23rd October 2024
Thousands of volunteer citizen scientists across the UK braved the wettest weekend of the year, 20-23 September, to test their local rivers as part of the second Great UK WaterBlitz.... https://earthwatch.org.uk/great-uk-waterblitz-finds-cocktail-of-chemicals-found-in-uk-rivers/ Read more
25th June 2024
Earthwatch Europe publishes its report from the Great UK WaterBlitz, the UK’s largest citizen science water quality testing event, and calls for a national freshwater strategy. The results of the... https://earthwatch.org.uk/great-uk-waterblitz-finds-rivers-in-poor-ecological-health/ Read more
7th November 2022
From 30 September – 3 October 2022, Earthwatch Europe encouraged their existing FreshWater Watch community groups to take part in a global water monitoring event, creating a unique snapshot of freshwater health across... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-publishes-results-of-the-big-waterblitz-2022/ Read more
25th August 2022
Tate & Lyle has entered into the next phase of its sustainability programme for stevia, a plant-derived and in-demand low-calorie sweetener, by enrolling new farmers in China. https://earthwatch.org.uk/tate-lyle-expands-its-sustainable-stevia-programme-with-earthwatch/ Read more
11th August 2022
Earthwatch researchers have led on the publication of a new paper entitled Drivers of public plastic (mis)use New insights from changes in single-use plastic usage during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-researchers-present-new-paper-on-the-impact-of-single-use-plastic-usage-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Read more
8th June 2022
Earthwatch’s FreshWater Watch project is aiming for even greater impact with a new citizen science data platform, more community groups and a new calendar of WaterBlitz events. The new FreshWater... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-celebrates-new-tools-and-reach-to-help-tackle-freshwater-pollution-around-the-globe/ Read more
16th March 2022
The Evenlode river in Oxfordshire, like many waterways across the UK, has been impacted by sewage and agricultural pollution over decades. Once clear, the waters are now often murky and,... https://earthwatch.org.uk/new-scientist-features-freshwater-watch-s-thames-water-partnership-in-the-evenlode-202203161052/ Read more
24th February 2022
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25th October 2021
Measurements collected by more than 460 volunteers in England and the Netherlands shine a light on the poor state of our rivers compared to European counterparts, according to a report published... https://earthwatch.org.uk/wb2021/ Read more
25th October 2021
The River Evenlode winds its way through some of the Cotswold’s most picturesque scenery and is a popular place for both residents and tourists to spend time beside. Children used... https://earthwatch.org.uk/evenlode/ Read more
14th October 2021
Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative (CaSTCo.) is one of nine winners of Ofwats inaugural Water Breakthrough Challenge, and will share in £36 million to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-europe-collaboration-wins-7-1m-in-water-breakthrough-challenge/ Read more
28th September 2021
This week, Earthwatch celebrates an incredible milestone, with 30,000 datasets submitted by citizen scientists to its FreshWater Watch database from freshwater bodies around the world. https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-europe-pledges-to-use-citizen-science-to-improve-rivers-and-lakes/ Read more
20th July 2021
Earthwatch Europe is delighted to launch the FreshWater Watch programme in the Netherlands, thanks to support from Naturalis Biodiversity Center. FreshWater Watch is a global programme in which individuals and communities monitor the health of rivers, lakes, streams, ponds and wetlands. https://earthwatch.org.uk/freshwater-watch-launches-in-the-netherlands/ Read more
3rd June 2021
Over 1,200 volunteers from across the Thames Valley, Luxembourg, Paris and Dublin joined in the biggest WaterBlitz event led by Earthwatch Europe to date, collecting 1,568 water quality measurements. These... https://earthwatch.org.uk/spring-waterblitz-results/ Read more
16th April 2021
A new paper led by Dublin City University and co-authored by Earthwatch Europes Dr. Isabel Bishop outlines how Earthwatch initiative, FreshWater Watch (FWW), has been used by citizen scientists on... https://earthwatch.org.uk/fww-sdg6/ Read moreCopyright 2025. All Rights Reserved