@yorkshireicasp
Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme at University Leeds. We bring together academics & experts from organisations active in catchment management to use environmental science more effectively. Peatland restoration, flooding, water quality.
Polluted Lough Neagh by Peter Harper
2/3 The research is examining why the lake is degrading, how pollution and antimicrobial resistance may be affecting the catchment & how findings will inform a long-term recovery plan.
The Freshwater Quality Research Programme is funded by NERC & Defra supported by champion team @water.leeds.ac.uk
Lough Neagh photo by Peter Harper
1/3 Find out about a new research project which will generate scientific evidence to help restore #LoughNeagh - Northern Ireland’s largest & most iconic lake.
Join the next Uk Freshwater Quality Programme webinar
📅Wed 25 March
⌚ 11am
Presented by @susheelbusi.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Prof Pippa Chapman University of Leeds
Prof Julia Martin-Ortega University of Leeds
Farhana Naz iCASP project officer
Dr Steph Bond, iCASP Impact Translation Fellow
Happy #InternationalWomensDay2026
Celebrating the talents of the wonderful environmental researchers we work with & their achievements. #IWD2026
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
An estate flooded
3/3 The Programme addresses an urgent need for better skills in flood risk management & climate resilience across Yorkshire.
It's aimed at local government, Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water & voluntary agency teams with a responsibility for flood risk management. Funded by YRFCC
2/3 An Introduction to NFM Monitoring covers:-
💚 What is NFM, how does it work, which techniques can we use?
💚 Does NFM interventions reduce flooding?
💚 What are the monitoring requirements in the EA & Defra £25m NFM programme?
It's run by @water.leeds.ac.uk & @universityofleeds.bsky.social & WYFLIP
monitoring at Backstone Beck
1/3 Why it is so important to monitor Natural Flood Management interventions?
This is one of the key topics explored in the next free online Blue Green Infrastructure Training Session as part of West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme.
📅 Wednesday 18 March
⏲️ 1pm-3pm
Message us to book.
🔊 Hey early year researchers @universityofleeds.bsky.social!
Are you interested in using your phone to create compelling visual material during fieldwork?
Join this interactive half-day visual methods workshop on campus
📅 Mon 16 March
⌚1-5 pm
Register forms.office.com/e/98R5YnjCZF
River Aire
3/3 Above all I enjoy learning what others in different fields of hydrology are doing & meeting up with the friends I have made over the years since my 1st BHS Peter Wolf Symposium in 1993 - & making new friends added Miranda.
The organisers are @water.leeds.ac.uk & @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social
Poster promoting the event
2/3 Presenting at the BHS symposium in 2024 gave me the chance to show the work going on in the field of water resources in agriculture - & to remind people that hydrology is not just about flooding said Miranda.
Booking opens Mon 2 March. Call for abstracts is open. @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social
Miranda Foster
1/3 Presenter at the last @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social Symposium Miranda Foster is keen to take part again - in #Leeds.
The Principal Analyst in #Hydrology & Water Resources Modelling with JBA Consulting said It’s a great chance to meet people & learn in a friendly & supportive environment.
3/3 The training is funded by Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee & delivered by Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme iCASP & @water.leeds.ac.uk @universityofleeds.bsky.social as part of West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme
2/3 📅Tuesday 3rd March
⌚ 12:00 - 14:00pm
It's aimed at local government, Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water & river trusts with a responsibility for flood risk management in the Yorkshire region.
Visit icasp.org.uk/2026/02/23/f...
Peatland at Dovestone
1/3 Would you like to develop your knowledge about how to redesign peatland restoration?
These include
✅ reducing flood risk
✅ improving water quality
✅ restoring ecology
✅ increasing carbon sequestration.
We're running a free online Blue Green Infrastructure Training session as part of WYFLIP
A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests’ least recognised services: as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions. The findings add weight to arguments for protecting forests as water and climate pressures increase.
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/tropica...
➡️ New report from our Climate Evidence Unit: CCS (carbon capture & storage) could support the UK’s path to Net Zero, but only if deployed strategically & responsibly. It highlights key actions on governance, public engagement, flexibility & fair costs. Read more 👉 climate.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/cli...
Hey hey this is free and open to all - come make plans with us!
👉 Read this blog by Dr Tinashe Kanosvamhira to find out more about his plans to centre community-level expertise and knowledge in research and wider food system policy conversations
medium.com/globalfoodle...
We are pleased to support this research through seed funding.
community grown allotment
Dr Tinashe Kanosvamhira and partners Abalimi Bezekhaya, the South African Urban Food & Farming Trust, and the University of the Western Cape will run 3 workshops uniting farmers, foragers, activists and researchers to explore indigenous foodways, pooling community knowledge as vital expertise. 👇
A man at the Dimbaza co-op outside of King Williams town in South Africa. He is working the patch of land using a large gardening fork
Across Cape Town, South Africa, communities maintain small gardens and keep ancestral recipes alive despite the challenges of rising costs, climate stress, and land pressures. Yet these voices are rarely recognised in policy or mainstream food debates 👇
#FoodSecurity #FoodGrowing #SouthAfrica
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📢 ‘Reimagining Hydrology for a Changing World’
🗓Wednesday 2 – Friday 4 September
💙 Abstract submissions are now open
✅ Registration opens Monday 2 March.
We're looking for abstracts - flooding, drought, water quality, digital tools & collaborative practices. www.hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php
3/4 “The really special thing for me about the BHS Symposium is the variety of professionals that attend, all bring their own unique ideas & experience for today’s & tomorrow’s complex water challenges" says Mark.
The event showcases hydrological research & practice across a wide range of themes.
Mark, a member of the @water.leeds.ac.uk organising committee, is really looking forward to taking part in the #BHSSymposium26 as its where he is based.
He likes to learn about the hot topics in hydrology & what questions we're asking as a society to align his research with real issues we face.
Mark Trigg pictured at the Amazon River’s Obidos river gauging station
1/4 BHS Symposium 26 is a key event for anyone with an interest in #hydrology – & they only happen every two years, so don’t miss it says Mark Trigg, scientist & chartered engineer @universityofleeds.bsky.social with experience in hydrology, hydrogeology & hydraulics.
@britishhydrosoc.bsky.social
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Project team by river Almond
There's still time to sign up for the webinar on Thurs at 2pm to hear an update about the £2m MOT4Rivers water quality research project to protect river ecosystems.
It's part of the UK Freshwater Quality Programme, funded by NERC & defra spported by @water.leeds.ac.uk
See how to join in comments
Prof Andrew Tyler
The £2m MOT4Rivers research project is investigating how pollutants interact with rivers & ecosystems to devise a system to monitor & measure pollution.
Prof Andrew Tyler, University Stirling, will share their progress in a webinar, Thurs 12 Feb, 2pm.
Email to join freshwater@leeds.ac.uk
🔊 Exciting news - the 2026 BHS Symposium is coming to @universityofleeds.bsky.social Wed 2 - Fri 4 Sept.
It's a great opportunity for anyone interested in #hydrology
The event will be hosted by @water.leeds.ac.uk & @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social teams. The call is out for interesting abstracts.
We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪
lake water bordered by reeds
📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh.
Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Lough Neagh photo courtesy of Peter Harper Lough Neagh Partnership
3/3 There is an urgent need for better tools to identify the sources & movement of pollution across the Lough Neagh catchment.
Practical tools & clear evidence for stakeholders will be produced as a result of this research to support the restoration of the lake. water.leeds.ac.uk/news/vital-n...