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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 🧪
Introducing UKCEH. Our Planet. Decoded.
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What do you get when you put early career researchers from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social in a room with scientists at the @ukceh.bsky.social & get them pondering how to turn environmental research into real-world climate solutions? The Green Innovation Challenge!⤵️

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Developing Climate Solutions - the Green Innovation Challenge 💡
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February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The LicheN app 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.

See our short trailer for more details 👀

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DYK You Can Monitor Air Quality With Lichens? #nature
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
😍 Great to see some lichen love from April Windle of the @britishlichensociety.org.uk, plus our own Bill Bealey explaining how our LicheN app is used for measuring sensitivity to nitrogen pollution

Featured on BBC News ⤵️

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How lichen hold the secret to a breath of fresh air
An app uses lichen to help monitor air quality in places like the New Forest.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Latest monthly summary from @cosmosuk.bsky.social soil moisture monitoring network - as featured in this week's episode of our Counting the Earth podcast 🌧️🎧
cosmos.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul... The January 2026 soil moisture summary is now available. Higher-than-average rainfall in many regions has led to a soil moisture recovery across the COSMOS-UK network after a drier end to December.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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The work, led by Kenya Meteorological Department’s Jemimah Gacheru and UKCEH’s Guillaume Chagnaud, links the event to the strong 2023 El Niño, clear skies from anticyclonic conditions, & unusually dry soils.

Full study in @rmets.org Weather: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Heat stress in tropical highland regions: the case of Kenya during February 2024
Understanding and awareness about heat stress remain low in sub-Saharan countries despite high exposure and vulnerability. After the national media in Kenya reported that people had complained about ...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This collaboration is already shaping action: Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has begun issuing Heat Index forecasts for Nairobi, with plans to expand across East Africa.

Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

📷 Jemimah Gacheru (KMD) visiting UKCEH Wallingford

3/3 #ScienceIsGlobal 🌍
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The work, led by Kenya Meteorological Department’s Jemimah Gacheru and UKCEH’s Guillaume Chagnaud, links the event to the strong 2023 El Niño, clear skies from anticyclonic conditions, & unusually dry soils.

Full study in @rmets.org Weather: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Heat stress in tropical highland regions: the case of Kenya during February 2024
Understanding and awareness about heat stress remain low in sub-Saharan countries despite high exposure and vulnerability. After the national media in Kenya reported that people had complained about ...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Many tropical regions sit close to dangerous heat thresholds, yet heat stress awareness remains low across sub-Saharan Africa.

A new study sparked by the intense Feb 2024 heat in Kenya shows daily max temps & Heat Index values were 3–4°C above normal, driven by dry heat, not humidity.

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February 12, 2026 at 10:07 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...

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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/ 🧪
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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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 ⬇️
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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...
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.

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February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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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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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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.

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February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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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 ⬇️

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February 9, 2026 at 1:24 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.

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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. ...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:29 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
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 ...
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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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February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 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...
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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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

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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
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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 🧪🌎

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February 4, 2026 at 10:56 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... 💧🧪
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM