Kit Macleod
@kitmacleod.bsky.social
Environmental researcher 🌍 | data engineer | software engineer
Digital Tool Specialist @ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology https://www.ceh.ac.uk/
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Digital Tool Specialist @ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology https://www.ceh.ac.uk/
Own views
https://bit.ly/KitMacleod - Google Scholar
https://bit.ly/MonitoringEarth - Bsky feed
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Key findings:
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
Maps created by 1960s schoolchildren provide new insights into habitat losses
A new study of 1960s maps, many of which were created by young people, has provided important fresh evidence of the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by agricultural intensification and urban...
www.ceh.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Key findings:
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
Reposted by Kit Macleod
We were pleased to have been part of #CaSTCo, helping advance collaborative river monitoring across England and Wales.
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We were pleased to have been part of #CaSTCo, helping advance collaborative river monitoring across England and Wales.
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
Reposted by Kit Macleod
🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
FDRI: Large-sample hydrology data webinar
YouTube video by UKCEH
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers"
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers"
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!