The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has been awarded £29.9M to deliver the National Capability for UK Challenges ‘Understanding the UK Environment’ programme.
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has been awarded £29.9M to deliver the National Capability for UK Challenges ‘Understanding the UK Environment’ programme. The programme will deliver integrated monitoring, modelling and data for the UK environment empowering researchers, governments and businesses to tackle major environmental challenges of our time.
This funding by the Natural Environment Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, is part of a larger £101 million investment to research centres and key partners to provide essential national long-term environmental science capabilities, expertise and services for research on atmospheric, marine, polar, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. The projects will support large-scale environmental observations, modelling and analysis, and research capabilities through innovations in platforms, sensors and data science.
Commenting on the funding announcement Dr Doug Wilson, UKCEH Science Director said, “At a time of environmental and climate change, long-term monitoring, data and modelling are extremely important. The funding will not only enable researchers and others to understand how the environment is changing, it will allow us to work with the community to improve and provide information that is integrated and easy to access.
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UK-flux covariance systems monitor fluxes at numerous sites with different land cover. (Photo Credit: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
