Paulette Burns
@pmburns.bsky.social
Digital content stuff at UKCEH. Lover of history, scones and Tasmanian devils. From county Armagh, now Oxfordshire. No views knowingly shared.
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A team led by UKCEH's Dr Lucy Ridding compared a 15% sample of the 1960s maps with land cover from the 1930s, 1990 and 2020.
Fittingly, Lucy's grandmother helped create the original maps!
Full study in Landscape Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fittingly, Lucy's grandmother helped create the original maps!
Full study in Landscape Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Assessing land use change and the impacts on semi-natural habitats across England and Wales using four time points between 1930 and 2020 - Landscape Ecology
Context Habitat loss and degradation caused by human land use change is one of the major drivers of global biodiversity decline. Understanding historical patterns of land use/land cover (LULC) change ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A team led by UKCEH's Dr Lucy Ridding compared a 15% sample of the 1960s maps with land cover from the 1930s, 1990 and 2020.
Fittingly, Lucy's grandmother helped create the original maps!
Full study in Landscape Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fittingly, Lucy's grandmother helped create the original maps!
Full study in Landscape Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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At yesterday's 10th annual Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum, we celebrated 80 years of monitoring Windermere and nearby lakes with talks from researchers and lake managers.
Learn more about our monitoring: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/cumbrian-lakes
Learn more about our monitoring: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/cumbrian-lakes
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
At yesterday's 10th annual Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum, we celebrated 80 years of monitoring Windermere and nearby lakes with talks from researchers and lake managers.
Learn more about our monitoring: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/cumbrian-lakes
Learn more about our monitoring: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/cumbrian-lakes
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Today we’re hosting a special Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum to mark 80 years of monitoring (and 10 years of the Forum!)
👏🏽 Thanks to today's speakers, providing insights on past & current research from early monitoring to #eDNA and positive lakes futures. And there's cake 🎂
Full report soon!
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👏🏽 Thanks to today's speakers, providing insights on past & current research from early monitoring to #eDNA and positive lakes futures. And there's cake 🎂
Full report soon!
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November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today we’re hosting a special Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum to mark 80 years of monitoring (and 10 years of the Forum!)
👏🏽 Thanks to today's speakers, providing insights on past & current research from early monitoring to #eDNA and positive lakes futures. And there's cake 🎂
Full report soon!
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👏🏽 Thanks to today's speakers, providing insights on past & current research from early monitoring to #eDNA and positive lakes futures. And there's cake 🎂
Full report soon!
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A team from UKCEH, @metoffice.gov.uk, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ecmwf.int used satellite observations & advanced modelling to identify and investigate the causes of wildfires from Mar24-Feb25 fire season and the role played by climate & land use change.
🎥 Co-lead Dr Doug Kelley
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🎥 Co-lead Dr Doug Kelley
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October 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A team from UKCEH, @metoffice.gov.uk, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ecmwf.int used satellite observations & advanced modelling to identify and investigate the causes of wildfires from Mar24-Feb25 fire season and the role played by climate & land use change.
🎥 Co-lead Dr Doug Kelley
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🎥 Co-lead Dr Doug Kelley
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