Microbes are central to all life on Earth due to their huge diversity in form and function. In soils, one teaspoon of topsoil contains around 1 billion individual microscopic cells and around 10,000 ...

New research is investigating how climate and land-use change, as well as government policies, will affect the spread of some diseases that pose a particular threat to humans, animals or plants. The ...

Professor Laurence Jones, Wetlands Grasslands and Croplands science group leader at UKCEH, shows how planning tools can help design better outcomes for young people in cities... Young people care ...

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) hosted the SpongeScapes General Assembly from 23 to 25 October 2024 at its Wallingford site. SpongeScapes is a major European initiative, funded by the EU ...

The most comprehensive scientific review of the global nitrogen cycle has outlined 150 ‘win-win’ measures to significantly reduce nitrogen pollution while saving billions in costs across a range of ...