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Setting out our vision for science in the Environment Agency

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On November 22 our Chief Scientist Robert Bradburne will be formally launching the Environment Agency’s Science Strategy at the Science Profession Conference in London. Science plays such an important role in nearly everything the Environment Agency does, and this strategy …

The ground-breaking Environment Agency project helping to restore nature and reduce flood risk in Teesside

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Situated in one of the North East’s industrial centres, the River Tees Estuary has been heavily adapted by human hands over the last 200 years. While vital for jobs and the economy, this has led to the loss of 90% of the intertidal habitat that once existed.

Creating the country’s largest fish pass

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We needed to make sure that diverting water through the fish pass must not lower the flow through either the canoe slalom course at the adjoining Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre or the turbines of a local hydropower operation.  We also needed to allow for maintenance access to the Holme Sluices.

Radioactivity in food and the environment

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Oldbury nuclear site (EA-owned photo)

We’ve just published our annual report about radioactivity in food and the environment. Our radiation specialist Becca Williams shares the headlines from our monitoring and assessment work and talks about how artificial radioactivity gets into the environment. Headlines Radioactivity in …

My Experience Interning with the Environment Agency

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Mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change is something I’m very passionate about. From experiencing heatwaves first-hand here in the UK, to hearing about drinking-water wells drying up due to drought in my parents’ villages in Sri Lanka, witnessing the negative impacts of climate change across the world is what initially pushed me to pursue a career in this field.