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Our Freshwater Quality Programme is funded by Natural Environment Research Council & Defra to improve water quality of UK rivers. @yorkshireicasp.bsky.social
1/2 What are the public health risks from exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in rivers? This is the topic of our next lunchtime webinar in the series funded by @NERCscience & @DefraGovUK on Monday 21 July at 12 noon.
🌊 Restoring freshwater biodiversity helps generate multiple benefits to people 🤝 A new study explores how freshwater restoration can support ecosystem services freshwaterblog.net/2025/07/11/map…
We want to say a big thank you to everyone who’s been saving water by popping away their hosepipes and letting us know about leaks! 🥰 Over the hot weekend, water usage went down by 80-100 million litres compared to previous heatwaves in June – that’s enough to supply Hull for a…
Spoke on @BBCRadio4 Farming Today this morning on the implications of the Cunliffe Report for UK farmers and freshwaters, explaining some of the key findings from our @UKRI_News @FreshwaterQual1 @QuantumFreshWtr programme on livestock impacts on waters: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Great opportunity to win a full @EPSRC funded PhD Studentship with 4 years fees, stipend (£19237 pa) and full RTSG, working with Prof Ian Bull, Director of the National Environmental Isotope Facility and my ERC Advanced Grant REFRESH team. Starts 10/2025 shorturl.at/AJREj
Don't miss this free webinar which discusses bridging the gap between lab science and agricultural realities. Register here: blog.aspb.org/july-17-plant-… #agriculture #farming #plantpathology
✅Feedback from attendees at our Freshwater Quality Conference ✅More exciting water quality webinars on the horizon 📡Just 2 of the news articles in a bumper summer edition of the iCASP Bulletin. bit.ly/4lfRPgn
The People's Commission is launching its report on the water industry today and I'm going to be there. The only report about the water industry that you'll ever need to read and the only one that matters.
The People's Commission on the Water Sector - Cleaner, Cheaper, Fairer in Public Ownership. …oplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk/general-2-3-1
For your freshwater biological pleasure today, we hope you will enjoy reading our latest science article. Exploring the past to restore our rivers: Insights from the #RiverWensum by James White and colleagues. You can read the full article on our website: fba.org.uk/articles/explo…
Interesting piece in iNews today on biocides in UK rivers. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/37847…
Find out how our Josh Cohen @WaterLANDS_EU UK gets people interested in peatlands. And we still have a few tickets left for the #BogFilmFest coming to @HydeParkBooks on 15 July & 2 other venues in north England. Message us
📢 🙌 In our latest edition of the @WaterLANDS_EU #blog, we spoke to Joshua Cohen, the UK Action Site's Community Engagement Lead, about the upcoming #BogFilmFest they are hosting this July and the purpose and importance of community engagement work! waterlands.eu/news-and-event…
River Summit & Festival, 8th July at Morden Hall. Next week, through my filming presentation, together, we will venture below the surface of England's rivers and learn about some of the aquatic species living on our doorstep, also be covering pollution. #rivers #freshwaterfish
QUANTUM freshwaters continues with its upscaled national sampling from early morning to sunset in Wales @pj13302 & @AnaCastroCaste. Grateful for the pleasant temperatures ~17-18oC. Hills in shades of green revealing their land use.
33/60 @QuantumFreshWtr sites in SW & W England and Wales have now been sampled. Next stop N England and Scotland! By focusing on sheep, beef and dairy farmed catchments the national picture we are building of their impacts on UK rivers will help inform better policy & management
📢The #BogFilmFest is coming to Leeds on Tuesday 15 July, 6.30pm - 10pm. We are in a really lovely venue @HPBCLeeds If you love films & care about the environment it's your perfect night out.
1/3 Do you love films & care about your environment? The BogFilmFest is coming to Leeds to celebrate peatlands – there's still time to get tickets. 📽️ Thursday 15 July, 6.30-10pm, Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL 4 short films, a discussion with directors & artists, live music.
A long day of river sampling for team QUANTUM who are working hard on a project to examine the soruces of river pollution - beautiful scenery!
QUANTUM freshwaters continues with its upscaled national sampling from early morning to sunset in Wales @pj13302 & @AnaCastroCaste. Grateful for the pleasant temperatures ~17-18oC. Hills in shades of green revealing their land use.