Order: 4th The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be large and uneven across the globe. Water-related climate risks cascade through food, energy, urban, and environmental systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises […]
RRC: ‘We have just released the first of a number of introductory factsheets, Monitoring and evaluating your river restoration projects. The factsheet provides an introduction to: Why monitor and evaluate your projects? Planning your monitoring and evaluation Monitoring methods Key monitoring principles Finding support for your monitoring Further information Over the next two months we will be releasing further […]
Two data sets now more readily available Climate, Hydrological and Ecological Support System (CHESS) meteorological data now available WSKEP: ‘Long-term records of daily weather variables over the UK since 1962 have been re-processed to produce a 1km gridded meteorological and land state dataset for Great Britain, now publicly available through CEH’s Environmental Information Platform. The dataset, called […]
Freshwater Habitats Trust ‘Clean Water for Wildlife is a community survey run by the Freshwater Habitats Trust which aims to find wildlife rich, clean water habitats in England and Wales. Take part to find out whether the ponds, streams and rivers in your neighbourhood are really good enough for wildlife. Freshwater wildlife needs clean unpolluted […]
Tip: Take your pick of the 3 cameras … their inputs and activity levels vary but the marine life is astonishing. You get a real sense from the discussions about the images about just what we know and don’t know about the species they come across. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream.html From April 20 to July 10, 2016, NOAA […]
The Environmental Audit Committee questions academics on the environmental impact of microplastics (on May 9th watch the video). Watch Parliament TV: Environmental impact of microplastics Inquiry: Environmental impact of microplastics Scope of the inquiry The Environmental Audit Committee calls for evidence on the environmental impact of microplastics. Key issues include: the scale, sources and consequences […]
Water Briefing ‘The Government has announced that the Independent Review of Tidal Lagoons will be led by industry expert Charles Hendy, Minister of State for Energy from May 2010 until September 2012, supported by a team of seconded civil servants. Since leaving ministerial office Charles Hendy has undertaken a wide range of roles, including as […]
The air quality issue is a barometer of how this Government views the environment and of course we know that isn’t very highly. The trouble is, and as they are finding, when things that go wrong cost lots more to put right. The EFRA committee report on air quality will be like water off a […]