFZ,
@ontariotech_u, University of Oslo & @udeconcepcion
See the open access paper in @NaturePortfolio's Communications Sustainability: nature.com/articles/s44458-0…
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Don’t miss our brilliant colleague John Redhead at #ORFC2026 today to hear more about @UK_CEH research on future crops for the UK including rice! #agzeroplus
Replying to @UK_CEH
Oxford Real Farming Conference – Fri 9 Jan
🫘 Tastes of Tomorrow: What grows when the climate changes? 2–3:20pm
Speakers: Pete Thompson, John Redhead, Calixta Killander and Chair: Jack Thompson explore future crops in a warming UK
orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in-per…
#ORFC2026
There must be a systems reset to redefine sustainable development, say scientists behind a new global study.
They offer a framework to better balance nature, economies and society.
Blog by UKCEH coauthors Helen Roy and Paula Harrison: f.mtr.cool/ufwayxuuig
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The study led by Dr David Obura of @cordioea
and current IPBES Chair also included @unepwcmc, UFZ,
@ontariotech_u, University of Oslo & @udeconcepcion
See the open access paper in @NaturePortfolio's Communications Sustainability: nature.com/articles/s44458-0…
Oxford Real Farming Conference – Fri 9 Jan
🚜 Farmer to farmer mentoring, 9–10:20am
Lisa Norton joins Jimmy Woodrow and Clare Hill to discuss lessons from DEFRA’s £1.75m
Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes scheme, with 93 farmer mentors.
orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in-per…
#ORFC2026
UKCEH retweeted
From AI to soil biology, there are many factors influencing the future of soil health monitoring 👨💻🪱 Our recent webinars brought experts in the field together to dig deep into different aspects of the topic. Watch them for free now! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Oxford Real Farming Conference – Fri 9 Jan
🫘 Tastes of Tomorrow: What grows when the climate changes? 2–3:20pm
Speakers: Pete Thompson, John Redhead, Calixta Killander and Chair: Jack Thompson explore future crops in a warming UK
orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in-per…
#ORFC2026
Nitrogen pollution affects air, water, climate, biodiversity & health—costing billions.
Prof @MarkNitrogen reflects on #UNEA7, how global partnerships are driving progress, and why timely investment is now essential to turn plans into action.
Full post: f.mtr.cool/kosahtrzgo
When did hydrologists become historians? #FDRI has released 35 years of hi-res data from the Plynlimon Research Catchments in mid-Wales!
Read about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: f.mtr.cool/geenhhoeum
Oxford Real Farming Conference – Fri 9 Jan
🚜 Farmer to farmer mentoring, 9–10:20am
Lisa Norton joins Jimmy Woodrow and Clare Hill to discuss lessons from DEFRA’s £1.75m
Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes scheme, with 93 farmer mentors.
orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in-per…
#ORFC2026
❄️ Will Christmas be frosty, foggy or mild? Accurate seasonal forecasts matter!
UKCEH co-develops the JULES land surface model with @metoffice & partners, a core part of the Met Office Unified Model used in weather & climate predictions.
More here: ukri.org/news/nerc-funding-h…
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Best wishes for the festive season and for a Happy New Year!
Our UKCEH offices will close at 2pm on Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24 December) and reopen on Friday 2 January 2026, except for our Edinburgh site, which reopens on Monday 5 January.
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It's our last newsletter of 2025! Catch up with recent UKCEH stories, including:
🤝New alliance of National Research Organisations
🌱Grassland toolkit for farmers
🔥Thoughts from COP30
☀️Flash droughts forecasting
and more!
Read it here: f.mtr.cool/tranfiipiy 🧪
UKCEH retweeted
🧵1/3 The efforts of our @SHnationaltrust partners to better understand & protect our rare invertebrates have been boosted with an innovative AMI system (Automated Monitoring of Insects) from the @UK_CEH, funded by the St Helena Cloud Forest Project! 🤖 Check out the thread! ⤵️
How do we effectively measure floodplain flows? 🌊
Join a free, interactive workshop from #FDRI and the British Hydrological Society, with experts from UKCEH, @JBAConsulting and more.
Open to all! In person in Edinburgh or online (Feb 2026).
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