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Monthly reports on rainfall, soil moisture deficit, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoir levels.
Reports for the amount of EEE placed on the market and WEEE collected in the UK under the WEEE Regulations.
Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.
Investigates the influence of lowland agricultural peat on water quality, the effect peat properties have on water tables, and effective approaches to raising water tables.
Findings of the internal review into the Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, focusing on the export of this waste to India.
Continues the Environment Agency’s work on measuring methane emissions from landfills
Investigates the potential use of drones for identifying sources of methane emissions at landfills
Investigates how a technique known as inverse dispersion modelling could be used to estimate the amount of methane released from landfill sites.
This assessment provides a picture of current and future flood and coastal erosion risk across England.
Examines the potential environmental impacts of ten alternatives to petroleum-based fossil fuels.
Examines the environmental behaviour of ten radionuclides whose importance in environmental dose assessments is novel or increasing.
Examines how medical radionuclides separate themselves between different parts of the wastewater environment through laboratory experiments.
Investigates the behaviour of the novel medical radionuclide lutetitum-177 (177Lu) in wastewater environments through a field monitoring investigation.
Research on public perceptions and attitudes towards temporary use bans (TUBs), also known as hosepipe bans, during droughts and periods of hot weather.
How the Environment Agency works with the agriculture sector to improve the water environment in England.
Summary reports on dry weather and drought in England from July 2025 to March 2026 and how it affected public water supply, agriculture, energy and the environment.
The Environment Agency’s research themes, partnerships and publications.
Investigates how future climate change could impact the water quality of Windermere in the English Lake District.
Developed spatial riverine natural capital condition and ecosystem service evidence, accessed via an open data mapping tool, the Ecosystem Service Map Explorer.
Review of the UK’s regulatory system for medical radioisotopes.
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