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Blogbeitrag#115. Dezember 2023

Meet two Environment Agency interns helping to protect our water environment

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Environment Agency

Environment Agency

Our Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) offers students from diverse backgrounds the chance to kickstart their careers and give them an insight into the breadth of work undertaken by the EA. Ever wondered what this would be like? We spoke to Rion Hoshino and Siobhan Gunn, who completed the internship this summer, to find out more about their experience.

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Blogbeitrag#22. November 2023

Radioactivity in food and the environment

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Environment Agency

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 …

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Blogbeitrag#318. Dezember 2023

Environment Agency bathing waters storm overflow data

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has analysed Event Duration Monitoring data on storm overflows associated with bathing waters across England for 2023. This data, provided to the EA following the end of the bathing water season (May to September inclusive), is a …

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Blogbeitrag#41. September 2023

Wendling Beck Environment Project – building financial and environmental resilience for farmers

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Environment Agency

By Andy Slaney, Green Finance Specialist, Environment Agency The Wendling Beck Environment Project is a habitat creation, nature restoration and regenerative farming project, spanning almost 2,000 acres near Dereham in Norfolk, UK. The project is leading the way in transforming …

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Blogbeitrag#52. April 2024

The Environment Agency's role in Biodiversity Net Gain

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Environment Agency

Did you know there are more than 242,000km of watercourses in England? Our rivers, lakes, ponds, estuaries, and wetlands cut across and connect many landscapes, providing natural corridors for wildlife and supporting a wealth of biodiversity. However, our nation's wildlife …

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Blogbeitrag#69. November 2023

Reflections from an Environment Agency science engagement intern

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Environment Agency

Finola Kirrane, science engagement intern, reflects on her summer in the Chief Scientist's Group and highlights the contributions of her science intern cohort.

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Blogbeitrag#719. Oktober 2023

My Experience Interning with the Environment Agency

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Environment Agency

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.

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Blogbeitrag#826. März 2024

Water company employees: How to report serious wrongdoing to the Environment Agency

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Environment Agency

Today, Tuesday 26th March, the Environment Agency (EA) has launched a new whistleblowing portal enabling water company staff to report environmental wrongdoing by their own organisations and industry. Our message to water company workers is that if you suspect the …

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Blogbeitrag#912. Oktober 2023

Make a difference – lead with the Environment Agency

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Environment Agency

We need dynamic and diverse leaders now more than ever. Worsening storms, more frequent floods and heatwaves, longer droughts, faster coastal change, significant species loss and greater pressures on water, land and air – climate change is happening now. We …

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Blogbeitrag#1011. Oktober 2023

How the Environment Agency uses data to protect our water resources in a changing climate

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Environment Agency

After spending almost 20 years collecting data in the West Midlands to respond to climate change challenges, like flooding and drought, I still love the job I do as much as when I first got called to interview for the Environment Agency.

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Blogbeitrag#118. April 2024

New research project launched by the Environment Agency to monitor saltmarsh's carbon capture and storage

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is part of a new research project that will monitor saltmarshes across the UK. Saltmarsh plays a significant role in mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing greenhouse gasses in their plants and sediments. As well …

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Blogbeitrag#1226. Februar 2024

Environment Officer Joseph Holder explains how weekly beach walkovers and inspections are helping to improve Weston-super-Mare's bathing water quality

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency conducts weekly sampling during the bathing water season, which spans from May to September. Across the UK, there are 424 designated bathing water sites, 49 of these sit within Wessex. Each one of these sites is …

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Blogbeitrag#1312. Februar 2024

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the Environment Agency's Citizen Science Projects

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Environment Agency

Yesterday (Sunday 11 February) marked the ninth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a UN designated celebration of the massive contribution women make to the fields of science and technology. Today, we look at a hugely important …

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Blogbeitrag#1410. November 2023

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

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Environment Agency

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.

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Blogbeitrag#1517. November 2023

Update on Environment Agency investigation

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Tomorrow marks two years since we announced the launch of a major investigation into potential widespread non-compliance by water and sewerage companies at wastewater treatment works. It is the largest ever criminal investigation we have undertaken to date. The investigation …

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