Protecting our thriving planet – a “Pint of Science” event

Past event / Smriti Safaya shares the results of York's participation in the 2024 City Nature Challenge during this "Pint of Science" event.

13 May 2024 / About Cities and Ecosystems

Two young boys run around against the background of a very broad and tall conifer-type tree.

Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: a new composite measure

Journal article / Researchers developed a method for quantifying the social and cultural values of treescapes, creating a composite measure which can be used by policymakers.

13 May 2024 / About Public policy

Close up of a woman's hand holding a pen, shading in a wireframe diagram. A wireframe is a 2D illustration of a web page's interface. Here, simple black-lined boxes are linked together with arrows.

SAMHE mini-workshop at the 2024 Software Sustainability Institute Collaborations Workshop

Past event / Sam Bland hosted this session on the SAMHE project and the opportunities and challenges of using web apps to engage young people in citizen science.

01 May 2024 / About Innovation, Participation and Pollution

Side view of a woman holding up a young boy so that he can see inside a large blue bottle bank. A sign on the side of the container reads

Bottlenecks to glass return and refill in the United Kingdom: user journeys to explore industry perspectives

Journal article / Surveys show that industry stakeholders endorse moves to increase the percentage of remelted glass used, as well as supporting local refill and reuse schemes.

30 April 2024 / About Supply chains

A fox curled on a mossy roof turns towards the camera. The fox is almost winking.

York City Nature Challenge 2024

Past event / For the first time, York joined this international event encouraging people to record wildlife in their own cities.

26 April 2024 / About Ecosystems

People seated on barstools with the backs to the camera, silhouetted against a London skyline including St Paul's cathedral.

Webinar: Citizen science: pathways to impact and why participant diversity matters

Past event / Watch this ECSA webinar, in which Rachel Pateman shared work from a recent article, "Citizen science: pathways to impact and why participant diversity matters".

28 February 2024 / About Participation

Close up of a woman facing away from the camera, holding up a smart phone to take a photo of some leaves in a forest.

Q&A: Smriti Safaya introduces the inaugural York City Nature Challenge

Feature / Smriti explains how York residents can contribute to this international event by recording wildlife they see and why she is passionate about citizen science.

22 March 2024 / About Cities and Ecosystems

Network of dark brown tree roots covered with autumnal oak leaves, grass and moss.

Timeseries partitioning of ecosystem respiration components in seasonal, non-tropical forests; comparing literature derived coefficients with evaluation at two contrasting UK forest sites

Journal article / Investigating individual components of carbon flows within ecosystems aids our understanding of carbon dioxide sinks and sources.

15 March 2024 / About Ecosystems and Land use

Grains of wheat fill the full frame of the image.

Trade import/export nitrogen flow estimation for the UK

Other publication / SEI York researchers contributed to a new UK Nitrogen Balance Sheet, developed for WWF-UK by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

13 March 2024 / About Pollution and Supply chains