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Environmental science for a better world, where people and nature prosper 💧🌳🌍 🎙️ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast 📰 Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyurl.com/ukceh-news
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📰 Catch up with our latest news including: 🔥 Climate change amplifying UK fire risk ⛈️ New projects on early warnings of climate tipping points & storms 🎶 Musical tech meets moth activity 🧊 Antarctica fieldwork report 🪰 🐝 And get ready to count pollinators! buff.ly/H587YMp 🧪

What caused South Korea's largest ever wildfires? Dr Douglas Kelley, UKCEH: “Rising temperatures and more intense, unpredictable droughts are creating the perfect conditions for wildfires to spread. South Korea is likely to face more frequent winter droughts in the future.” @the-independent.com

⏰ One Week Left! 🦗 If you conduct #InsectResearch from the UK, please take a few minutes to fill out the RES #InsectWelfare Survey. Your feedback will be crucial in shaping future resources on ethical insect research. 🔗 buff.ly/9cgWZC2 #EthicsInScience #InsectEthics #AnimalResearch #Entomology

New free CANARI-supported training course hosted at @ukceh.bsky.social on "Data-driven approaches in hydrological science" led by @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social Find out more and apply here: canari.ac.uk/2025/03/27/n... #hydrology #climate

We're delighted to be a key partner in a new initiative to help strengthen science, technology and innovation (ST&I) in West Africa. Sankore will be delivered by @unesco.org and Results for Development. Our West Africa Office will lead development of a ST&I helpdesk 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Please sign up for our free course...students will gain practical experience in collecting, modelling, managing, analysing, storing and visualising hydrological data and more. We invite participants from across the globe to take part in this exciting opportunity. @ukceh.bsky.social

FDRI @ukceh.bsky.social has released details of our new (free!) training offering "Data Driven Approaches to Hydrological Science" to be delivered 14th-16th July with @gemmacoxon.bsky.social www.ceh.ac.uk/training/dat...

Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼 Podcast link below 🔽

🎙️ NEW! Resistance Rising: 1.14 million—the latest episode of our Counting the Earth podcast explores the science behind antimicrobial resistance (#AMR). 🦠 AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi & parasites become resistant to the medicines meant to treat them audioboom.com/posts/869424... 🧪🧵 1/

✨ Reminder! Paid six-week internships with UKCEH this summer! ⏰ Only ONE week left to apply - deadline midnight 2 April 2025! Eight internships available from 30 June to 8 August. Find out more: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/... 🧪

📢 PhD project announcement 📢 ECOSOLUTIONS DFA project with me at @ukceh.bsky.social that will develop an integrated urban exposure model for water, soils and indoor and outdoor air. 📅 Deadline: 4 April 🔗 More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 📨 Apply: ecosolutions.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

Great to see the first publication from our project on plastic degradation and fragmentation published! This is important work that systematically assesses the influence of temperature and humidity under UV exposure on plastic fragmentation. @ukceh.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm pleased to contribute to a special series marking 20 years of the @earthobservations.bsky.social. @copernicusland.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esaearth.esa.int @esa.int @josefaschbacher.esa.int @ukceh.bsky.social @earsc.bsky.social #GEO20 earthobservations.org/news/how-ear...

🎧 Listen now! The latest Naked Scientists podcast explores #AMR with experts from the Digital Health Hub for Antimicrobial Resistance, including @oxonandrew.bsky.social 🔜 More AMR insights tomorrow! Stay tuned for the next episode of our #CountingTheEarth podcast. #AntimicrobialResistance 🦠🧪

Useful summary of EP Wales #microplastics event last December. Full presentations, including my own on the RSVP tool for microplastic sample volume predictions and my colleague @ukceh.bsky.social Felicity Hayes' talk on airborne microplastics in moss across the UK! epwales.org.uk/plastic-in-t...

🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon! Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠 🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪

#Training with UKCEH: Machine learning with Python Interactive online course - develop practical skills to address complex environmental data challenges! ℹ️ 17-20 June | From £449 🚨 Sign up before 31 March for early bird discount! buff.ly/FuM5luS 🧪

🌍 Ammonia pollution harms ecosystems, air quality & human health—so accurate monitoring is essential. We've worked with Limosaero Ltd to test NH3 sensors on UAVs for air quality measurements. Last week at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, we shared findings—great discussion & interest! #innovation

Despite its vital role in carbon storage & flood protection, UK salt marsh is still being lost. "It's only now that we're recognising everything they do and how important they are." UKCEH’s Annette Burden contributes to @mongabay.bsky.social's #saltmarsh film news.mongabay.com/video/2025/0...

Nice Friday news... Paper lead by my colleague Sarah Roberts @ukceh.bsky.social just published in Environmental Science Nano. Species sensitivity distributions for silver #nanomaterials in soils for risk assessment. 🪱 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

We're hiring! Could you help us develop botanical skills across Northern Ireland & grow participation in the National Plant Monitoring Scheme? Apply by 13 April for this great new part-time (3 days pw) post bsbi.org/vacancies/tr... @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social

This time next week we will be enjoying the UK Butterfly Recorder meeting #UKBRM Lots of interesting talks and the first chance to see the official UKBMS results from 2024. Book your free space here -

The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

Egg-citing news this week from the Isle of May! 🥚 See more detail via @steelyseabirder.bsky.social isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/s... #seabirds #ornithology #SignsOfSpring

⛈️ Early warnings of floods & droughts save lives. Ahead of #WorldMeteorologicalDay on Sunday, UKCEH chief executive Dr Stuart Wainwright stresses the importance of science & partnerships for making early warnings better around the world wmo.int/site/world-m... #EarlyWarningsForAll

Web developer job at BRC / @ukceh.bsky.social "seeking a technical specialist who is enthusiastic about the work of the Biological Records Centre in capturing, visualising, and sharing large-scale and long-term biodiversity datasets to underpin research" ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

Fantastic news! Congratulations Fiona and colleagues on making the Harper prize shortlist 👏🏼 Indeed well done to all those shortlisted @journalofecology.bsky.social

Despite its vital role in carbon storage & flood protection, UK salt marsh is still being lost. "It's only now that we're recognising everything they do and how important they are." UKCEH’s Annette Burden contributes to @mongabay.bsky.social's #saltmarsh film news.mongabay.com/video/2025/0...

We're excited for the first-ever national gathering dedicated to atmospheric chemistry in the UK! Abstract submissions now open - see all the details ⬇️

Super excited about this!! Are you an atmospheric chemist? Then come along to this new conference supported by @ncas-uk.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social and @nceoscience.bsky.social

Reminder! ✨ Paid 6-week summer internships with UKCEH! ➡️ Are you a student looking for hands-on research experience? ➡️ Work on topics relevant to global environmental challenges 📅 30 June – 8 August 2025 📍Bangor, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Wallingford Deadline 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...

📣 Join keynote speaker Robin Boyd at #FutureProofingSurveys! Robin is a quantitative ecologist at @ukceh.bsky.social & will share insights on the use & misuse of non-probabilistic sampling in recreational fishing surveys 🐟 🌏Submit an abstract by 24 March to join Robin👉 bit.ly/futureproofingsurveys

Professor Giancarlo Biagini (@giancarlo1-618.bsky.social) has today attended a meeting with LSTM colleagues and UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology (@ukceh.bsky.social) to share research highlights and identify opportunities to work together to address challenges in climate and environmental health.

Created a project page on my website for my new piece Moth x Human. Blogs and things coming soon. 🦋 #mothsmatter #biodiversity #datasonification #music #climatechange www.elliewilsonmusic.co.uk/mothxhuman @ukceh.bsky.social @ocmevents.bsky.social

Radioecology #training with UKCEH - covers all aspects of radiological environmental (non-human biota) assessment A mix of live sessions & self-guided learning! NB: the live sessions are 7-9am BST to suit learners from South East Asia. 3-20 June 2025 | from £1099 Sign up:

👀 Perspectives...a new video filmed at Bolton Fell Moss with UKCEH scenario developer Dr Anita Lazurko, from the @lunz-hub.bsky.social Resonance project. Anita discusses the challenges of changing land use & bringing in perspectives from all scales. buff.ly/p30elbe 🧪

🌍 Accelerating action for nature 🌿 Next week's Nature Action Dialogues in Cambridge convenes leaders from business, finance & conservation to drive action on halting & reversing nature loss. UKCEH’s Prof Paula Harrison, co-chair of the IPBES #NexusAssessment, is among the speakers buff.ly/q5fMZnk

A great view from the office, if you have a head for heights 🫣 UKCEH's Stella Linnekogel (l) & Dr Abby Wallwork (r) @lancasteruni.bsky.social have been high above the canopy measuring greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical tree leaves & twigs in #Panama (more on our Instagram!) #FieldworkFriday 🧪

Reminder! ✨ Paid 6-week summer internships with UKCEH! ➡️ Are you a student looking for hands-on research experience? ➡️ Work on topics relevant to global environmental challenges 📅 30 June – 8 August 2025 📍Bangor, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Wallingford Deadline 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...

💧The latest UK Hydrological Outlook is now available, providing an assessment of likely river flows and groundwater levels for March and the March–May period. 🔎 More details: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook #WaterResources #hydrology 🧪 🌊

Pleased to welcome @britsciassoc.bsky.social to our Wallingford site during #BSW25 We discussed potential collaborations and our public engagement work, including honey monitoring, outreach with flood & droughts science, air quality science in Kenya, and water quality #CitizenScience