http://www.ceh.ac.uk RSS Feed http://www.ceh.ac.uk http://www.ceh.ac.uk/images/logos/CEHlogo200rss.gif 144 32 The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has been listed in the top 15 British institutions in the environment and ecology field, ranked according to the impact of science papers in the last ten years. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_22.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT Every six years the British Hydrological Society hosts a major international symposium, bringing together hydrologists from the UK and overseas for a week-long conference to discuss relevant issues and challenges facing hydrology and related disciplines. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_21.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:30:00 GMT A notably dry June has added significantly to accumulated rainfall deficiencies across much of the UK. Provisionally, the country has registered its second lowest January to June rainfall in a series from 1914 with particularly exceptional deficiencies characterising much of northern England and western Scotland. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_20.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:30:00 GMT Scientists investigating the spread of the invasive harlequin ladybird are asking the public to help record examples of native parasites attacking the alien species. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_19.html Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:30:00 GMT Nine projects worth a total of up to #10M from the Insect Pollinators Initiative were announced today (22 June 2010). These projects will explore the causes and consequences of threats to insect pollinators and ask questions about the decline of honeybees and other pollinating insects over recent years. Dr Claire Carvell from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is leading the Insect Pollinators Initiative project, Investigating the impact of habitat structure on queen and worker bumblebees in the field. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_18.html Tues, 22 Jun 2010 07:30:00 GMT A round up of short news items from across the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/June2010-NewsinBrief.html Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:30:00 GMT For the UK as a whole, the provisional January-May rainfall total was the lowest since 1964. The dry weather is reflected in reservoir stocks, currently standing at the lowest overall early June stocks since 1991, and river flows, where flow recessions through the late spring have been exceptionally steep. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_17.html Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT Newly published data from the UK, France, Italy and Nigeria provides evidence that a number of snake species populations declined synchronously over a four year period. The research is published in the journal Biology Letters. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_16.html Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT 2010 has been declared International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations, and May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity. CEH carries out a wide range of biodiversity research and monitors changes in biodiversity both in the UK and elsewhere. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_15.html Fri, 21 May 2010 17:00:00 GMT Scientists and conservationists are meeting in Cumbria today to celebrate 65 years of scientific research on one of the jewels of the English Lake District, Windermere. More than one million scientific observations have been made since 1945 with lessons from research at Windermere used across the world. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_14.html Thu, 20 May 2010 10:00:00 GMT Later this month the BBC Breathing Places campaign launches its 'Spot some ladybirds' activity as part of its summer of action in the International Year of Biodiversity, encouraging schoolchildren across the UK to record the UK ladybird population. Results will be provided to the UK Ladybird Survey. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_13.html Tue, 18 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT As volcanic ash fallout is predicted to reach ground level following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have responded rapidly to increase sampling rates of air quality, soils and vegetation at its long-term monitoring sites across the UK. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_12.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:00:00 GMT Ecologists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and other research institutions are gathering at Wytham Woods to celebrate its 60th anniversary as a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Wytham is one of the most intensively monitored ecological survey sites in the world and the celebration will include the launch of a new book called Wytham Woods: Oxford's Ecological Laboratory. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_11.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:30:00 GMT Australian deserts are diversity-hotspots for lizards, according to research by Gary Powney and colleagues. Powney, who is a PhD student based jointly at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Imperial College London, mapped the species richness of Australian lizards, concluding that it was strikingly different from the richness patterns of mammals, amphibians and birds in the country. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_10.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT Phosphorus pollution from sewage, rather than in agricultural fertilisers, is the main culprit for polluting English rivers, according to long-term research recently published in three papers in Science of the Total Environment. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_09.html Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT The new Recording Invasive Species Counts (RISC), project will encourage members of the public to record sightings of six invasive non-native plants and animals within the UK. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_08.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT Five of Britain's rarest butterflies face a growing risk of extinction, according to analysis of new figures for butterfly sightings in 2009. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_06.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT CEH scientists are playing a key role in producing the UK's first National Ecosystem Assessment, providing new information on the changing natural environment in terms of ecosystems and the range of services these provide to people. The full report is due in early 2011 but an interim progress report has just been published. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_05.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a study published today in the scientific journal Global Biology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/2010_news_item_04.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 9:00:00 GMT Rugged, hilly landscapes with a range of different habitat types can help maintain more stable butterfly populations and thus aid their conservation, according to new findings published in the journal Ecology Letters. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_03.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 9:00:00 GMT Information on the state of Britain's ponds, headwater streams and soils is presented in three new reports published by the Countryside Survey partnership. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_02.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT A recent increase in winter mortality in Atlantic puffins could be due to worsening conditions within the North Sea, according to new findings published in the scientific journal Marine Biology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2010_news_item_01.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:00:00 GMT Over the last twelve months Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) scientists have worked on a large number of research projects progressing towards the challenges outlined in the current science strategy "Integrated Science for Our Changing World". Throughout 2009 many projects and publications have generated significant interest from the public. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_52.html Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:00:00 GMT The latest Monthly Hydrological Summary for the UK, for November 2009, was published last week. The Monthly Hydrological Summaries are published as part of the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme, operated jointly by the Centre for Ecology &Hydrology and the British Geological Survey. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_51.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT CEH science activities cover many of the issues under discussion at the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Richard Harding of CEH has addressed an event at the conference, while Chris Huntingford has written about climate modelling on the Times Online website. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_50.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT An international group of scientists say there is an immediate need for a global assessment of the nitrogen cycle and its impact on climate. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_49.html Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:00:00 GMT Truly exceptional weather conditions have been experienced across some areas of the UK during the last week leading to severe flooding in Cumbria and other parts of England, Wales and Scotland. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_47.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT The earth's natural biodiversity is under threat from too much nitrogen, a conference in Edinburgh attended by more than 100 international scientists has concluded. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_46.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT Scientists have produced the strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural carbon sinks to aborb carbon. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_45.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT A new understanding about nanoparticle behaviour in sewage treatment plants could improve the environmental management of nanoparticle wastes from consumer products in everyday use. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_44.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT The first major review of trends in terrestrial ecology at 12 key sites within the UK Environmental Change Network has shown that soils, vegetation and animal communities all responded to environmental change over the study period. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_43.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has joined the Willis Research Network, which focuses on evaluating the frequency, severity and impact of major catastrophes such as flooding. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_42.html Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is among the 18 organisations signing a major agreement that will see the sharing of valuable data concerning seabirds around Britain and Ireland's seas. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_41.html Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT The iconic Environment Centre Wales building in Bangor is rapidly building an international reputation as an exemplar building of sustainable design and construction, and is one of only three buildings worldwide to have received a commendation for its sustainable credentials. The commendation was made under the Sustainability Awards in the international final of the prestigious Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Awards. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_40.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT As ladybirds crawl into our homes for the winter, scientists have called for more photos to be sent in to the UK Ladybird Survey to help track the harlequin ladybird invasion. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT The results of the biggest and most comprehensive survey of England's countryside and its natural resources are unveiled in a new report published today by the Countryside Survey partnership. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_38.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT Butterflies basking in the relatively warm South of Britain are likely to be more liberal in their choice of where to live than their cousins in the cooler and wetter North, according to new findings published in the journal Ecology Letters. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_37.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT A major upgrade to the industry standard UK flood estimation software has been launched. WINFAP-FEH version 3 incorporates recent scientific advances to the Flood Estimation Handbook statistical methods and offers improved functionality and ease of use. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_36.html Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT Scientists from CEH are among those tapping into nature's medicine chest to develop a new drug from tick saliva that controls blood flow and prevents clotting. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_35.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:00:00 GMT Ecological restoration in areas of environmental degradation can help reverse global biodiversity losses, according to new findings published in Science. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_34.html Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT CEH scientists Dr Nick Reynard and Dr Gina Mills can be heard discussing aspects of their work in two new podcasts available now through the Planet Earth Online website and on iTunes. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_33.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT Research published today shows that 21st century British woodlands are less distinctive than those of the early 20th century. Native woodland plants have re-organised in response to environmental changes such as increased soil fertility and canopy shading. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_32.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT The results of the most comprehensive survey of the Welsh countryside and its natural resources have been revealed in a new report from the Countryside Survey partnership. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_31.html Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT From today ladybird recorders will be able to send in records via their mobile phones as part of a new partnership between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Woolworths.co.uk. It will be the first mobile portal in Britain for biological recording, enabling records to be sent in straight from the field or garden. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_30.html Fri, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT The rapid spread of some species of grasshoppers and crickets through Britain is proving a valuable indicator of climate change, research from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is showing. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_29.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT Scientists presenting at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London have warned that the invasive harlequin ladybird is likely to threaten more than 1000 of Britain's native species. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_28.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT The results of the biggest and most comprehensive survey of Scotland's countryside and its natural resources have been unveiled in a new report from the Countryside Survey partnership. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_27.html Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT Two new reports examining climate change adaptation and policy-making across Europe have been launched at an event in Brussels. The reports are published by the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER), of which CEH is a member. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_26.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Large Blue butterfly's reintroduction to Britain, ecologists are for the first time publishing the details of the decades of research that has helped them to rescue this rare butterfly from the brink of extinction. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_25.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT Scientists and conservationists are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain at a special event in Somerset. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_24.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Dr Claire Carvell has addressed the Women's Institute AGM in London to urge them to help protect all pollinators, not just the honey bee. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_23.html Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT The Environment Centre Wales building in Bangor has won the 2009 Sustainability Award from RICS Wales. It will now represent Wales in the international finals of the prestigious awards in October. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_22.html Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT CEH will be exhibiting its extensive work on the invasive harlequin ladybird at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in June. The announcement coincides with the 2009 International Day of Biological Diversity, whose theme this year is alien invader species. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_21.html Fri, 22 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT The UK Energy Research Centre has released a major new report addressing two of the Government's energy policy goals, delivering reliable energy to consumers while meeting its legal commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_19.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT Two studies published in Nature on 30 April show that the risk of dangerous climate change is primarily determined by the accumulation of carbon dioxide emissions over time, not by short-term emission rates. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_18.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT Leaders from the public, private and non-governmental organisation sectors are coming together in London with prominent academics to highlight a new approach to managing the environment aimed at sustaining a growing global population under a changing climate. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_17.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:00:00 GMT Plants absorbed carbon dioxide more efficiently under the polluted skies of recent decades than they would have done in a cleaner atmosphere, according to new findings published in Nature. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_16.html Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:00:00 GMT Up to 10 million pounds is to be invested to help to identify the main threats to bees and other insect pollinators, under a major project announced today. Pollinators, including honey and bumble bees, butterflies and moths, play an essential role in putting food on our tables through the pollination of many vital crops. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_15.html Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT Butterfly numbers have fallen to a new low, according to data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, operated by Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_14.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT Dr Richard Harding from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is speaking at the European Water Conference 2009 being held in Brussels. Proceedings from the conference are being broadcast live on the web. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_13.html Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT Specific measures to tackle climate change, such as emissions trading, will only be successful if they are coherently supported by other government policies addressing economic and social issues, says a report published today by the Partnership for European Environmental Research. PEER membership is formed from seven of the biggest European environmental research institutes with the UK represented by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_12.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT Scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have attended the Copenhagen Climate Congress, presenting on a variety of subjects including climate modelling, bioenergy and ozone. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_10.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT Global warming is going to be difficult to reverse, even if emissions stop abruptly, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_08.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT The launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite has failed after the Taurus XL rocket meant to deliver it into orbit did not jettison its casing at the planned time. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_07.html Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT A team of UK researchers has shown that butterfly survival in a changing climate can be greatly assisted if they are transported to climatically-suitable areas. This type of assisted colonisation could play a vital role in helping other species survive in a warming world. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_09.html Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT Parts of the Amazon rainforest may face less serious droughts this century than previously feared, according to new research. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_05.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT In January 2009 the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology was awarded the Investors in People standard. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_04.html Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT Queen ants make distinctive sounds inside ant colonies according to new findings published today in the leading journal Science. The study also describes how, by mimicking queen ant sounds, pupae and caterpillars of the endangered Rebel's Large Blue butterfly trick worker ants into cleaning and feeding them in preference to their own offspring. The research was carried out by an international team from the University of Turin (Italy), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK), and the University of Oxford (UK). http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_03.html Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the first time how a group of testosterone-blocking chemicals is finding its way into UK rivers, affecting wildlife and potentially humans http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_02.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT The NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre (NEBC), based at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, has released the latest version of NEBC Bio-Linux, a specialised computing system designed for the environmental genomics research community. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_01.html Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT CEH has published its Delivery Plan, which outlines how we will address the scientific challenges and organisational goals set out in Integrated Science for Our Changing World, our Science Strategy 2008 to 2013. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_42.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT New results from 40 years of intensive scientific research show that Loch Leven in Scotland is on the road to recovery after decades of water quality problems. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_41.html Thurs, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT The UK results of Countryside Survey 2007, the biggest ever survey of Britain's countryside and its natural resources, have been published. The results identify how the main features of the countryside are changing. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_40.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT The UK results of Countryside Survey 2007 will be published on 18th November. The results will be used to support a range of objectives, from monitoring climate change and Government policy, to improving scientific understanding of the countryside. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_39.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT CEH is seeking feedback on its Delivery Plan, which outlines how we will address the scientific challenges and organisational goals set out in Integrated Science for Our Changing World, our Science Strategy 2008 to 2013. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_38.html Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT All this week BBC News is taking a closer look at some of the alien invaders in the UK. Biological invasions by non-native or 'alien' species are one of the greatest threats to the ecological and economic well-being of the planet. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_37.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT It is often suggested that dispersal of seeds by humans is responsible for the spread of plants around the world, and may lead to non-native species invasions. Until now this has remained conjecture, because the human-mediated dispersal mechanism has never been quantified. A new study, published earlier this month in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, provides the first quantitative evidence that humans may be more important than natural agents, such as wind power, for the dispersal of plants across the landscape. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_36.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT Today, 13 October 2008, is exactly 100 years after Fritz Haber filed his patent on the synthesis of ammonia from its elements which led directly to the Haber Bosch process for the synthesis of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen. As a result of the Haber Bosch process, billions of people have been fed, millions have died in armed conflict and a cascade of environmental changes has been set in motion. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_35.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society the UK national academy of science published this week. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_34.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT Increasing temperatures, changing precipitation, rising sea level, more intense and frequent extreme weather events and melting glaciers, ice sheets and Arctic sea ice are some of the challenges for Europe already triggered by global climate change, says a report released this week by the European Environment Agency, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_33.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT Could drugs used routinely in chemotherapy treatments find their way into the UK's streams and rivers? Dr Andrew Johnson investigates. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_32.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Critical research findings that will help plan future flood risk in the Thames Estuary are revealed today as part of the Environment Agency's Thames Estuary 2100 Project - a project that considers an adaptive approach for planning for future flood risk in the Estuary. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_31.html Tues, 23 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Grasshoppers, along with bush crickets, are to become part of a new monitoring system to track climate changes. In November a web-based scheme will be launched to allow the public to record sightings of all 27 native species of grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) in Britain. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_30.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT One of Britain's best-known species of seabird is increasingly attacking and killing unattended chicks from neighbouring nests due to food shortages. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_29.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT The latest Monthly Hydrological Summary for the UK, for August 2008, is published today. The Monthly Hydrological Summaries are published as part of the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme, operated jointly by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the British Geological Survey. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_28.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Dr Richard Harding from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology was a keynote speaker at the European Water Research Day event in Zaragoza, Spain on 8 September 2008. Proceedings on the day were broadcast live on the web. The European Water Research Day was organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Research as part of Expo Zaragoza 2008- the 'Biggest Water Festival on Earth!'. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_27.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Scientists have discovered that, as well as being larger, hungrier and more aggressive than most British native ladybirds, the invasive alien harlequin ladybird is also more resistant to fungal disease and a parasitic wasp, two common natural enemies of native ladybirds. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_26.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Over the next five years Wytham Woods near Oxford will become the European hub of an ambitious global research programme into the impacts of climate change on forests. Earthwatch, an Oxford-based environmental charity, has announced the opening of its Europe Regional Climate Centre as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_25.html Tue, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT A new study has found that parasites contribute to reduced breeding success of seabird populations in the North Sea because they reduce the ability of mothers to rear their sons. The experimental research, which will be published online by the journal Science this week, was carried out on European shags breeding on the Isle of May, off the east coast of Scotland. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_24.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT International communities of life scientists merge efforts to create an initiative for harmonising minimal information standards in biology. More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the Minimum Information about a Biomedical or Biological Investigation (MIBBI) initiative. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_23.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has won the award for best educational stand at the Royal Welsh Show, which is being held in Builth Wells from 21 to 24 July 2008. The Show is one of the largest agricultural events in Europe, attracting over 200,000 visitors. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_22.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Dr Mark Sutton from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has spent his research career investigating the complex role of nitrogen, sometimes called the 'NitroNet' challenge, in the environment. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_21.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Professor Rosemary Hails MBE addressed 250 MPs and Scientists at yesterday's Parliamentary Links Day. This year the theme was: Science in an uncertain world: food, water, energy and climate change. Professor Hails' was invited to talk about the importance of Sustainable agriculture in the 21st Century. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_20.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT CEH is delighted to announce that Brian Butler, our Director Resource and Operations was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2008 for his support to environmental science. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_19.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT CEH's Headquarters site in Wallingford, Oxfordshire will see major infrastructure developments over the next two years with a number of new buildings and facilities being constructed. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_18.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Leading representatives from across the public sector are meeting today, 13 June 2008, to discuss how the Atlantis Initiative is helping Britain combat flood risk in the 21st century. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_17.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Atlantic Puffin numbers on the Isle of May off Scotland's east coast have declined by 30 percentage points during the last five years after a period of almost 40 years of rapid population increase http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_16.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Earthworms are proving to be great detectives when it comes to identifying what pollutants are present in our soils. They are helping scientists to build up a detailed picture of how toxic chemicals and metals in soils interact with living organisms, by demonstrating the effects these toxins have on their genes. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_15.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Leading scientists from the U.K., Norway, France and North America are meeting this week to discuss recent findings on the fish populations of Windermere and to plot a route for further international collaboration. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_14.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a small but growing circle of environmental scientists. Two new papers by leading environmental scientists highlight the problem in the May 16 issue of the leading journal Science. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_13.html Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT A new atlas is published this week mapping the distribution of the 60 species of flea found in Britain and Ireland. The atlas is the result of over 50 years of work by former World War Two fighter pilot and science teacher, Bob George from Bournemouth. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_12.html Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC), an international initiative led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and including representatives from a range of major sequencing and bioinformatics centres, has created a new guideline for describing genomes and metagenomes. The guideline, 'Minimum Information about a Genome Sequence' (MIGS), is published in the May issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_11.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_10.html Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT CEH, part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), launched its Science Strategy for 2008-2013, Integrated Science for Our Changing World, on 30 April 2008. The launch event was held at the Royal Society in London, the UK's national science academy, with many stakeholders in attendance. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_09.html Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Britain's butterflies need good weather in the coming months to recover from last year's dreadful summer, the wettest since records began. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_06.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Four Centre for Ecology & Hydrology scientists are currently working in the Malaysian Rainforest of Borneo contributing to a major NERC funded air chemistry study. The project (OP3-Danum-2008) is aimed at quantifying the emissions of trace gases from the forest, and studying their contribution to the formation of oxidants and secondary particulate matter in a nearly undisturbed South-East Asian tropical environment. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_07.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT On the 1st of April 2008 the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) takes over the chairmanship of the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER). With seven partners across Europe, including the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, a total staff number of 4700 and an overall annual budget of £230M, the PEER partnership represent the most powerful European network in the environmental sciences. CEH will chair PEER for a two year period. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_08.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT A new scientific study of the wet summer of 2007 confirms that the floods were a very singular event and does not support the idea that the exceptional river flooding was linked to climate change. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_05.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT A new £7 million centre of excellence for environmental science was officially opened in Bangor today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 'Environment Centre Wales' brings together the scientific expertise of NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Bangor University. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_03.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT The Harlequin Ladybird has gone from a biological control agent to potentially the 'most invasive ladybird on earth', scientists from across Europe announced today through the publication of a special issue of the journal BioControl. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_03.html Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Microbial Solutions Ltd, a newly formed spin-out company from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, announced this week that it has raised £1.2 million to commercialise its innovative wastewater treatment technology, which uses a collection of non-pathogenic bacteria to cleanse toxic metal working fluids from the engineering industry. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2008_news_item_01.html Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT The latest edition of the annual Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Science Review was published earlier this month. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#ScienceReview Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT CEH is seeking feedback on its science strategy for the five-year period 2008-2013, `Integrated Science for Our Changing World', which it is planning to launch in Spring 2008. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/consultation/index.html Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT The biggest and most comprehensive survey of the natural resources of the British countryside begins this week. The Countryside Survey will be carried out by a team of over sixty specially trained scientists working for the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#cs2007 Fri, 18 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT A level student Georgia Connolly of St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, has won a prestigious science competition after spending last summer working on a Nuffield bursary project on chemical extraction at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology's research site at Winfrith in Dorset. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#ALevel Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:00:00 GMT The most ambitous scientific effort for 50 years kicks off this week. The UK launch of International Polar Year takes place on Monday 26 February 2007, at the Royal Society, London in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#polarYear Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:00:00 GMT Mike Harris (Emeritus Fellow at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Banchory and Honorary Professor at Glasgow University) received the Pacific Seabird Group's (PSG) Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#seabirdWork Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00:00 GMT Last week the Centre for Ecology and Hydrologys aquatic plant management group ran the 38th annual Robson Meeting http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#envManager Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00:00 GMT New research published this month links increased migration of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) to the UK during the last two decades to a pattern of rising temperatures in South West Europe. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/index.html#migrantButterfly Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:00:00 GMT This years Science Review is now available for download http://www.ceh.ac.uk/products/publications/ar0506.html Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:00:00 GMT The First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan, paid a short visit to the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) site at Bangor, North Wales on Thursday 23rd November. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#welshMinister Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT On Sunday, the 26th November, the Channel 4 series 'Wild Thing I Love You' featured the work of Dr Rene van der Wal and colleagues from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research sites at Banchory and Edinburgh. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#puffin Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:30:00 GMT One of the world's most invasive insects is arriving in the UK in record numbers. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#alien_ladybirds Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:00:00 GMT On Tuesday 31 October 2006 10 staff from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) went to London for the premiere of Ali Hobbs's documentary The Long Walk. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#africa_water Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:30:00 GMT Tamiflu, an antiviral flu drug, is recommended worldwide for the prevention and treatment of pandemic influenza infection. New research by a team of scientists based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) sites in Oxford and Wallingford, UK concludes that extensive usage by the human population could cause a serious environmental challenge as well as encourage a new strain of avian flu to develop. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#environmental_challenge Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:15:00 GMT Professor Steve Jones, Geneticist, Author and Broadcaster. was the guest speaker at the eighth Winfrith Public Lecture held at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology's research site in Dorset on Thursday 16th March http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/oct_dec06.html#evolution Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT The Large Blue butterfly became extinct in Britain in 1979. But thanks to a partnership of conservation organisations, an incredible 10,000 flew on 11 sites this summer. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#large_blue Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:00:00 GMT Chris Huhne, Member of Parliament for Eastleigh and Shadow Environment Food and Rural Affairs Secretary for the Liberal Democrats, visited our Dorset site on Tuesday 12th September. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#huhne_dorset Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:45:00 GMT Dr Pete Carey from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research site at Monks Wood will be talking about biodiversity at this weeks BA Festival of Science in Norwich. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#bio_what Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:30:00 GMT Conclusive proof that Spring is arriving earlier across Europe than it did 30 years ago is published today in the journal Global Change Biology. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#early_spring.html Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:00:00 GMT Staff from CEH Bangor presented a stand showcasing CEH research on climate change at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show at the end of July. The CEH stand was a great success, winning gold prize for 'Best Exhibit of Educational and Instructional Value'. The Show is not only the place to connect with key scientists, policy makers and funders in Wales but it's also a fantastic opportunity to talk to the public in an informal way and tell them about the work we are doing at CEH. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#welsh_show Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:00:00 GMT Our Dorset scientists have been out and about this summer speaking with the public and showcasing current work. Staff attended two country festivals, the first located next to a castle and second on a pier on the coast. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#seafest Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT An unexplained population explosion of snake pipefish is occurring in the seas around northern Britain. But the abundance of these fish will not prevent large numbers of puffins, terns and kittiwakes from starving to death. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/july_sept06.html#pipefish Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:00:00 GMT