11 May 2016
SUDS & the Housing and Planning Bill – Water professionals collaborate
Whatever the eventual outcome of their activities it has been encouraging to see the Water professions collaborating to try and make progress on SuDS in the Housing and Planning Bill. Given the scale and costs of major storm and flood events and well as the ‘routine’ nature of flash flooding Government should be doing much […]
11 May 2016
Salmon Action Plan – Five Point Approach – Angling Trust & Environment Agency
‘The Angling Trust has welcomed the commitment from the Environment Agency (EA) to deliver an ambitious 5-Point Approach to halt the dramatic decline of salmon stocks in England. Despite funding cuts from government, the Agency has committed additional funding to support this extensive programme of work over an 18-month period. The approach aims to address […]
11 May 2016
High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy – New report – World Bank
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 […]
11 May 2016
Monitoring and evaluating your river restoration projects: New RRC factsheets
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 […]
11 May 2016
Climate, Hydrological and Ecological Support System (CHESS) meteorological data now available
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 […]
11 May 2016
Clean water for Wildlife – Citizen Science survey of freshwater habitats
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 […]
09 May 2016
Wow – Live streaming of deep sea research NOAA Ship Okeanos
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 […]
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