UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
@ukceh.bsky.social
Our Planet. Decoded.
🎙️ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
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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.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#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.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
Each episode of Counting the Earth takes a number and dives into what it really means, from the zero in net zero to the ideal length of hedgerow to support biodiversity and store carbon.
Catch up with Alice and Sue's past #podcast adventures: audioboom.com/channels/512...
2/2 #WomenInScience
Catch up with Alice and Sue's past #podcast adventures: audioboom.com/channels/512...
2/2 #WomenInScience
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Each episode of Counting the Earth takes a number and dives into what it really means, from the zero in net zero to the ideal length of hedgerow to support biodiversity and store carbon.
Catch up with Alice and Sue's past #podcast adventures: audioboom.com/channels/512...
2/2 #WomenInScience
Catch up with Alice and Sue's past #podcast adventures: audioboom.com/channels/512...
2/2 #WomenInScience
Our Counting the Earth podcast has a new episode! 🎧
Celebrate #WomenInScience Day with senior hydrologist Lucy Barker in conversation with Sue Nelson and Alice Hope, as they explore the UK’s whiplash weather.
Available now on all good podcast providers. 1/ 🧪
Celebrate #WomenInScience Day with senior hydrologist Lucy Barker in conversation with Sue Nelson and Alice Hope, as they explore the UK’s whiplash weather.
Available now on all good podcast providers. 1/ 🧪
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Our Counting the Earth podcast has a new episode! 🎧
Celebrate #WomenInScience Day with senior hydrologist Lucy Barker in conversation with Sue Nelson and Alice Hope, as they explore the UK’s whiplash weather.
Available now on all good podcast providers. 1/ 🧪
Celebrate #WomenInScience Day with senior hydrologist Lucy Barker in conversation with Sue Nelson and Alice Hope, as they explore the UK’s whiplash weather.
Available now on all good podcast providers. 1/ 🧪
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Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩🔬
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩🔬
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
The study, co-authored by @jmbecologist.bsky.social and published in Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, calls for improved monitoring combined with Indigenous knowledge to guide action.
Read more about the study: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Read more about the study: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The study, co-authored by @jmbecologist.bsky.social and published in Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, calls for improved monitoring combined with Indigenous knowledge to guide action.
Read more about the study: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Read more about the study: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
A new study describes how climate change & human pressures are increasing fragility in alpine regions, fast-growing cities, and coastal and island systems. It proposes prioritising sustainable development in these ecologically sensitive areas.
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A new study describes how climate change & human pressures are increasing fragility in alpine regions, fast-growing cities, and coastal and island systems. It proposes prioritising sustainable development in these ecologically sensitive areas.
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
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spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
1/ 🧪 #SDGs
In partnership with others, UKCEH brings together soil moisture, rainfall, river flows and groundwater data to produce the monthly UK hydrological summaries.
You can view much of this data in near real-time via the UK Water Resources Portal
ukwrp.ceh.ac.uk
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You can view much of this data in near real-time via the UK Water Resources Portal
ukwrp.ceh.ac.uk
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February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
In partnership with others, UKCEH brings together soil moisture, rainfall, river flows and groundwater data to produce the monthly UK hydrological summaries.
You can view much of this data in near real-time via the UK Water Resources Portal
ukwrp.ceh.ac.uk
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You can view much of this data in near real-time via the UK Water Resources Portal
ukwrp.ceh.ac.uk
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Alice and Sue chat to senior hydrologist Lucy Barker about the complexities of the UK's weather and water cycle.
And micrometeorologist Jon Evans explains how cosmic rays from space are used to measure soil moisture at different sites around the UK.
Listen now: audioboom.com/posts/885879...
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And micrometeorologist Jon Evans explains how cosmic rays from space are used to measure soil moisture at different sites around the UK.
Listen now: audioboom.com/posts/885879...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Alice and Sue chat to senior hydrologist Lucy Barker about the complexities of the UK's weather and water cycle.
And micrometeorologist Jon Evans explains how cosmic rays from space are used to measure soil moisture at different sites around the UK.
Listen now: audioboom.com/posts/885879...
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And micrometeorologist Jon Evans explains how cosmic rays from space are used to measure soil moisture at different sites around the UK.
Listen now: audioboom.com/posts/885879...
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From drought to downpour, 2025 brought the UK
whiplash weather 🌦️
New on our Counting the Earth podcast, we delve into the UK's weather extremes.
After a dry spring & four heatwaves we had
significant rainfall later in the year. By December, total
rainfall reached ~90% of the UK average.
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whiplash weather 🌦️
New on our Counting the Earth podcast, we delve into the UK's weather extremes.
After a dry spring & four heatwaves we had
significant rainfall later in the year. By December, total
rainfall reached ~90% of the UK average.
1/
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
From drought to downpour, 2025 brought the UK
whiplash weather 🌦️
New on our Counting the Earth podcast, we delve into the UK's weather extremes.
After a dry spring & four heatwaves we had
significant rainfall later in the year. By December, total
rainfall reached ~90% of the UK average.
1/
whiplash weather 🌦️
New on our Counting the Earth podcast, we delve into the UK's weather extremes.
After a dry spring & four heatwaves we had
significant rainfall later in the year. By December, total
rainfall reached ~90% of the UK average.
1/
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🗓️ It's January wrap up time!
Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work!
Check out what we've been up to ⬇️
@ukceh.bsky.social
Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work!
Check out what we've been up to ⬇️
@ukceh.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🗓️ It's January wrap up time!
Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work!
Check out what we've been up to ⬇️
@ukceh.bsky.social
Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work!
Check out what we've been up to ⬇️
@ukceh.bsky.social
Developing innovative low-emission fertilisers 🚜
We're involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs.
Funded from the Farming Innovation Programme.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
We're involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs.
Funded from the Farming Innovation Programme.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Developing innovative low-emission fertilisers
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs. ...
www.ceh.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Developing innovative low-emission fertilisers 🚜
We're involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs.
Funded from the Farming Innovation Programme.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
We're involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs.
Funded from the Farming Innovation Programme.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Find out more about the recent ideathon and the Green Innovation Challenge in our news story: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
#ClimateAction #innovation
#ClimateAction #innovation
Partnering with Undaunted on novel climate solutions
Scientists from UKCEH and students from Imperial College London are working together to come up with novel climate solutions in the Green Innovation Challenge. This joint initiative between UKCEH and ...
www.ceh.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Find out more about the recent ideathon and the Green Innovation Challenge in our news story: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
#ClimateAction #innovation
#ClimateAction #innovation
🎉 Exciting collaboration!
UKCEH & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have joined forces on the @undaunted-hq.bsky.social Green Innovation Challenge to turn research into climate solutions.
Teams met for an ideathon on themes like biochar, nitrogen & urban flooding. They'll pitch ideas in March!
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UKCEH & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have joined forces on the @undaunted-hq.bsky.social Green Innovation Challenge to turn research into climate solutions.
Teams met for an ideathon on themes like biochar, nitrogen & urban flooding. They'll pitch ideas in March!
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February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
🎉 Exciting collaboration!
UKCEH & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have joined forces on the @undaunted-hq.bsky.social Green Innovation Challenge to turn research into climate solutions.
Teams met for an ideathon on themes like biochar, nitrogen & urban flooding. They'll pitch ideas in March!
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UKCEH & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have joined forces on the @undaunted-hq.bsky.social Green Innovation Challenge to turn research into climate solutions.
Teams met for an ideathon on themes like biochar, nitrogen & urban flooding. They'll pitch ideas in March!
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Latest UK Hydrological Outlook 🌧️
River flows in eastern Scotland likely normal to above normal over next 3 months; flows elsewhere in the normal range except southern England. Here, river flows & groundwater levels likely above normal to notably high.
See more: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook 🧪
River flows in eastern Scotland likely normal to above normal over next 3 months; flows elsewhere in the normal range except southern England. Here, river flows & groundwater levels likely above normal to notably high.
See more: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Latest UK Hydrological Outlook 🌧️
River flows in eastern Scotland likely normal to above normal over next 3 months; flows elsewhere in the normal range except southern England. Here, river flows & groundwater levels likely above normal to notably high.
See more: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook 🧪
River flows in eastern Scotland likely normal to above normal over next 3 months; flows elsewhere in the normal range except southern England. Here, river flows & groundwater levels likely above normal to notably high.
See more: hydoutuk.net/latest-outlook 🧪
We need to talk about drought. Yes, that's right, drought! Our weather is experiencing extremes – from flooding to drought – so on the next episode of Counting the Earth, we'll be delving deeper into this whiplash weather.
🎧 Subscribe now and never miss an episode: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
🎧 Subscribe now and never miss an episode: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
We need to talk about drought. Yes, that's right, drought! Our weather is experiencing extremes – from flooding to drought – so on the next episode of Counting the Earth, we'll be delving deeper into this whiplash weather.
🎧 Subscribe now and never miss an episode: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
🎧 Subscribe now and never miss an episode: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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Open call for authorities interested in technologies to collect and valorise #plasticwaste #microplastics in rivers💦. Check eligibility in this post ⬇️. Not open to regions involved in the project, inc. UK but you can follow our progress @upstream-project.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/upstre...
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#upstreamforrivers #eumission #opencall #plasticfreerivers #cleanwater #circulareconomy #horizoneurope #missionocean | Upstream Horizon
🌊 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 1 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍!
Are you a local or regional authority looking to implement advanced systems for collecting and valorising river waste? Today, we officially lau...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Open call for authorities interested in technologies to collect and valorise #plasticwaste #microplastics in rivers💦. Check eligibility in this post ⬇️. Not open to regions involved in the project, inc. UK but you can follow our progress @upstream-project.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/upstre...
www.linkedin.com/posts/upstre...
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🪰 Meet the Oxycera soldierflies!
Small, coloured, and tied to clean streams & wetlands, these tiny flies are amazing habitat indicators.
Join @kitenet.bsky.social for our Soldierflies entoLEARN on 16 April 🧪🌎
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Small, coloured, and tied to clean streams & wetlands, these tiny flies are amazing habitat indicators.
Join @kitenet.bsky.social for our Soldierflies entoLEARN on 16 April 🧪🌎
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🪰 Meet the Oxycera soldierflies!
Small, coloured, and tied to clean streams & wetlands, these tiny flies are amazing habitat indicators.
Join @kitenet.bsky.social for our Soldierflies entoLEARN on 16 April 🧪🌎
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Small, coloured, and tied to clean streams & wetlands, these tiny flies are amazing habitat indicators.
Join @kitenet.bsky.social for our Soldierflies entoLEARN on 16 April 🧪🌎
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Recent algal blooms on Lough Neagh have highlighted the urgent need for tools to better identify the sources and movement of #pollution across the lake and the rivers that are linked to it.
Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Recent algal blooms on Lough Neagh have highlighted the urgent need for tools to better identify the sources and movement of #pollution across the lake and the rivers that are linked to it.
Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
IPBES Insights – the value of taking part 🧩🗨️
On the eve of #IPBES12, we were thrilled to welcome 80+ guests to the UKCEH networking event at Manchester Art Gallery.
Thanks to all for a terrific evening of learning, connection & inspiration for the next generation of IPBES scientists!
On the eve of #IPBES12, we were thrilled to welcome 80+ guests to the UKCEH networking event at Manchester Art Gallery.
Thanks to all for a terrific evening of learning, connection & inspiration for the next generation of IPBES scientists!
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
IPBES Insights – the value of taking part 🧩🗨️
On the eve of #IPBES12, we were thrilled to welcome 80+ guests to the UKCEH networking event at Manchester Art Gallery.
Thanks to all for a terrific evening of learning, connection & inspiration for the next generation of IPBES scientists!
On the eve of #IPBES12, we were thrilled to welcome 80+ guests to the UKCEH networking event at Manchester Art Gallery.
Thanks to all for a terrific evening of learning, connection & inspiration for the next generation of IPBES scientists!
We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪
📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh.
Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 AM
We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪
UKCEH is excited to be part of #IPBES12 in Manchester, the first IPBES Plenary in the UK. This brings scientists, policymakers & business together to connect #biodiversity science with policy.
Tonight we welcome IPBES Fellows and early career researchers to our Pathways to IPBES networking event.
Tonight we welcome IPBES Fellows and early career researchers to our Pathways to IPBES networking event.
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
UKCEH is excited to be part of #IPBES12 in Manchester, the first IPBES Plenary in the UK. This brings scientists, policymakers & business together to connect #biodiversity science with policy.
Tonight we welcome IPBES Fellows and early career researchers to our Pathways to IPBES networking event.
Tonight we welcome IPBES Fellows and early career researchers to our Pathways to IPBES networking event.
Great to have Ruth Davis OBE, the UK Special Representative to Nature, visit UKCEH last week. We talked everything from nutrient management and forest finance to saltmarshes and coastal resilience.
A really positive, motivating visit for everyone involved with future collaborations to be explored.
A really positive, motivating visit for everyone involved with future collaborations to be explored.
February 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Great to have Ruth Davis OBE, the UK Special Representative to Nature, visit UKCEH last week. We talked everything from nutrient management and forest finance to saltmarshes and coastal resilience.
A really positive, motivating visit for everyone involved with future collaborations to be explored.
A really positive, motivating visit for everyone involved with future collaborations to be explored.
A nice aerial view of our Whim Bog site for #WorldWetlandsDay!
At this site in the Scottish Borders, we study the effects of different levels and combinations of elevated nitrogen on the peatland bog vegetation and on ecosystem services such as carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions.
At this site in the Scottish Borders, we study the effects of different levels and combinations of elevated nitrogen on the peatland bog vegetation and on ecosystem services such as carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Whim Bog - Netty van Dijk & Matt Jones @ukceh.bsky.social bit.ly/WhimBog
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #LTEs🌏
Whim Bog - Netty van Dijk & Matt Jones @ukceh.bsky.social bit.ly/WhimBog
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #LTEs🌏
February 2, 2026 at 10:24 AM
A nice aerial view of our Whim Bog site for #WorldWetlandsDay!
At this site in the Scottish Borders, we study the effects of different levels and combinations of elevated nitrogen on the peatland bog vegetation and on ecosystem services such as carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions.
At this site in the Scottish Borders, we study the effects of different levels and combinations of elevated nitrogen on the peatland bog vegetation and on ecosystem services such as carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Happy #WorldWetlandsDay!
Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...
Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...
World Wetlands Day 2026
YouTube video by The Convention on Wetlands
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Happy #WorldWetlandsDay!
Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...
Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...
Learn more about The Crown Estate's ambitions for #nature recovery ⤵️
www.marinedeliveryroutemap.co.uk/info/Resilie...
#BlueCarbon #BlueEconomy #saltmarsh
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www.marinedeliveryroutemap.co.uk/info/Resilie...
#BlueCarbon #BlueEconomy #saltmarsh
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Marine Delivery Routemap
www.marinedeliveryroutemap.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Learn more about The Crown Estate's ambitions for #nature recovery ⤵️
www.marinedeliveryroutemap.co.uk/info/Resilie...
#BlueCarbon #BlueEconomy #saltmarsh
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www.marinedeliveryroutemap.co.uk/info/Resilie...
#BlueCarbon #BlueEconomy #saltmarsh
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UKCEH also leads Crown Estate-funded research examining the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds, with the aim of identifying approaches that help protect and support seabird populations.
ecowind.uk/projects/eco...
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#BlueEconomy #biodiversity
ecowind.uk/projects/eco...
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#BlueEconomy #biodiversity
ECOWINGS - ECOWind
Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds
ecowind.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
UKCEH also leads Crown Estate-funded research examining the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds, with the aim of identifying approaches that help protect and support seabird populations.
ecowind.uk/projects/eco...
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#BlueEconomy #biodiversity
ecowind.uk/projects/eco...
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#BlueEconomy #biodiversity