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How effective are leaky dams at reducing the downstream flood peak?

How effective are leaky dams at reducing the downstream flood peak?

Two papers published in the Journal of Hydrology explore how to quantify the impacts of natural flood management (NFM), specifically leaky dams in upland catchments, on the downstream flood peak magnitude. 

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Inspiring young minds at the Cardiff TeenTech Festival

Inspiring young minds at the Cardiff TeenTech Festival

Along with 700 students between ages 10-14 and their teachers, we attended TeenTech Festival at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff in December 2023.

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Climate change and sustainability at Rochdale Science Extravaganza

Climate change and sustainability at Rochdale Science Extravaganza

Visitors to the community science event on Sunday 19th March explored flood risk and climate change using our interactive augmented reality sandbox.

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Improving forecast flood maps using earth observation data

Improving forecast flood maps using earth observation data

In this article, we explore the importance of earth observation (EO) data for identifying flood extents and how a new method for validating flood maps enables a quantitative, location specific measure of flood map accuracy

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Highlighting careers in flood risk management

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.

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Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!

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.

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Join us for our 10th Year Anniversary!

Join us for our 10th Year Anniversary!

Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 September 2022 (in-person and virtual events) We'll be sharing the highlights of our support for research, education and engagement activities, reflecting on what we have learnt and inviting you to help shape what we do and who we help over the next 10 years. Day 1 - Science translation, education [...]

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Blog: Science Futures at Glastonbury!

Blog: Science Futures at Glastonbury!

Nature, climate change, flood risk…. and some music too!  Sian Selkirk shares her highlights from the Science Futures tent at Glastonbury

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Analysis of local authority areas where planting trees could help reduce flood risk

Analysis of local authority areas where planting trees could help reduce flood risk

Analysis of local authority areas where different types of tree planting (floodplain, riparian, wider catchment) could help reduce flood risk

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Modelling eel movement to improve fish pass design

Modelling eel movement to improve fish pass design

A summary of the PhD research carried out by Tom Padgett into how weirs, fish passes and hydro-electric plants can best be configured to avoid disruption to eel and fish migration.

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