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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 18h

At the Countdown to #COP30 event, our International Relations Manager María Estelí Jarquín spoke to HRH The Prince of Wales.

María highlighted pollinator monitoring with our automated system, and wildfire research helping volunteers in Brazil access loss and damage funds.

📸 Kensington Palace

HRH The Prince of Wales and UKCEH's María Jarquín at the Natural History Museum with Hope, the blue whale skeleton in the background

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 1d

A total of 160 authors from 23 countries and 87 institutions contributed to the Global Tipping Points report which was led by @exeter.ac.uk and @wwf.org.uk

@gsiexeter.bsky.social, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
@wwfbrasil.bsky.social

2/2 #GTPR2025

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 1d

Ahead of #COP30, a new report outlines:

⚠️ Rapidly approaching Earth system #TippingPoints

💡 Priority interventions via #PositiveTippingPoints

Chapter co-authors include UKCEH's Bryan Spears (2.2) and Chris Huntingford (2.3)

Read the report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...

🧪#GTPR2025

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

global-tipping-points.org

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 1d

UKCEH scientists will be attending #COP30 and pre-COP30 events - more details soon!

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #Biodiversity

Four people stand for a group portrait under a blue whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 1d

We attended Countdown to #COP30, hosted by the Natural History Museum & UK Government and joined by His Majesty The King and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Great to share our wildfires & biodiversity science with The Prince of Wales, the Environment Secretary, and Brazil's UK Ambassador.

People gathered in Natural History Museum looking towards lectern and a large presentation screen over a stairway

Emma Reynolds, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (in red) at the UKCEH stand

View down towards the UKCEH stand at the Natural History Museum

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent talk from @europebutterfly.bsky.social Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja showing how @ukbms.bsky.social data are being used at a continental scale - including how it’s influenced other countries’ schemes! #ButterflyMonitoringAt50

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 3d

‪Keynote speech from @UK_CEH Prof David Roy discussing 50 years of butterfly data‬

‪David’s talk included a video from Ernie Pollard of the Monks Wood Experimental Station who helped design and pilot the methodology in 1976!‬

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 4d

Coming soon on Counting the Earth...

🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service.

🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider!

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Scottish Freshwater Group (SFG) @scottishfreshwater.bsky.social · 4d

Have you booked your ticket yet? The next Scottish Freshwater Group meet is on Thursday 30 October, just a few weeks away! The focus is Nature-based solutions for Freshwater Restoration. We have a fantastic line up of presentations and focused discussion along with an open space for posters! 👇🏼

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 4d

You can also visualise the model outputs for river flows on our UK Hydrological Outlooks portal: ukho.ceh.ac.uk

#WaterResources #rivers

UK Hydrological Outlooks Portal

Hydrological outlooks portal from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

ukho.ceh.ac.uk

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The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 5d

Seen the programme for our #NPMS10 anniversary online event? Join for all or part of the day. Talks by
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

💧 Latest UK Hydrological Outlook!

River flows & groundwater levels in eastern Scotland and central and southern England likely to be normal to below normal in October and Oct-Dec.

River flows & groundwater levels elsewhere likely normal to above normal

Details: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook 🧪

Map of UK with shaded areas showing principal aquifers and text related to the October 2025 Hydrological Outlook: River flows and groundwater levels in eastern Scotland and central and southern England likely to be normal to below normal over October and Oct-Dec. River flows and groundwater levels elsewhere likely to be normal to above normal over October and Oct-Dec

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

We highly recommend this upcoming talk at @linneansociety.bsky.social for compelling, evidence-based perspectives on the decline of woodland birds from Dr Richard Broughton 🌳⬇️

The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 11d

Why are Britain’s woods falling silent?

Marsh & Willow Tits have declined by up to 96%.

Join @richardkbroughton.bsky.social at 6pm, Oct 23 at the Society to uncover what’s driving these losses - and what they reveal about our vanishing forests.

Book now: buff.ly/IuNlpoH

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, emissions are a key measurement from the rewetted peat project so we'll have information on this in time. Globally rice paddy soils are a major source of methane emissions, though there are ways to reduce them.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

💬 Join a Community Conversation on the Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC)

🗓️ 28 Oct 2025 | 10:30–12:00 GMT

This online session will showcase EIDC tools and services and explore how we can improve users' experience of finding, accessing and depositing data.

🔗 eidc.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Four people pictured around a laptop talking and laughing; plus the text

Environmental Information Data Centre
Community Conversation
28 October 2025
10:30-12:00 GMT

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 6d

📺 Our rice growing trials on rewetted peat in the Cambridgeshire Fens were featured on ITV Anglia news.

Watch again here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/u... 🧪

#ClimateChange #FoodSecurity

Screengrab of ITV News interview with Nadine Mitschunas from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Nadine is standing among our rice trials on rewetted peatland

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 6d

Hi, the Harlequin ladybird is now well established and is here to stay, so any efforts would have minimal effect at this stage.

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The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 9d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4 Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 7d

Ladybird expert Prof Helen Roy: "If they have entered your home in large numbers, please don't harm them. Either leave the insects where they are or, if they are in the way, gather them gently into a box and put them in an outbuilding."

🐞 Report ladybird sightings
irecord.org.uk/enter-ladybi...

Enter ladybird records | iRecord

irecord.org.uk

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 7d

Have you seen lots of ladybirds flying around? Maybe some have come into your house?

At this time of year, ladybirds are moving around looking for a good place to spend the winter. On warmer, sunny days, large numbers may be seen flying in search of a suitable habitat 🐞

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 8d

We're looking forward to the online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 Oct.
BSBI is proud to be one of the @npms.bsky.social partner organisations.
We'll be joining partners @jncc.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social & @plantlifeuk.bsky.social on a panel discussion about project outcomes & volunteer support.

The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 11d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/63HH50X49uF Hear panellists from @npms.bsky.social partner organisations @bsbibotany.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social & @plantlifeuk.bsky.social talk about project outcomes & volunteer support.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 8d

📢 We're hiring! Are you ready to make a national impact?

Join us as Senior Project Manager on the UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure – a major initiative transforming how we monitor and respond to extreme hydrological events across the UK.

🔗🧪 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 10d

It includes species details and a step-by-step guide to carrying out surveys using 5 tree trunks and branches. By recording the presence or absence of lichens, users can estimate how polluted their local area is.

Download via App Store: buff.ly/taCctZ3

Download via Google Play: buff.ly/e4q10Mj

LicheN - Apps on Google Play

Assess nitrogen pollution in your area

play.google.com

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 10d

Many lichen species are sensitive to nitrogen pollution, making them natural indicators of air quality.

📱LicheN is a new app enabling people to help monitor air quality using lichens. Data gathered will improve understanding of N pollution and its impacts on ecosystems.

buff.ly/AmWAOQB

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Side by side photos of a person looking at a picture of lichen on an app and comparing it to lichen on a tree trunk

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 11d

Community-led sessions will feature case studies, panels and interactive formats. An independent panel is reviewing exciting submissions from organisations across the UK’s environmental landscape!

#NEMC2025 is organised by @britishecologicalsociety.org, UKCEH and @ukeof.bsky.social

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Two people kneel down monitoring and recording species on grassland

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