Exploring river catchments and flood risk management ideas
Students at the Climate Challenge College in Todmorden, Lancashire, explored flood risk management techniques using our augmented reality (AR) sandbox on Wednesday 8th March.
New research improves forecast flood maps using earth observation data
In August 2022, devastating, widespread flooding in Pakistan displaced 33 million people and highlighted the importance of earth observation (EO) data for observing flood extent. New research enables a quantitative, location specific measure of flood map accuracy to help improve flood forecasts.
Learning about coastal flood risk management and careers
We delivered a full day of careers and coastal risk management sessions to over 200 Year 9 Geography students at St Ambrose Barlow RC High School in Salford on Thursday 1st December.
Augmented reality sandbox at Kendal Mountain Festival
Our augmented reality sandbox was in action at Kendal Mountain Festival 2022.
Highlighting careers in flood risk management
On Wednesday 19th October, we attended the Ermysted’s Grammar School careers fair in Skipton to highlight career pathways in the flood risk management and environmental sector.
Blog: Climate change and community engagement at Manchester Science Festival
Climate change, flood risk and the augmented reality sandbox. Aimee Pilling shares her experience of volunteering with JBA Trust at Manchester Science Festival.
Reflections on the summer weather: What does our weather station data tell us?
In this seasonal summary of our weather station data we consider the weather events during Summer 2022, including an insight in to the two heat waves that occurred in June and August.
Congratulations to our Scholarship recipients!
We’re delighted to announce that we have awarded two scholarships to study Flood and Coastal Risk Management at Lancaster University.
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!
During our 10th year anniversary events, we reflected on what we’ve learnt and asked for views on what we should prioritise. Here we share a summary of the feedback we received and how it will shape our plans for the future.
Supporting engagement activities at the Science Museum
Our augmented reality sandbox provided an interactive activity for visitors to the Environment Agency ‘Science on a Sphere’ exhibition at the Science Museum in London.
