Check out this new blog from my amazing #UKCEH_AquaEco colleagues! A summary of a recent, innovate and highly impactful sustainable phosphorus summit, in Ghana: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @ukceh.bsky.social #phosphorus #waterquality #collaboration #sustainability

🌍 We co-convened the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit in Accra, Ghana, the first time it's been held in Africa! With 660+ participants from 20 countries, #SPS8 brought cross-sector dialogue on phosphorus sustainability, food security & environmental protection. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Great to see long-term Cumbrian lakes data on ITV Border News last night. Dr Steve Thackeray spoke about the insights we get from 80 years+ of monitoring Watch from 15m 18s: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/catch-up-on-itv-news-border-from-thursday-6th-november/47tff6g 🧪

Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems. It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎 🧪 1/

Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, new Edinburgh Napier-led research with UKCEH & @bioss.bsky.social shows. This is significant as climate change is bringing windier weather conditions. UKCEH's Francis Daunt spoke to BBC Scotland (~1hr 27m) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪

As wildfires become more extreme, we're monitoring and predicting their impacts to support communities' resilience 🔥 Meet our wildfire experts Doug Kelley and Maria Barbosa at #COP30 to learn more. They're attending from 16-20 November to speak at two events. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

🌱Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social

🌊 This Fri (7 Nov) 4:30 pm PST / 8:30 am GMT, DOST-PCAARRD & UKCEH host a joint webinar: Science and Governance of Lakes – Perspectives from the Philippines and UK. Hear experts discuss sustainable lake management & modelling for resilience. Register: bit.ly/pcaarrdukceh... 🧪

NEWS: Ukraine’s soils are losing vital nutrients, threatening long-term food security. UKCEH-led research in the Nature journal @commsearth.nature.com warns of reduced fertiliser use and war impacts on soil health. See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet... #Soils #FoodSecurity 🧪 1/

The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales. UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science. 🔗 castco.org/impact-report 🧪 1/

💧 From Science to Society: UK Contributions to Global Water Challenges. Join us in London this December for a one-day conference marking 50 years of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme. 📅 1 Dec | 🏛️ ICE, Westminster Register now: www.ice.org.uk/events/upcom... 🧪 #water #IHP50

📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Are you interested in studying how different farming practices influence soils, including chemical levels and bioavailability, functional soil outcomes and other ecosystem endpoints? Check out this ECOSOLUTIONS PhD! @ukceh.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Our latest newsletter is out now! Top stories include: 🌾 First ever UK rice trials 📲 Mobile app uses lichen to measure nitrogen pollution 🌊 Fresh approach to tracking river pollution 📽️ UKCEH science in action with Deborah Meaden Plus much more! 🧪 buff.ly/VxvIsZV #EnvironmentalScience #UKCEH

Friday Fieldwork! Back out on the bogs again this week, however this time it's for a different piece of work for @ukceh.bsky.social! This time was going out to change over monitoring cameras - some work I'm looking forward to start helping with :)

🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨 I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️ More being advertised soon 👀 @ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

Register now for the National Environmental Monitoring conference! Help create the UK's environmental monitoring future through talks & interactive sessions. Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out! https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/

Despite recent rain, soils in many areas remain drier than normal for the time of year. UKCEH uses cosmic ray neutrons to monitor soil moisture to depths of 20–30 cm at @cosmosuk.bsky.social sites across the UK. 📻 Hear Jonathan Evans on BBC R4’s Farming Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪 1/

Our people are at the heart of everything we do 🌟 We're proud to support them through diverse growth and development opportunities. Talent Manager Zoe Shorter shares how we’re building a culture of continuous learning at UKCEH: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... #LearningAndDevelopment

A video is now available of the lecture I gave last week to the Linnean Society & British Ornithologists' Club in London, on woodland birds, Marsh Tits & Willow Tits (~45 mins): www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7HF... #ornithology #ukbirding @ukceh.bsky.social

All 7 chapters of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment report are available to download! This report, co-chaired by UKCEH's Prof Paula Harrison and with contributions by 165 experts from 57 countries, explores interconnections among biodiversity, water, food &health www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess... 🧪

📢 Call for Abstracts #EGU26 🔥 Session: Extreme Fires and Impacts (BG1.2/NH14.22) We invite case studies on regional extreme wildfires, their impacts, & prevention or mitigation strategies worldwide. Contributions welcome from multiple disciplines! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

Great PhD linking kittiwake tracking, energetics and changing oceans. Based @ukceh.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social collaborating with oceanographers at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social 🌊 Includes fieldwork, stats training and some very cool open-ended research questions. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

🔮 How can monitoring data help predict the future of our environment? Watch our #UKTEPoP Autumn Festival session with experts from JNCC, @ukceh.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social on the power of prediction. 📺 youtu.be/KXY2-hdZ49M?... #Conservation #Data #Prediction #TogetherForNature

Are you interested in doing a PhD in modelling Aedes-borne disease control? We are offering a fully funded studentship at @ukceh.bsky.social , with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and ALTOPICTUS, via @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Open to UK nationals and overseas students. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Live data from the Upper Severn, Upper Tweed and Chess catchments will help tackle floods and droughts as part of #FDRI 💧 Simon Stanley from UKCEH explains what happens to FDRI data once it's captured in the field. Check out our video!

🌱 Studying seeds is vital for work on restoring lost species to semi-natural UK grasslands UKCEH plant ecologist @wagnermarkus.bsky.social chats to the Naked Scientists for their podcast on 25 years of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Millennium Seed Bank #MSB25 www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak... 🧪

PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me. Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates! 🧪 #GreenhouseGases share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...

🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data. Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8 Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼 #FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience

Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain Great to contribute to this #OpenAccess paper published in Ecological Solutions & Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... #rewilding #forests #trees #nature @ukceh.bsky.social

📣 Great news for UK hydrology! The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments 🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd... 1/ 🧪

The @ukceh.bsky.social Annual PGR Showcase has begun! Loads of amazing science from our talented PhD students.

We're leading a new project to improve understanding of 'forever chemicals', long-lasting manufactured compounds that can pose risks to ecosystems, wildlife & potentially human health. This will support better assessments of their impacts on the environment. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Thanks to Claire for sharing her thoughts on @elliewilsonuk.bsky.social's Moth x Human last Friday. Audience feedback: bit.ly/4q8l3Re @morethanadodo.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social

I wrote a blog post about some recent fieldwork! Read more below:

Most river monitoring focuses on fixed points, missing how pollution moves downstream 🌊 UKCEH’s Alex O’Brien describes an approach combining multiple survey methods to reveal how pollutants mix and travel, which is key for better water quality management. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

fully funded PhD project (UK fees only) available for modelling tipping points for natural flood management in collaboration with CEH #phd @engineering-soton.bsky.social #flooding #floods #modelling #mathematics www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🌍 25 years of the International Pollinators Initiative! Pollinators underpin global biodiversity, food security & healthy ecosystems. UKCEH advances research, citizen science & policy to help protect bees, butterflies, hoverflies & moths. www.cbd.int/internationa... #IPI25 @pomscheme.bsky.social

Last Friday's Fieldwork! First fieldwork of 2025 on the South Cumbrian peatlands! Interesting to see Hannah's moth recording; atmospheric chemistry; and water table work - plus how we can use the data for long term environmental management #fieldwork #scicomm #bogs #cumbria @ukceh.bsky.social

📣 Read the latest UKCEH Biological Records Centre newsletter for updates on national recording schemes, wildlife recording practices, new tech & more! 🔗 Get the new edition, past issues or subscribe here: buff.ly/aJJ9LaY #wildlife #BiologicalRecording @jncc.bsky.social

Lunchtime webinar with #FDRI: Large-sample hydrology datasets 🗓️ Wed 22 Oct | 🕐 13:00–14:00 Join UKCEH, Bristol Uni & Environment Agency for updates on new high-res hydrology datasets UKFlows15 & CAMELS-GB v2. Includes examples of use and a Q&A! 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/HoDLfyS #hydrology #data

The September 2025 Hydrological Summary for the UK has been published. This puts the rainfall, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoir stocks data into historical context. Read it here [PDF]: nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul... #hydrology #water #rivers 🧪

Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of pesticide risk to #pollinators and other #inverts across England - I’ve enjoyed working on this important new resource for research into past changes and future risks from @francescamancini.bsky.social and @ukceh.bsky.social 👏 🐝👇

A paper in Environment International led by me and Melanie Gibbs and a team of @ukceh.bsky.social scientists provides spatio-temporal maps of the risks of #pesticides to terrestrial #invertebrates. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

A team from UKCEH, @metoffice.gov.uk, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ecmwf.int used satellite observations & advanced modelling to identify and investigate the causes of wildfires from Mar24-Feb25 fire season and the role played by climate & land use change. 🎥 Co-lead Dr Doug Kelley 2/

Report reveals climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s wildfires 🔥 The State of Wildfires report, co-led by the Met Office, @ukceh.bsky.social, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @ecmwf.int evidences the link between climate change and wildfire activity. Read more⬇️

🔥 Human-driven global warming made recent wildfires in South America & Southern California much larger & more destructive, the latest State of Wildfires report reveals. 🔸 LA wildfires 25× larger, 2× as likely 🔸 Pantanal–Chiquitano fires 35× larger 🔸 Global CO₂ from fires >8 bn tonnes 🧪 1/

Our Planet. Decoded. 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. 🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM #UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪

Meet the FDRI catchment champions! This Flood Action Week we're pleased to introduce our catchment champions for the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure. 🎥 See how they're working in communities across the UK to increase national resilience to floods. youtu.be/aXvio-NQXjE 🧪

Our #NPMS10 online celebration event is this Saturday! Good news - you can still book & join for all or part of the programme ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE talks from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social as well as volunteers & stakeholders.