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Our Planet. Decoded.

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Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 January 2026

The community-led UK Hydro-MIP (Model Intercomparison Project) is comparing streamflow simulations over the UK from different hydrological and land-surface models to further hydrological understanding

Learn more hydro-jules.org/uk-hydro-mip
UK Hydro-MIP | HydroJules
hydro-jules.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩‍🔬🧫

#WAAW
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Volunteers marked thousands of paper maps in the 1960s as part of the Second Land Utilisation Survey led by Prof Alice Coleman.

The Office for National Statistics preserved and scanned the maps which are now viewable online via @natlibscot.bsky.social

🔎 maps.nls.uk/series/secon...

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Second Land Utilisation Survey, Great Britain, 1958-1974 - Map Images - National Library of Scotland
maps.nls.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...

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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