2017 news announcements
Call for nominations for the Queen's New Year Honours 2019
Do you know someone working within the environmental sciences sector who deserves to be recognised for their outstanding contribution, their achievements in public life, and/or their commitment to serving and helping Britain?
13 Dec 2017
15 biggest emerging trends and threats to biodiversity in 2018 - New report
Gene editing to eradicate unwanted animal populations, deep water lasers for trawling the sea, radiation threats from next-generation mobile phone networks and how to protect the 44% of the Earth's surface covered by no-mans-land oceans.
5 Dec 2017
Weather station returns to summit of Ben Nevis after 113 years without data
A group of NERC scientists scaled the UK's highest mountain this week to install a weather station that will record conditions on the summit for the first time in 113 years.
9 Nov 2017
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund backs breakthrough robotics and AI projects
The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is awarding £68 million to the latest ground-breaking research and innovation projects in robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
8 Nov 2017
CEH and NOC working to become independent research institutes
NERC, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have been working with government to consider the future governance, responsibilities and ownership arrangements for NOC and CEH.
1 Nov 2017
Halley Research Station Antarctica will not winter in 2018
British Antarctic Survey has decided, for safety reasons, that it will close its Halley VI Research Station during the 2018 Antarctic winter.
31 Oct 2017
Meet the scientists tackling the biggest questions on Earth at free environmental science showcase
NERC is inviting the public to meet the scientists tackling the biggest questions on Earth at free environmental science showcase.
30 Oct 2017
Sector-changing public engagement projects launched
NERC has awarded a total of £500,000 to six projects that will build consortia and capacity in public engagement with environmental research across the UK.
16 Oct 2017
NERC announces the Hydro-JULES programme
NERC has announced a major five-year investment in national capability, to develop a new generation of terrestrial hydrological models linked to, and in collaboration with, the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) model.
5 Oct 2017
Grants awarded to train NERC researchers in making science more accessible
NERC has awarded grants to seven UK research institutes to deliver training to NERC-funded researchers to help make their science more accessible to non-expert audiences.
2 Oct 2017