Environmental platform for integrated research, learning and innovation to support sustainable societies. Loddon Catchment, Thames Basin, UK. @UniofReading
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Are you a Wokingham resident? Have you thought about planting trees to help the environment? Opportunity to take part in @WokinghamBC Garden Forest Scheme, planting right tree in right place.
@SE_Rivers_Trust @PhialaM
Great #tree planting scheme for people in #Wokingham to take action on #climateemergency and improve their own garden and local environment. Can help with flooding, heatwaves and biodiversity too. 👏👏@WokinghamBC 1/2
https://t.co/SY19buWGq9
Great #tree planting scheme for people in #Wokingham to take action on #climateemergency and improve their own garden and local environment. Can help with flooding, heatwaves and biodiversity too. 👏👏@WokinghamBC 1/2
https://t.co/SY19buWGq9
Delighted that our many and varied local projects within the #Loddon catchment with our community partners were part of the successful #QueensAnniversaryPrize 2021! Nice to get recognition as part of range of work ongoing @UniRdg_News
3 weeks until our final webinar (12:30 25/11/21) by @JoClarkUoR, Dr James Blake, Emily Trill, and Barbara Percy: "Land use and management for NFM: Exploring the evidence from @LandwiseNFM"
Register here: https://t.co/mqMmyWw1jm
@UK_CEH@UniRdg_GES@env_analytics@NERCscience
What happens when there is dissonance in understanding an increasing & systemic risk like flooding? In our paper we address this, seeking to understand it in more detail & set out ways of negotiating the problem https://t.co/bFLXaLOHu1
@hancloke@JoClarkUoR
@DrHG
@NatFloodForum
When secondary stressors become primary https://t.co/3jc2Ti65F5 Once the 1st wave of flood water has past there's a tsunami of secondary stressors to face. These can readily impact your quality of life FRM needs to understand & address the human impacts of flooding @NatFloodForum
See leaky dams deployed on Englefield Estate near Reading, as natural flood management project seeks to slow the flow of the River Pang and reduce flooding in Berkshire
@EnglefieldUK@PangValleyFlood@JoClarkUoR @GabbyPowellPhD @UniRdg_GES
https://t.co/QmP0LlFiye
Barriers such as weirs are a big problem for eel migration. Take a look at this map, each red dot is a barrier to eels. There are around 20,000 barriers on the Thames and its tributaries! More information on how to help the #ThamesEels on our website
https://t.co/nV5QzVZAbp
In this week's blog Steve Rose, Technical Director looks at the @LandwiseNFM research project and the role of 2D #Hydraulic models in evaluating the effectiveness of NFM measures; part of the @NERC_NFM#NaturalFloodManagement Research Programme. Read more: https://t.co/hwFayMIKZK
#LandwiseNFM project partners @DavidMacd65 and Sarah Collins @BritGeoSurvey, have discussed ‘The trouble with catchments: why groundwater and surface water don’t match up’ in a recent blog at:
https://t.co/Ht8sVNCjuR
Very proud to be leading one of four funded consortia collectively awarded £24m to transform the UK food system. Ours specifically targeted at helping disadvantaged communities - the need now more urgent than ever. https://t.co/UOMmLtslsb
Delays to flood management measures due to Covid-19 means the forecast for a wet winter looks 'more daunting than ever'. @LandwiseNFM researcher @GabbyPowellPhD writes for @ConversationUK
https://t.co/N0BhbG96ja
Over the next couple of weeks we will be sharing life in the GES department🌍.
Today we introduce @GabbyPowellPhD a 2nd Year PhD researching Natural Flood Management and Community Engagement☔️👥.
@LandwiseNFM@JoClarkUoR@UniRdg_PhD#NFM#AcademicChatter