Extreme Oxford Weather: Last night we recorded a minimum temperature of 20.4C at the Radcliffe Met Station, which is the 4th hottest night in Oxford since records began in 1815! This is an incredible figure in the context of over 75,000 nights of data! #ukheatwave #climatechange

Now available from the EIDC: Daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil data (2013-2018) [COSMOS-UK]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. doi.org/10.5285/37702a…

The COSMOS-UK dataset includes a variety of soil and hydrometeorological observations for sites across the UK, including relative humidity, air temperature, net radiation and (of course) soil moisture. Here are some measurements from the Morley site @Morleyfarms.

Dry run: the wet farming experiment that could sow seeds for future crops theguardian.com/environment/20…

The latest soil moisture summary is now available at cosmos.ceh.ac.uk. Soil moisture at most sites across the UK is close to normal for the time of year with the exception of unusually wet soils in central England, as shown here.

The soil moisture summary for December is available at cosmos.ceh.ac.uk. Many soils are wetter than expected for the time of year and are at or near saturation.

Our latest data set upto 2019 just published by UKCEH EIDC

🎉 Cameras are live 🎉 The 2021 live stream of the UKCEH Kestrels has begun. You can watch live 24/7, from either the outside (youtu.be/a9WHx1O_-FQ) or inside (youtu.be/uZ7vwGeQ36U). If you see something exciting tweet us about it! 🐣🐤🐥

Having heard about these "bar stools" for a few years, it's exciting to see the paper published "A Novel Low-Cost, High-Resolution Camera System for Measuring Peat Subsidence and Water Table Dynamics" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #PeatTwitter #PeatPaper

NEWS: Partially rewetting drained agricultural peatlands could achieve substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without halting their productive use for farming, according to a new nature study led by UKCEH ceh.ac.uk/press/improved… #NetZero #GHG

New data paper describing the dataset from COSMOS-UK environmental monitoring network.

Paper published! Using COSMOS-UK measurements and data assimilation techniques to improve JULES soil moisture outputs. Work as part of Hydro-JULES with co-authors Hollie Cooper Ewan Pinnington Simon Dadson plus non-tweeters.🙂

The latest soil moisture summary is now available at cosmos.ceh.ac.uk. There is a clear gradient of soil moisture across the UK, from wetter than normal soils in south to drier than normal soils in the north.

Amazing views at Plynlimon COSMOS-UK last week!

Peatlands are carbon-rich wetlands occupying 3% of the global land surface and 12% of UK land area. Loss of wetlands would lead to increased carbon and methane emissions #GHG monitoring and research informs decisions about #peatland management needed to help reach #NetZero

8/ #NetZero greenhouse gas emissions research progress: 🔹 Landmark report on how GHG removal could help the UK achieve net zero 🔹 Improved management of farmed peatlands could achieve substantial cuts in GHG emissions 🔹 Growth of our UK GHG monitoring network #UKCEHscience

New #peat cameras installed next to flux towers systems (and on its own) to monitor peat motion and subsidence using low-cost sensors and #raspberrypi UKCEH

What is the capacity of innovative land management to convert degraded UK peatlands for effective and secure GGR? We're leading GGR-Peat looking at sustainable management practices to reverse the trend for #peatland degradation #PeatlandRestoration