AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries (2009-2013) [CEH Thames Initiative]

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This data set comprises of weekly water quality monitoring data of seven sites along the River Thames, UK, and fifteen of its major tributaries from February 2009 to February 2013. Parameters measured were phosphorus and nitrogen species, dissolved reactive silicon, water temperature, pH, Gran alkalinity, suspended solids, chlorophyll and major dissolved anions (fluoride, chloride, bromide, sulphate) and cations (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron). Dissolved and total iron, manganese, zinc, copper concentrations have also been produced from August 2010 to February 2013. The accompanying daily river flow data are also supplied. Samples were taken as part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Thames Initiative monitoring programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd

Tags: Hydrography
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Laboratory soil incubation respiration rates from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset contains measures of laboratory soil incubation respiration rates from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Samples from soil cores were incubated in the laboratory to quantify CO2 and CH4 gas production rates at two different temperatures under both anoxic and oxic incubations. Soil cores were sampled from a peatland plateau and a thawing feature of the peatland plateau and from a unburnt and a burnt black spruce forest, and also additional sites in Yukon. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0c79defa-d762-4ad1-a714-02e177d8e690

Tags: Permafrost thawing, Soil respiration
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Biological characteristics, liver metal concentrations, habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources of UK otters (2006-2017)

The dataset details the biological characteristics and concentrations of toxic metals/semi-metals in liver tissue from 278 Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that died across England and Wales during the period 2006-2017. For each otter carcass, location (National Grid Reference) was recorded. These locations were used to collate data describing spatial variation in stream and soil biochemistry, weather, and potential anthropogenic sources of contaminants in the otter's habitat from a range of sources. This data was collected as part of the Cardiff University Otter Project. This project was supported in part by a grant from the Esme Fairbairn Foundation. The CEH contribution was supported the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCaPE programme delivering National Capability. This study contains model estimates of topsoil properties [Countryside Survey] and British Geological Survey data owned by © NERC as well as Ordnance Survey data owned by © Crown copyright and database right 2007. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Eurasian otter, European otter, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2017 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland)

This 1 km summary pixel data set represents the land surface of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, classified using two classification schemas, target and aggregate classes. The target class schema comprise 21 UKCEH land cover classes based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. The aggregate class schema comprises 10 aggregate classes that are groupings of the 21 target classes. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised target classes into more general classes. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate class. The 1km percentage product provides the percentage cover for each of the 21 land cover classes for 1km x 1km pixels. This product contains one band per habitat class, producing 21 and 10 band images for the target and aggregate class products respectively. The 1km dominant coverage product is based on the 1km percentage product, and reports the land cover class with the highest percentage cover for each 1km pixel. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2017 products are available from the LCM2017 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/be0bdc0e-bc2e-4f1d-b524-2c02798dd893

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Great Britain, Land Cover, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Labile, recalcitrant, and refractory organic matter in soil samples from UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021

The dataset details the quantification of three different pools of organic matter (labile, recalcitrant, and refractory) within 1211 down core soil samples collect from across UK saltmarsh sites between 2018 - 2021. Additionally, the dataset presents a measure of organic matter reactivity using the carbon reactivity index (CRI). The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9a62bb8a-dd88-42d2-9af2-25ec338110e6

Tags: C-SIDE, Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments, England, LOI, Labile, Reactivity, Recalcitrant, Scotland, Soil, UK, Wales
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Windermere pike fecundity and egg data 1963-2003

This dataset consists of fecundity, egg and associated data on female pike (Esox lucius) from net sampling in Windermere. Data collection began in 1963. The data were initially collected by the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) but have been collected by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and its predecessor Institute of Freshwater Ecology (IFE) since 1989. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4b255fc4-33d3-4beb-a238-37e1a8cf32a2

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Windermere, fish, lake
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Elemental analysis of soil in the Ningbo watershed, China

Elemental analysis of 80 soil samples taken in the Ningbo Watershed, in the Zhangxi catchment, Eastern China. Variables measured include As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, P, Pb, and lead isotope ratios along with concentrations of Zn, Ca and K. Data was collected in March 2016 and analysed at Queens Belfast University. The data was collected and analysed as part of a NERC NSFC funded multi project research programme UK- China Critical Zone Observation Programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9c2e8b85-48ab-48c9-b69d-dd676a5d086f

Tags: China, ICP-MS, Ningbo, XRF, lead isotope ratios, potassium
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Wards (May 2026) Names and Codes in the UK

<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>This file contains the names and codes for electoral wards/divisions in the United Kingdom as at 7th May 2026.(File Size - 736KB)</span></span></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; line-height:1.5;'><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Names - WD26CD, WD26NM, WD26NMW</span></span></div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Types - Text, Text, Text</span></span></div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Lengths - 9, 53, 45</span></span></div></div></div>

Tags: 2026, MAY_2026, NAC_ADM, NAC_WD, NAC_WD_MAY_2026, Names and Codes, UK, United Kingdom, WD, Wards
Organization: Office for National Statistics
County Electoral Division (May 2026) Names and Codes in EN

<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>This file contains the names and codes for County Electoral Divisions in England as at 7th May 2026. &nbsp;(File Size - 40 KB)&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>Field Names – CED26CD, CED26NM</span></span></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border-style:solid; border-width:0px; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Types – Text, Text</span></span><br /><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Lengths – 9, 47</span></span></div>

Tags: 2026, Administrative Names and Codes, CED, CED_MAY_2026, County Electoral Division names and codes, County Electoral Divisions, MAY_2026, NAC_ADM, NAC_CED
Organization: Office for National Statistics
Radiocarbon dating of Sus scrofa (pig) remains from archaeological sites in the Philippines and Pacific Islands

This data set contains information on the age of Sus scrofa (pig) bones and teeth from archaeological sites in the Philippines and the Pacific Islands as estimated by AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were selected for radiocarbon dating and palaeogenomic analysis from the following archaeological sites in the Philippines and Pacific Islands (Palau): Pamayan (Philippines), Savidug (Philippines) and Uchul a Rois (Palau). Radiocarbon dating was carried out at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit following published protocols. This work was supported by NERC grant NE/S00078X/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3187bfa1-6346-4569-9062-b5414ec1dd62

Tags: Pacific, Palau, Philippines
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Biogeochemical and edaphic data from burned peat soil on the Stalybridge estate (UK), October 2018

This dataset contains biogeochemical and edaphic information from burned peat soil on the Stalybridge estate located near Manchester (UK), commonly referred to as Saddleworth moor. This study was conducted after a wildfire fire on the Saddleworth moor in June 2018. The sample plots included areas with deep and shallow peat burn. The data includes geographical information (location, elevation and slope), soil temperature and soil chemical composition (carbon, nitrogen and 22 other elements). The dataset is the result of research funded by a NERC Urgency grant entitled 'RECOUP-Moor: Restoring Ecosystem CarbOn Uptake of Post-fire Moorland' (NE/S011943/1, led by Dr. Bjorn Robroek of the University of Southampton (now Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1fa8d605-b996-4687-ace2-1fa59cd5c6dd

Tags: Blanket bog, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Moorland, Peatland, Soil biochemistry, Soil edaphics, Wildfire
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2024 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland)

This is a 10m pixel data set representing the land surface of Northern Ireland, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. It is a two-band raster in GeoTiff format. The first band gives the most likely land cover type; the second band gives the per-parcel probability of the land cover. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2024 products are available from the LCM2024 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/db1ea1f3-4101-4a52-b2b3-582473f724ea

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Land Cover, Northern Ireland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Ecosystem function and vegetation data from a land use gradient on Salisbury Plain in June 2014

This dataset contains ecosystem function and vegetation survey data from soils collected from Salisbury Plain, UK. The sites were selected to reflect the four main grassland management types on Salisbury Plain ranging from arable cropland to species rich grassland, with six representative grassland plots for each type (24 sites in total). Each site had four replicates for each variable measured. The data collected was intended to illustrate a gradient of ecosystem functioning and vegetation change as the grassland becomes more extensively managed. The field sampling was conducted by the University of Manchester and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Wallingford. Soils were extracted for nutrients and analysed by the University of Manchester. The data includes vegetation surveys, where the cover of each plant species present was assessed, and diversity indices were calculated. Furthermore, greenhouse gas fluxes were measured in situ, and soil nutrients and microbial biomass were also determined. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0e0a89e1-21f9-413e-8d7e-764b0b714dd6

Tags: BESS, Calcareous grassland, Ecosystem function, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Intensive grassland, Reverting grassland, Species rich grassland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Nitrogen and Carbon isotope data from 210Pb dated lake sediment cores in the United Kingdom

A dataset of historical sediment Carbon and Nitrogen isotope measurements from lake cores (n=95) spanning the range of lake types and catchments found across the UK. These data have been obtained from the Environmental Change Research Centre (ECRC) lake sediment core archive with well-resolved time intervals (1850, 1900, 1980 and present) determined by radiometric dating (210Pb; 137Cs). This data has been collated to investigate historical sources and accumulation of C and N in lakes. This dataset provides historical data for hydrological / nutrient modelling from the Long Term Large Scale (LTLS) Project in the NERC Macronutrients programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4b53b1d7-f290-4b47-97e9-9f9ec79f3003

Tags: 210Pb, ECRC, Environmental Change Research Centre , Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Lead-210, core, lake sediment core
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: species trends 2011

This dataset provides linear trends, over varying time periods, for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) Collated Indices of individual butterfly species across the UK. The main statistical values derived from a linear regression (slope, standard error, P-value) are presented for the entire time series for each species (1976 to 2011), for the last 20 years, and for the last decade. In addition a trend class, based on slope direction and its significance, and a percentage change for that time period are provided to describe the statistical trends. These trend data are provided for 59 UK butterfly species. Trends across different time series allow us to determine the long and short-term trends for individual species. This is enables us to focus conservation and research and also to assess species responses to conservation already in place. The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) are responsible for the calculation and interpretation of this trend datasets. The collection of the underlying UKBMS data is reliant on a large volunteer community. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is funded by a consortium of organisations led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). This dataset is updated annually and a more recent version of the UKBMS species trends (2012) is now available. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cad2af6c-0c97-414c-8d5f-992741b283cf

Tags: Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Global river cellulose decomposition assay data 2016-17

This dataset contains information regarding mountain river sites sampled in 2016-17. It includes: 1) physicochemical parameters of the river sites sampled, 2) tensile-strength loss data of a standardised cotton strip assay as a proxy for the decomposition of cellulose in mountain rivers, 3) molecular next generation sequencing data of the fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer region (ITS) and Cellobiohydrolase I gene (cbhI) sampled from the cotton strip decomposition assay. Field observations were made in Alaska, Austria, Ecuador, France, New Zealand and Norway to investigate how decreasing catchment glacier cover influences the fungal decomposition of organic matter in mountain rivers. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fec704d2-ee6a-427b-9345-850dd96ff1b4

Tags: Cellobiohydrolase I (cbhI), Cotton-strip assay, Decomposition assay, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Mountain rivers, NGS data, Next generation sequencing, Physicochemical data, Tensile-strength data, qPCR
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2018-2020

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset provides deposition values of sulphur and nitrogen deposition, deposition of non-marine base cations and concentration values for ammonia (NH3), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) on the UK nature conservation protected sites, averaged over the years 2018 to 2020. The dataset also includes calculated minimum, maximum and gridded average values for each site. Protected nature sites covered are: (i) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (ii) Special Protection Areas (SPA) (iii) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The data consist of values of nitrogen and acid deposition, non-marine base cations deposition, and concentrations of ammonia (NH3) based on the Concentration Based Estimated Deposition (CBED), and concentrations of NOx and SO2 using the Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model. Nitrogen and acid deposition data is also given for specific habitat types including: (i) moorland/short vegetation everywhere, (ii) forest everywhere, and (iii) the grid square average over multiple land cover types (i.e. arable, grassland, forest, moorland, urban) These habitat-specific data are recommended for use with critical loads for the calculation of critical load exceedances using the relevant deposition/habitat type. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f83a56ef-15ad-4270-aefd-a6ef4b24b4ee

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) butterfly data: 1993-2012

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Butterfly data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. Counts of individual species are recorded. These data are collected while walking a defined transect at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. They represent continuous weekly records from 1993 to 2012. ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/dad68dc4-9e36-457e-aa3a-e7eb816fb508

Tags: Alice Holt, Drayton, Environmental Change Network, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Glensaugh, Hillsborough, ILTER, LTER, Moor House - Upper Teesdale, North Wyke, Rothamsted, Sourhope, Wytham, Yr Wyddfa - Snowdon
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre