A day in the life of a Medway Lock Keeper
On today’s blog Terry takes you through a day in the life of a lock keeper on the River Medway, the ups and downs of the job and the rise in littering over the past year.
Yorkshire ‘climate cafes’ help communities prepare homes to withstand future floods
Climate café events in Hull and York will offer local residents advice on how to physically adapt and prepare their homes for increased flood risk and more frequent extreme weather. Yorkshire Flood Resilience has announced the two events in September …
How do we monitor and try to fix the pressures on freshwater ecology?
Our Senior Ecologist in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire describes how we look at animals and plants in rivers and lakes to try to fix the problems they face.
Every day’s a school day – enhancing our sustainability knowledge
The Environment Agency has joined the Supply Chain Sustainability School – one of the first government organisations to do so. Simon Dawes, head of sustainable business strategy for the Environment Agency, explains the benefits.
Liquid History – a personal view of the tidal River Thames
Water Quality Technical Specialist, Neil Dunlop, gives us a personal view of the River Thames and the multi-billion pound programme of work to improve water quality
Wilder for Water – a New Forest project to champion cleaner water
The New Forest is one of the most visited National Parks in England. With over 6000 camping pitch spaces per day, it is certainly a popular staycation offering an opportunity not only for people to reconnect with their families and …
The buzz of the cut-off channel
Floods and coastal risk management officer, Simon Ross, explains how he increased the bee population by 60,000 near the Lakenheath cut-off channel.
Help protect our beaches
Field Officer Ruth talks about our work sampling bathing water.
Using DNA to identify sources of pollution in the environment
Research Scientist Kerry talks about our use of DNA technology to understand what’s in the water.
Better bathing water quality; better health and wellbeing
A look into the LOVEmyBEACH project.