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Boost for isotope facility
CEH's isotope laboratory is an important part of the National Environment Isotope Facility, a world-leading 'one stop shop' service for scientists.
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EGU19 highlights
Presenting at one of the world's biggest science conference can be daunting - well done to the CEH staff who did just that at the European Geosciences Union annual meeting this month.
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Passion for pollinators?
You can help the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme by sitting outside for 10 minutes and carrying out a Flower-Insect Timed Count. Check out the helpful information packs and video guides.
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Looking for blue gold
The Guardian's Environment Editor Damian Carrington recently spent time with the PARAGUAS project team in Colombia, where water for millions of people is under threat.
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Hydrological summary
March was a month of two halves, the latest UK Hydrological Summary reveals. Water resource concerns were allayed to some extent but low groundwater levels persist in parts of the country.
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Kestrel watching
With the first egg laid on 21 April, the spring breeding season is already well under way at the kestrel nest box at our Wallingford site. Our live cameras offer a close-up view of activity around the box.
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Training courses - sign up online
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Selected recent papers (open access)
Crook J, Klein C, Folwell S, Taylor C M, Parker D J, Stratton R, Stein T. Assessment of the representation of West African storm lifecycles in convection-permitting simulations. Earth and Space Science. doi: 10.1029/2018EA000491
White E D et al. Quantifying the UK's carbon dioxide flux: an atmospheric inverse modelling approach using a regional measurement network. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. doi: 10.5194/acp-19-4345-2019
Bell J R, Botham M S, Henrys P et al. Spatial and habitat variation in aphid, butterfly, moth and bird phenologies over the last half century. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14592
Woodcock B A et al. Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6
Lawson Handley L et al. Temporal and spatial variation in distribution of fish environmental DNA in England's largest lake. Environmental DNA. doi: 10.1002/edn3.5
Radbourne A D et al. The impacts of changing nutrient load and climate on a deep, eutrophic, monomictic lake. Freshwater Biology. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13293
Hambley G et al. Net ecosystem exchange from two formerly afforested peatlands undergoing restoration in the Flow Country of northern Scotland. Mires and Peat. doi: 10.19189/MaP.2018.DW.346
Uriarte M, Thompson J, Zimmerman J K. Hurricane Maria tripled stem breaks and doubled tree mortality relative to other storms. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09319-2
Osborne S et al. New insights into leaf physiological responses to ozone for use in crop modelling. Plants. doi: 10.3390/plants8040084
Rosbjerg D and Rodda J. IAHS: a brief history of hydrology. History of Geo- and Space Sciences. doi: 10.5194/hgss-10-109-2019
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Watch: Find out more about the science of iLEAPS, an international network of scientists who investigate unexpected chain reactions on our planet.
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