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Our Planet. Decoded.
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Introducing UKCEH. Our Planet. Decoded.
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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.
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#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
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.
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#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
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Come and work with members of the @pomscheme.bsky.social team on this exciting NEW PhD opportunity! Full details below ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_46 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Come and work with members of the @pomscheme.bsky.social team on this exciting NEW PhD opportunity! Full details below ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
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PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_46 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Our own Bridget Emmett and Maud van Soest are among the speakers at this workshop exploring critical #soil issues.
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Our own Bridget Emmett and Maud van Soest are among the speakers at this workshop exploring critical #soil issues.
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
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@ukceh.bsky.social provides expertise of pesticide impacts on species in #agroecosystems, including traits related to sensitivity, impact of management regimes, and new approaches into #EnvironmentalRiskAssessment.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
@ukceh.bsky.social provides expertise of pesticide impacts on species in #agroecosystems, including traits related to sensitivity, impact of management regimes, and new approaches into #EnvironmentalRiskAssessment.
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Next week at the British Society of Soil Science annual conference Dr Christopher Quince - Group Leader at Earlham Institute and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social - will be sharing his latest work with @ukceh.bsky.social on @ukceh.bsky.social on #soilhealth and the #soil #microbiome.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Next week at the British Society of Soil Science annual conference Dr Christopher Quince - Group Leader at Earlham Institute and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social - will be sharing his latest work with @ukceh.bsky.social on @ukceh.bsky.social on #soilhealth and the #soil #microbiome.
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It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
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🚨 PhD opportunities! This World AMR Awareness Week is the perfect time to explore new research projects with our #AMR researchers Isobel Stanton, Holly Tipper, Andrew Singer & Daniel Read, plus UKCEH,...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
💧 📢Calling all river flow modellers heading to #EGU26
The UK Hydro-MIP team are inviting submissions for their session on Learning from model differences: model intercomparison, benchmarking and multi-model approaches in hydrology (HS2.2.8)
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The UK Hydro-MIP team are inviting submissions for their session on Learning from model differences: model intercomparison, benchmarking and multi-model approaches in hydrology (HS2.2.8)
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November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
💧 📢Calling all river flow modellers heading to #EGU26
The UK Hydro-MIP team are inviting submissions for their session on Learning from model differences: model intercomparison, benchmarking and multi-model approaches in hydrology (HS2.2.8)
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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The UK Hydro-MIP team are inviting submissions for their session on Learning from model differences: model intercomparison, benchmarking and multi-model approaches in hydrology (HS2.2.8)
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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We had a great meeting today with our wonderful, dedicated terrestrial site managers 👏. We shared updates from our ECN long-term #environmental research and #monitoring sites. It was an opportunity to share successes and challenges and to keep our network going. #research #data #LTER
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We had a great meeting today with our wonderful, dedicated terrestrial site managers 👏. We shared updates from our ECN long-term #environmental research and #monitoring sites. It was an opportunity to share successes and challenges and to keep our network going. #research #data #LTER
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📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Temporal Increases in Mercury Concentrations are Associated with Increased Risk of Death by Infectious Disease in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena)
Trace elements, particularly heavy metals like mercury, pose significant risks to marine ecosystems due to their toxic and bioaccumulative properties. Concentrations in some marine species show concer...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
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We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
#WAAW
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
#WAAW
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Fieldwork Friday!
Another positive few days in the field working on some of our Flux Towers out on the salt marsh for @ukceh.bsky.social
Definitely a change in habitat from peat bogs to salt marsh! One of the big positives of the job that I get to see all these fantastic habitats
Another positive few days in the field working on some of our Flux Towers out on the salt marsh for @ukceh.bsky.social
Definitely a change in habitat from peat bogs to salt marsh! One of the big positives of the job that I get to see all these fantastic habitats
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fieldwork Friday!
Another positive few days in the field working on some of our Flux Towers out on the salt marsh for @ukceh.bsky.social
Definitely a change in habitat from peat bogs to salt marsh! One of the big positives of the job that I get to see all these fantastic habitats
Another positive few days in the field working on some of our Flux Towers out on the salt marsh for @ukceh.bsky.social
Definitely a change in habitat from peat bogs to salt marsh! One of the big positives of the job that I get to see all these fantastic habitats
Drug-resistant microorganisms along with antimicrobials enter the environment from polluting sources like wastewater & agricultural runoff.
We study antimicrobial resistance in the environment to learn which sources matter most, and potential risks to human health
#FridayFieldwork #WAAW #AMR 🧪🦠
We study antimicrobial resistance in the environment to learn which sources matter most, and potential risks to human health
#FridayFieldwork #WAAW #AMR 🧪🦠
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Drug-resistant microorganisms along with antimicrobials enter the environment from polluting sources like wastewater & agricultural runoff.
We study antimicrobial resistance in the environment to learn which sources matter most, and potential risks to human health
#FridayFieldwork #WAAW #AMR 🧪🦠
We study antimicrobial resistance in the environment to learn which sources matter most, and potential risks to human health
#FridayFieldwork #WAAW #AMR 🧪🦠
Plastic litter and microplastics are concentrated in coastal zones and may well rapidly accumulate in restored saltmarshes.
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
Here @ukceh.bsky.social, we are inviting PhD applicants for the new ECOWILD CDT Project findaphd.com/phds/project...
Take a look if you are interested in #wetlands restoration, #microplastics #antimicrobialresistance and #climatechange
Take a look if you are interested in #wetlands restoration, #microplastics #antimicrobialresistance and #climatechange
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Plastic litter and microplastics are concentrated in coastal zones and may well rapidly accumulate in restored saltmarshes.
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
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Very cool to see this new analysis of land use change in Britain over time, making use of the recently digitised Second Land Utilisation survey carried out in the 1960s by Prof Alice Coleman.
(The *First* Land Utilisation Survey was carried out in the 1930s)
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(The *First* Land Utilisation Survey was carried out in the 1930s)
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New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Very cool to see this new analysis of land use change in Britain over time, making use of the recently digitised Second Land Utilisation survey carried out in the 1960s by Prof Alice Coleman.
(The *First* Land Utilisation Survey was carried out in the 1930s)
bsky.app/profile/ukce...
(The *First* Land Utilisation Survey was carried out in the 1930s)
bsky.app/profile/ukce...
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Such a difference between 1945 and present day for Canford Heath and around Poole. So much heathland and its wildlife has been lost in those years.
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Such a difference between 1945 and present day for Canford Heath and around Poole. So much heathland and its wildlife has been lost in those years.
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
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Fascinating new paper from Joe Clarke et al., which addresses the question: could the climate-carbon system suffer a self-sustaining runaway feedback? @gsiexeter.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social
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Conditions for instability in the climate–carbon cycle system
Abstract. The climate and carbon cycle interact in multiple ways. An increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the climate through the greenhouse effect, but also leads to uptake of CO2 by th...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fascinating new paper from Joe Clarke et al., which addresses the question: could the climate-carbon system suffer a self-sustaining runaway feedback? @gsiexeter.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
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🎧 Our recent episode of Counting the Earth focused on #wildfires and the latest State of Wildfires report. Hear co-author Dr Doug Kelley discuss the findings: audioboom.com/posts/879159...
#COP30 #podcast
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#COP30 #podcast
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🎧 Our recent episode of Counting the Earth focused on #wildfires and the latest State of Wildfires report. Hear co-author Dr Doug Kelley discuss the findings: audioboom.com/posts/879159...
#COP30 #podcast
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#COP30 #podcast
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Visiting professor and experienced climate change researcher Kathryn Brown OBE has been named as the science director for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology!
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Congratulations for Kathryn who will take up the post in Feb 2026 🥳 🔗 rdg.ac/4a2RcE5
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Congratulations for Kathryn who will take up the post in Feb 2026 🥳 🔗 rdg.ac/4a2RcE5
UKCEH appoints new science director
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is pleased to announce Kathryn Brown OBE as its new science director, strengthening its leadership team as it continues to deliver science-based solutions...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Visiting professor and experienced climate change researcher Kathryn Brown OBE has been named as the science director for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology!
@ukceh.bsky.social
Congratulations for Kathryn who will take up the post in Feb 2026 🥳 🔗 rdg.ac/4a2RcE5
@ukceh.bsky.social
Congratulations for Kathryn who will take up the post in Feb 2026 🥳 🔗 rdg.ac/4a2RcE5
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I'm delighted that I'll be joining @ukceh.bsky.social in February as their new Science Director!
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UKCEH appoints new science director
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is pleased to announce Kathryn Brown OBE as its new science director, strengthening its leadership team as it continues to deliver science-based solutions...
www.ceh.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm delighted that I'll be joining @ukceh.bsky.social in February as their new Science Director!
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www.ceh.ac.uk/press/ukceh-...
Last year's Pantanal–Chiquitano fires were 35× larger due to human-driven climate change, the State of Wildfires shows
At #COP30 today UKCEH scientists & partners discuss integrating fire policy with early warning, climate science & local knowledge
📍 Blue Zone Side Event Rm 5
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At #COP30 today UKCEH scientists & partners discuss integrating fire policy with early warning, climate science & local knowledge
📍 Blue Zone Side Event Rm 5
🕐 1:15pm-2:45pm
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Last year's Pantanal–Chiquitano fires were 35× larger due to human-driven climate change, the State of Wildfires shows
At #COP30 today UKCEH scientists & partners discuss integrating fire policy with early warning, climate science & local knowledge
📍 Blue Zone Side Event Rm 5
🕐 1:15pm-2:45pm
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At #COP30 today UKCEH scientists & partners discuss integrating fire policy with early warning, climate science & local knowledge
📍 Blue Zone Side Event Rm 5
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📣We're pleased to announce Kathryn Brown OBE as our new Science Director!
Kathryn, who will join us from The Wildlife Trusts, will lead UKCEH science across our portfolio spanning land, water and air, and will shape direction for the UK and internationally.
🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/press/ukceh-... 🧪
Kathryn, who will join us from The Wildlife Trusts, will lead UKCEH science across our portfolio spanning land, water and air, and will shape direction for the UK and internationally.
🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/press/ukceh-... 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📣We're pleased to announce Kathryn Brown OBE as our new Science Director!
Kathryn, who will join us from The Wildlife Trusts, will lead UKCEH science across our portfolio spanning land, water and air, and will shape direction for the UK and internationally.
🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/press/ukceh-... 🧪
Kathryn, who will join us from The Wildlife Trusts, will lead UKCEH science across our portfolio spanning land, water and air, and will shape direction for the UK and internationally.
🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/press/ukceh-... 🧪
Nature-based solutions and #BlueCarbon are in focus at #COP30. A new Cefas blog highlights UKCEH science, from flux towers measuring carbon on saltmarsh to new UK saltmarsh mapping that strengthens the evidence base for coastal habitats.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yu62u3yx 🧪
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yu62u3yx 🧪
Unlocking Coastal Carbon Potential: Collaborative Research on Saltmarsh, Kelp, and Seabed Carbon under the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership
As world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, this week for the UN Climate Change Conference COP30, the role of nature-based solutions in addressing climate change is once again under the spotlight.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Nature-based solutions and #BlueCarbon are in focus at #COP30. A new Cefas blog highlights UKCEH science, from flux towers measuring carbon on saltmarsh to new UK saltmarsh mapping that strengthens the evidence base for coastal habitats.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yu62u3yx 🧪
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yu62u3yx 🧪
About to start at #COP30... #wildfires
At #COP30 today - Wildfires: Science, Stories, and Strategies for Resilience in Amazonia
UKCEH with Fundacion Avina, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and University of East Anglia
UK Pavilion or livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/VNg-QCfYbvQ
UKCEH with Fundacion Avina, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and University of East Anglia
UK Pavilion or livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/VNg-QCfYbvQ
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
About to start at #COP30... #wildfires