Hillesden is large farm estate in Buckinghamshire. It’s in many ways typical of lowland farmland in South-Central England and of the agricultural practices involved in running a modern, profitable ...

While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soybeans and oranges are widely grown across the UK, ...

The results from one of the longest ever woodland vegetation surveys are now available. The unprecedented 50-year dataset gives unparalleled insight into the major drivers of change in Britain’s ...

Hydrological extremes: Providing data, models and insights to increase our resilience to floods and droughts. Land use and net zero: Measuring how changes in land use impact greenhouse gas emissions, ...

The Yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, also known as the Asian hornet, is a highly effective predator of insects including honeybees and other pollinators. Originating from Asia, it was ...

The Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and the earlier Flood Studies Report (FSR) are a set of methods and associated data to enable recognised standard national methods for rainfall and flood estimation ...

The City Explorer Toolkit is an interactive web-based tool, which helps planners to understand where best to create urban green spaces such as parks and blue spaces such as ponds, to ensure that ...

Ambitious targets were set by the Environment Act 2021 of halting the decline in species populations by 2030 and to increase populations by at least 10% on 2030 levels by 2042. This made England the ...

Trials have shown that adding relatively small amounts of biochar to soil can significantly increase the amount of nutrients essential for crop growth, boosting crop yield. The charcoal-like substance ...

Major pollutants affecting the Lake District’s iconic waters are continuing to decline across the region, but a combination of factors continue to impact the health of lake ecosystems, say scientists.

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 ...

The Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and its related software offer guidance on rainfall and river flood frequency estimation and development site runoff rates across the UK. Volume 1 contains an ...