AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Boulder movement in two debris flow channels and a landslide in the Bhote Koshi catchment, Nepal, May to October 2019

The data contains location and x,y,z accelerometer readings from trackers embedded into 23 boulders in the upper Bhote Koshi catchment, Nepal before the 2019 monsoon season. The data was transmitted in real time via a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®) gateway to a server. The data presented cover the period May 2019 to October 2019. The data from this study was used to demonstrate how cost-effective technology can be used to monitor boulder movement in hazard-prone sites, and to show the potential for active sensors connected through a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®) to be used in an early warning system in the future. Data was collected by the data authors. This was carried out as part the BOULDER: Accounting for BOUlders in Landslide-flood Disaster Evaluation and Resilience project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Award reference NE/S005951/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/93518ac3-4ded-47fa-b260-38184c09dfc8

Tags: Accelerometer, debris flow channels, long-range (LoRa) devices, moving boulders
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Breeding success, population size, and site quality data for a population of common guillemots (Uria aalge) on the Isle of May, Scotland, 1981-2018

This dataset contains information on the breeding outcome, breeding site occupancy, and breeding site quality for a sample of common guillemots breeding on the Isle of May, Scotland. Data is available for all attributes from 1981-2018. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/isle-may-long-term-study). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33b42f0a-12a5-47fe-aaaf-25f4ee5e13a5

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, breeding success, common guillemot, site quality
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Peatland restoration greenhouse emissions and uncertainties under multiple emission metrics from a modelling case-study in the UK

This dataset contains greenhouse gas emission estimates for illustrative scenarios of peatland restoration from a case-study with The Wildlife Trusts in the UK. Initial management information was provided by individual Wildlife Trusts, from which a representative simulation case-study was designed. Emissions are estimated assuming peatlands are initially in a degraded state, initially restored by wetting, and finally restored further to 'near-natural' conditions. Emissions are reported for individual gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide), and aggregated under multiple metrics: the 100-year Global Warming Potential, the 100-year Global temperature Change Potential and 'GWP*', to provide insight into temporal dynamics. Uncertainties are also shown, with data from a large number of Monte Carlo Simulation runs. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/W004976/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a295a07f-613d-4787-a933-48174db301be

Tags: Soil
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Energy and mass balance characteristics of Peruvian glaciers

Code to compare the mass and energy balance of five Peruvian glaciers, based on outputs from the energy balance model Tethys-Chloris. Also includes code to compare the results of climate sensitivity experiments (where the air temperature and precipitation were varied). The main outputs of the analysis at each of the sites are also stored. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5f6661e4-1d34-4b01-8f3a-9fc86c546f73

Tags: Artesonraju Glacier, Chuchillacocha Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Cordillera Urubamba, Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru, Peruvian climate, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Quisoquipina Glacier, Rio Santa, Shallap Glacier, Tethys-Chloris, ecohydrological modelling, glacier energy balance, glacier mass balance, melt modelling, tropical glaciers
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Interspecific communication in African savannah herbivores

This dataset contains information about various aspects of the alarm communication network of African savannah herbivores. Data were collected in April 2015 and between September 2015 and October 2016 in the Masai Mara National Reserve, in southern Kenya (1°30’S, 35°10’E). Research focused on the 12 most common herbivore species in the ecosystem. For each of these species, the dataset provides information on vigilance rates, the probability to alarm call in response to different predators, the responsiveness to heterospecific alarm calls, as well as the relative abundance and grouping behaviour of species. Details on study species, study design and data analysis are provided in the supporting documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6

Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil data (2013-2016) [COSMOS-UK] v2

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil observations from COSMOS-UK (cosmic-ray soil moisture monitoring network) from the start of the network, in October 2013, to the end of 2016. These data are from 42 sites active across UK during this time, recording a range of hydrometeorological and soil variables. Each site in the network hosts a cosmic-ray sensing probe; a novel sensor technology which can be used, in combination with hydrometeorological data, to calculate the volumetric water content of soil over a field scale. The hydrometeorological and soil data are recorded at a 30 minute resolution and they include neutron counts from the Cosmic-ray sensing probe, humidity and atmospheric pressure data that are used to derive volumetric water content at two temporal resolutions (hourly and daily). Also included are soil heat flux, air temperature, wind speed and net radiation data which are used to derive potential evapotranspiration at a daily resolution. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/486f049b-c51b-4496-97e3-1d66137e4296

Tags: Alice Holt, Balruddery, Bickley Hall, Bunny Park, COSMOS-UK, Cardington, Chimney Meadows, Chobham Common, Cochno, Cockle Park, Crichton, Cwm Garw, Easter Bush, Elmsett, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Euston, Fincham, Fivemiletown, Gisburn Forest, Glensaugh, Glenwherry, Hadlow, Hartwood Home, Harwood Forest, Heytesbury, Hillsborough, Hollin Hill, Holme Lacy, Loddington, Lullington Heath, Moor House, Morley, North Wyke, Plynlimon, Porton Down, Redhill, Redmere, Riseholme, Rothamsted, Sheepdrove, Sourhope, Spen Farm, Stiperstones, Stoughton, Tadham Moor, The Lizard, UK-SCAPE, Waddesdon, Writtle, Wytham Woods, absolute humidity, atmospheric pressure, cosmic-ray sensing probe, net radiation, potential evapotranspiration, relative humidity, soil heat flux, soil moisture, soil temperature, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Surface temperature, surface oxygen, water clarity, water chemistry and phytoplankton chlorophyll a data from Blelham Tarn, UK, 2025

This is part of an ongoing long-term monitoring dataset of surface temperature, surface oxygen, water clarity, water chemistry and phytoplankton chlorophyll a from fortnightly sampling at Blelham Tarn in Cumbria, England, that began in 1945 for some variables. The data have been collected by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). The data available to download comprise surface temperature (TEMP) in degree Celsius, surface oxygen saturation (OXYG) in % air-saturation, Secchi depth (SECC) in metres, alkalinity (ALKA) in ug per litre as CaCO3 and pH. Total ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4N), total oxidised nitrogen (TON), soluble reactive phosphate (PO4P), total phosphorus (TOTP), dissolved reactive silicon expressed as SiO2 (SIO2) and phytoplankton chlorophyll a (TOCA) are all given in ug per litre. Water samples are based on a sample integrated from 0 to 5 m. Water chemistry values below the detection limit, are indicated by a < sign in the column titled 'sign(if<LOD)'. Please beware that the limits of detection for NH4N, TON, TOTP and SIO2 are reviewed annually and can fluctuate. Measurements are made from a boat at a marked location (buoy) at the deepest part of the lake. When it was not possible to visit the buoy, samples were taken from the shore along with surface temperature and oxygen measurements. Water samples were not integrated on these occasions, marked as Flag 2. All data are from January 2025 until the end of 2025. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/873b4b03-8bdd-4901-b897-7de0fdf7ed92

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Seasonal changes in mosquito population densities in irrigated and non-irrigated areas in Bura, Tana River County, Kenya (2013-2014)

These data comprise apparent densities, species and sex and of mosquitos collected in irrigated and non-irrigated areas in Bura, Tana River County Kenya, between September 2013 and November 2014. Sampling was repeated four times over the period to cover the wet season, dry season, irrigation season and fallow periods. Mosquitoes were trapped using carbon dioxide-baited (CDC) light traps. Mosquitoes harvested from each of these traps were immobilized using 99.5% triethyleamine (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri) and transferred to distinct bar-coded centrifuge tubes or cryogenic vials. The samples were transported in liquid nitrogen to the entomology section of Arbovirus/Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) where they were sorted by species, sex, village, collection date and counted. The study was implemented to assess the impact of land use change (specifically the conversion of pastoral rangeland into crop land) on the suitability of the habitats to mosquito development and colonization. It also aimed to identify relative abundance of mosquitoes associated with Rift Valley fever virus transmission. The data were collected and analysed by experienced researchers from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Kenya), the International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. This dataset is part of a wider research project, the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (DDDAC). The research was funded by NERC project no NE-J001570-1 with support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA). Additional funding was provided by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Program Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/813f99c4-d07a-42dc-993a-1c35df9f028e

Tags: Bura, Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (DDDAC), Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA), Mosquito, Mosquito abundance, Tana River County, carbon dioxide-baited (CDC) light traps, land use change
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Long-term multisite Scots pine trial, Scotland: mother tree, cone and seed phenotypes, 2007

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Phenotypes for Scots pine mother trees and their cones/seed from 21 populations across Scotland in 2007. The seed was used to establish a long-term multisite common garden trial at three nurseries/field sites. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ac687a66-135e-4c65-8bf6-c5a3be9fd9aa

Tags: Adaptive trait variation, Caledonian pinewood, Growth, Habitats and Biotopes, Mother tree, Phenotype, Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine, Seed
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Monthly ammonia measurements from passive samplers using ALPHA® PTFE1020 membrane at four UK Eutrophying and Acidifying Pollutants (UKEAP) network sites, 2021

This dataset consists of monthly ammonia (NH3) measurements from ALPHA® (Adapted Low-cost Passive High Absorption) samplers co-located with UKEAP DELTA sites from January 2021 to December 2021. The UK Eutrophying and Acidifying Atmospheric Pollutants (UKEAP) network measures air pollutants at rural sites across the UK. Originally the purpose of these measurements was for validation of new PTFE membrane for ALPHA® samplers prepared at UKCEH Edinburgh research laboratory. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3590613d-c462-4972-a27b-d2245e0e93a0

Tags: Ammonia monitoring, Atmospheric Conditions, UKEAP, passive sampler
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Molecular analysis of freshwater bacterial biofilm communities under experimentally manipulated dissolved organic carbon regimes at Llyn Brianne (2014)

These data consist of raw 16S rRNA gene sequences for the bacterial communities in three upland Welsh river sites under different treatments. A mapping file with metadata for each sample is provided and a operational taxonomic unit (OTU) table. These sites were situated in three streams from the Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory, Powys, Wales, UK (52°08' N, 3°45' W). The catchments cover approximately 300 square kilometres of upland Wales in the upper Afon Tywi. These first to third order experimental streams rise in either rough, sheep-grazed moorland (named as L6 and L7) or plantations of Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis with lodgepole pine Pinus contorta (named as L3). Some reductions of forest cover have occurred in L3 with normal logging operations. A 24-hour experiment was conducted at the Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability (DURESS) cascading flumes at these streams during September 2014. Each flume consisted of 3 channels, each assigned a different treatment: control, sugar addition and peat addition. Sugar (sucrose) and peat were added to channels to represent a simple and complex form of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) respectively. Five biofilm samples were collected from random locations in each experimental channel. Samples were taken at 0.5, 3, 15 and 24 hours after the start of the experiment. Epilithon were taken from unglazed ceramic tiles that had been colonised by epilithon in the river. After amplification, the 16S rRNA fragments were sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq next generation sequencing platform. The main goal of this survey was to characterise bacterial diversity, the chemical and biological consequences of elevated DOC inputs, and to investigate the role of bacterial organisms in controlling organic carbon flux. Prof Andy Weightman and Dr Isabelle Durance were responsible for organising the experiments. Sampling was carried out by Dr. Isa-Rita Russo and a team of Post Doctoral Research Assistants (PDRA's)/students. The work was carried out under the Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability (DURESS) project (Grant reference NERC NE/J014818/1). DURESS was a project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/df829b9f-c4c5-4e53-9217-c9c1e5bd078d

Tags: Control, Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service S, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Flumes, Habitats and Biotopes, Llyn Brianne, Sugar, freshwater bacterial biofilm communities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2017 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland)

This is the 25m rasterised land parcels dataset for the UKCEH Land Cover Map of 2017 (LCM2017) representing Northern Ireland. It describes Northern Ireland's land cover in 2017 using UKCEH Land Cover Classes, which are based on UK Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This dataset was derived by rasterising the corresponding LCM2017 land parcels dataset into 25m pixels. It is provided as a 3-band, 8-bit integer raster. The first band is the UKCEH Land Cover Class identifier. Bands 2 and 3 are indicators of classification confidence. For a fuller description please refer to the product documentation. LCM2017 represents a suite of geospatial land cover datasets (raster and polygon) describing the UK land surface in 2017. These were produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2017. LCM2017 was simultaneously released with LCM2018 and LCM2019. These are the latest in a series of UKCEH land cover maps, which began with the 1990 Land Cover Map of Northern Ireland (now usually referred to as LCM1990) followed by UK-wide land cover maps LCM2000, LCM2007 and LCM2015. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8b37b063-b5fe-42cc-ab2d-bf96626da036

Tags: Land Cover, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Fungi and invertebrate environmental DNA detections in soil samples from 21 sites across England, 2023

This dataset contains percentages, counts and metrics of fungi, invertebrates, and soil invertebrates from 656 soil samples collected from 21 Forestry England and partner sites across England throughout 2023. The sites included an ancient woodland National Nature Reserve, sitka spruce monocultures, heather moorland and breck heath. Important sites for nature recovery were also sampled: New Forest, Forest of Dean, and Wild Ennerdale. The soil samples were collected as part of the Forestry England 2023 eDNA Survey. The primary aim of the survey was to establish a baseline in order to detect future change alongside reference sites. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Forestry England, environmental DNA (eDNA), metabarcoding
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: species trends 2018

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 2018), 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 enables us to focus conservation and research and also to assess species responses to conservation already in place. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ee4b440e-2604-40b9-bca7-19d6392bd9ea

Tags: Species Distribution, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Loch Leven monitoring data (water quality, chemistry, crustacean zooplankton), 2023

This dataset contains weather conditions, water quality, water chemistry and crustacean zooplankton counts sampled at Loch Leven throughout the year 2023. Loch Leven is a lowland lake in Scotland, United Kingdom. The data were collected as part of a long-term monitoring programme, which began in 1968 and is still underway. Sampling occurs roughly every 2 weeks with laboratory analysis and data processing being performed at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Edinburgh site. The sampling and processing were supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7f54e033-01b3-4ac3-bd9c-75e52dbaa9be

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Loch Leven, Scotland, UK, UK-SCAPE, crustacean zooplankton, lakes, water chemistry, water quality
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Relative surface soil moisture for the Thames Valley, United Kingdom, October 2015 to September 2021

This dataset includes relative surface soil moisture across the Thames Valley, between October 2015 and September 2021, using backscatter radar data collected using the ESA Sentinel-1 Constellation. Radar backscatter was normalised to 40 incidence angle, using a novel monthly normalisation parameterisation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b23d63d1-dcc5-4c49-a6b5-67154f3739b7

Tags: Change Detection, River Thames, Sentinel-1, Soil
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Daily plot level (micro meteorological) data at Climoor field site in Clocaenog Forest 2016-2021

This dataset combines average daily temperature and soil moisture data from nine experimental plots at the climate change field site Climoor located in Clocaenog forest, NE Wales. Soil temperature is measured at 5 cm and 20 cm soil depth (degrees Celsius), and soil moisture is measured as soil volumetric water content (m3 per m3). The experimental field site consists of three untreated control plots (Plots 3, 6 and 9), three plots where the plant canopy air is artificially warmed during night time hours (Plots 1, 2 and 7) and three plots where rainfall is excluded from the plots at least during the plants growing season (Plots 4, 5 and 8). Data is an extension of the micromet datasets covering 1998-2015 and 2015-2016; adding the time period September 2016 to December 2021. Soil temperatures were measured with T107 sensors, and soil moisture was measured with CS616 sensors, both from Campbell scientific. Temperature and moisture data were recorded in minute intervals, and automatically averaged as half-hourly by the data logger. Half-hourly data were automatically transferred to CEH/UKCEH servers using remote telemetry. Data which were not recorded are marked with “NA”, faulty data were replaced with “-9999”. The Climoor field experiment intends to answer questions regarding the effects of warming and drought on ecosystem processes. The reported data are collected to monitor site specific environmental conditions and their development with time. These data are important to interpret results that are collected from the climate change manipulations imposed in the field. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5d90d356-5b2c-4ce0-927a-e26efacff015

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, UK, Wales, plot level data
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Macroinvertebrates of two abstracted streams: taxon data

The data consist of species level descriptions of macroinvertebrate communities from two abstracted streams in the Lowther catchment, UK, upstream and downstream of abstraction points. Supporting habitat and geographical data are included. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/df65085c-d376-413e-9fbc-984f7b332878

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre