AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Corine land cover 2012 for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey

This dataset for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey contains the Corine Land Cover (CLC) for 2012 (CLC2012). This dataset has been created from combining the 2012 land cover layers from the individual CLC files for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey. CLC is a dataset produced within the frame of the Initial Operations of the Copernicus programme (the European Earth monitoring programme previously known as GMES) on land monitoring. CLC provides consistent information on land cover and land cover changes across Europe. This inventory was initiated in 1985 (initial year 1990) and then established a time series of land cover information with updates in 2000 and 2006 the last one being the 2012 reference year. CLC products are based on the analysis of satellite images by national teams of participating countries - the EEA member and cooperating countries - following a standard methodology and nomenclature with the following base parameters: - 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature; - Minimum mapping unit (MMU) for status layers is 25 hectares; - Minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres; The resulting national land cover inventories are further integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe. Land cover and land use (LCLU) information is important not only for land change research, but also more broadly for the monitoring of environmental change, policy support, the creation of environmental indicators and reporting. CLC datasets provide important datasets supporting the implementation of key priority areas of the Environment Action Programmes of the European Union as protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, assessing developments in agriculture and implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, among others. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/32533dd6-7c1b-43e1-b892-e80d61a5ea1d

Tags: Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GM, Land Cover, Land Use, Natural resources, geospatial data
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Monthly ammonia measurements from passive samplers using ALPHA® PTFE1010 membrane at four UK Eutrophying and Acidifying Pollutants (UKEAP) network sites, 2022

Data comprise monthly ammonia air concentrations from UK CEH ALPHA® (Adapted Low-cost Passive High Absorption) samplers co-located with UKEAP DELTA sites from January 2022 to December 2022. 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 a calibrated ALPHA® uptake rate for the UK CEH Edinburgh research laboratory. Samplers are exposed in monthly cycles at the beginning of each month. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d57abebf-b172-4d62-95b5-bd8d5cef2671

Tags: Ammonia monitoring, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, d57abebf-b172-4d62-95b5-bd8d5cef2671, passive sampler, uptake rate
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: phenology 2023

This dataset provides data on the timing of butterfly flight periods for each UK butterfly species across all monitored sites in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Annual data from over 2,500 sites are presented relating to the timing (first appearance, last appearance, date of peak abundance and mean flight date) and the duration (total number of days, standard deviation around the mean flight date) of the flight period for all UK butterfly species from 1976 to the year in the name of this dataset. Phenology change is a widely used measure of the biological impacts of climate change because of the close relationship between temperature and the timing of biological events. This dataset provides an invaluable tool for assessing the impacts of climate change both spatially and temporally. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), 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/10.5285/01c38130-d039-4af6-82a0-b32c1290d46a

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Wales
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Canopy temperatures of a mature oak woodland under Free-Air CO2 Enrichment at the BIFoR-FACE experimental site, Staffordshire, UK, 2021-2023

The dataset provides raw infrared temperature data from a thermal camera at the Birmingham Institute for Forest Research Free Air CO2 Enrichment (BIFoR-FACE) experimental site from July 2021 to September 2023. The variable recorded is surface temperature, predominately of tree canopies (leaves, branches, stems). Data were collected in order to assess the impact of high CO2 on canopy temperatures and for greater understanding of plant temperature regulation. This site is a mature oak woodland, and the field of view of the camera includes one of the experimental CO2 enrichment plots, and numerous trees in the ambient un-enriched air. The trees included in the field of view are predominantly Quercus robur, with some individuals of Acer pseudoplatanus and Pinus sylvestris. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/71e0cc1b-59bd-4b7d-994c-fa4b1c9689d9

Tags: Canopy temperature, England, United Kingdom, woodland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Rates of fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis, phenol oxidation and potential denitrification in sand and gravel sediments from an agriculturally-impacted stream

The dataset contains measurements of fluorescein, dopachrome and nitrous oxide production from incubation experiments of streambed sediments. The sediments were collected in five pseudo-replicates from 0 to 10cm depth using a 5cm-diameter AMS slide hammer and trowel at two locations within the Wood Brook, Staffordshire, in June 2015. Samples were collected from two reaches within the stream, a mid-stream sandy reach and a downstream gravel reach. The sediment was used in laboratory incubation experiments to determine rates of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolysis (total microbial activity), extracellular phenol oxidase activity (recalcitrant carbon uptake) and potential denitrification from sand versus gravel sediments. Also included is the organic matter content of the sediments. The work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/500193f7-2653-4696-8224-276a734ed6ab

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, extracellular phenol oxidase activity, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis activity, microbial activity, phenol oxidation, streambed, substrate type
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Stable water isotopes in Western Siberian inland waters

The data consist of stable water isotope composition in the rivers , lakes, soils and flooded areas in the Western Siberia Lowlands (WSL). Sampling area encompassed a 1700 km south-north transect spanning from approx. 56°N to 68°N in latitude and 74°E to 84°E in longitude. Samples were collected during multiple field campaigns between February 2014 and November 2016. The dataset in produced as a part of the JPI/NERC funded SIWA project "Climate impact on the carbon emission and export from Siberian inland waters". The dataset has resulted in two publications submitted to peer-review: (i) Ala-aho et al. (2018). Using stable isotopes to assess surface water source dynamics and hydrological connectivity in a high-latitude wetland and permafrost influenced landscape. Journal of Hydrology, 556, 279-293. (ii) Ala-aho et al. (2018). Permafrost and lakes control river isotope composition across a boreal Arctic transect in the Western Siberian lowlands. Environmental Research Letters, 13(3), 34028. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca17e364-638d-4949-befb-b18b3770aec6

Tags: Isotope hydrology, Western Siberia Lowlands
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Litterfall nutrient content in fertilised plots in the Central Amazon, 2017-2019

The data consists of leaf nutrients from litterfall in a fertilised old-growth forest in the Central Amazon. Data was collected in a full factorial nutrient addition experiment (nitrogen, phosphorus, and cation treatments). The dataset includes realized nutrient concentration carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium in grams and manganese, zinc in miligrams. Also hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin as a percentage. The fieldwork was completed in August of 2017, 2018, and 2019. The study was funded by NERC, BDFFP (logistical support), and the Brazilian government (students scholarship). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c2eaade3-5395-4c62-9733-d9dbed1546af

Tags: Brazil, Central Amazon
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Pathological findings in the mass mortality event of saiga antelope, May 2015

Field-pathological findings of 33 saiga antelope carcasses (adults and new-born) found in two sites (Tengiz and Turgai, Kazakhstan) during a mass die-off event in May 2015. In Kazakhstan May 2015, approximately 200,000 saiga antelopes died within a month-period causing a loss of two-thirds of the global population. The dramatic event occurred during calving season when females and young males stop migrating and form massive aggregations for calving purposes. With 100% morbidity and 100% mortality of affected herds observed, the 2015 die-off left the largest saiga population, Betpak-Dala, with approximately 30,000 survivors based on post mortality census, highlighting the imminent extinction threats to this critically endangered species. The lack of pathological investigations during historical mass mortality events has limited our understanding of disease-related mortalities in saiga antelope. Generally, aetiological agents were isolated from dead saiga, but the disease course and a full necropsy were not performed nor present in the records. However, for the first time, a full pathology report was possible during 2015. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/30cbfba7-f9a1-47d5-abdb-f2741041e487

Tags: Saiga antelope, Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Survey of opinions and behaviours regarding home composting, alongside experimental data for disintegration and degradation of compostable materials, UK, 2019-2023

This dataset is from a UK citizen science study called the Big Compost Experiment, and includes 1) Qualitative and numerical survey data from UK citizens about their opinions and behaviours towards biodegradable and compostable plastics, food waste disposal and home composting, and 2) Qualitative and numerical data from home composting experiments carried out on biodegradable and compostable plastic materials. Data includes opinions and behaviours towards biodegradable and compostable plastics, food waste disposal, home composting methods, geographical location, observed disintegration and degradation performance of compostable plastics in home compost. Data were collected between 07/11/2019 - 30/08/2023 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1e5da176-6697-46e1-bbad-d275c100e103

Tags: Big Compost Experiment, UK, biodegradable plastics, citizen science, compostable plastics, home composting, packaging
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen use efficiency and biomass from inorganic fertiliser additions to grassland at North Wyke and Henfaes, UK (2016)

The data consists of nitrogen (N) offtake, N emissions and soil N parameters, and herbage quality parameters from a three-cut silage plot trial located at two grassland sites within the UK collected between April and October 2016. The sites were Rothamsted Research at North Wyke in Devon and Bangor University at Henfaes Research Station in North Wales. At each site measurements were taken from 16 plots, organised within a randomised complete block design. Fertiliser was applied three times and three cuts were performed, all parameters measured were following a fertiliser application. Nitrogen parameters measured were crude protein (CP) of herbage, ammonia (NH3) emissions, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, and soil ammonium (NH4) and nitrate (NO3). Herbage quality parameters measured were dry matter, acid-digestible fibre (ADF), ash, CP, metabolizable energy (ME), and non-digestible fibre (NDF) and digestibility (D) was calculated. Nitrogen offtake, losses and fluxes were measured to determine the N use efficiency and the economic viability of different N fertilisers. Measurements were undertaken by members of staff from Bangor University, School of Environment, Natural Resources & Geography and Rothamsted Research, Sustainable Agricultural Sciences – North Wyke. Data was collected for the Newton Fund project "UK-China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy". Funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and NERC - Ref BB/N013468/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4c7d4b3c-88f7-43ab-a50f-b6804474e568

Tags: CINAg, Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, GHG, Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), Urease inhibitor
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Drought indicator time series for European NUTS regions based on remote sensing data (2000-2015)

This dataset consists in a collection of remotely sensed drought indicators time series. The data was extracted from CEH's gridded remotely sensed drought indicators product (Tanguy et al., 2016; http://doi.org/10.5285/4e0d0e50-2f9c-4647-864d-5c3b30bb5f4b), which has gridded data for Europe for three drought indicators: - the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on satellite product NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index); - the Temperature Condition Index (TCI) based on remotely sensed LST (Land Surface Temperature); - the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) which is a combination of VCI and TCI. These three drought indicators have been extracted for European NUTS regions (level 0, 1, 2 and 3). These have been masked with a land use land cover map to be able to study different responses for various land cover types. A simplified LULC was created, with only four classes: forest, crop, shrub and grass. One extra time series was created for all classes together. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5b3fcf9f-19d4-4ad3-a8bb-0a5ea02c857e

Tags: DrIVER, LST, Land Surface Temperature, MODIS, Meteorological geographical features, NUTS, NVDI, Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index, TCI, Temperature Condition Index , VCI, Vegetation Condition Index , crops, moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer, monitoring and early warning system, shrubs
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Growth, biomass allocation and tissue nutrient concentrations of subtropical and tropical tree seedlings in response to experimental manipulation of soil phosphorus pools

This dataset reports metrics of plant growth, including height, total biomass and the biomass of component plant parts, and percentage root colonisation by mycorrhizas, for tree seedlings of eight tropical and seven subtropical growing in pots of soil that had been amended by addition of various sources of phosphorus (inorganic phosphate, adenosine monophosphate, phytic, or a mixture of all three) plus an unfertilized control treatment with no P additions. The aim of the experiment was to test the hypothesis that seedlings of species that associate with different types of root-inhabiting mycorrhizal fungi would respond differently to the range of P sources applied in the experiment. The experiments were conducted as part of a NERC Discovery Science project with the title Explaining niche separation in tropical forests: feedbacks from root-fungal symbioses and soil phosphorus partitioning led by Professor David Burslem (University of Aberdeen) reference NE/M004848/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3ad644c9-e341-4a15-ab35-311076defc33

Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Isothermal crystallisation of PHBV-based systems recorded using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) at various crystallisation temperatures

The dataset contains information on isothermal crystallisation of Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) – PHBV – systems performed at different temperatures. The data was collected using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), using poly(hydroxybutyrate) – PHB – as well as PHBV systems of various hydroxyvalerate (HV) content – 7, 12, and 21 mol%. The temperature range span from ambient temperature to 150 °C. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cfcc0e31-e2ce-450b-a292-3427de06a687

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, FTIR, PHB, PHBV, biodegradable polymers, isothermal crystallisation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 1990 (vector, N. Ireland)

This dataset consists of the vector version of the Land Cover Map 1990 (LCM1990) for Northern Ireland. The vector data set is the core LCM data set from which the full range of other LCM1990 products is derived. It provides a number of attributes including land cover at the target class level (given as an integer value and also as text), the number of pixels within the polygon classified as each land cover type and a probability value provided by the classification algorithm (for full details see the LCM1990 Dataset Documentation). The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images (mainly from 1989 and 1990) into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the first in a series of land cover maps for the UK, which also includes maps for 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. LCM1990 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the UK CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs. 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/d6a3588b-23a8-4715-88e9-e21ab0060727

Tags: LCM1990, Land Cover, Northern Ireland, UK-SCAPE, vector
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Annual estimates of occupancy for six invertebrate taxa in areas of high, low and no cropland cover in Great Britain, 1990-2019

The dataset contains occupancy estimates for 1,535 species of six invertebrate taxa (Apoidea - bees, Syrphidae - hoverflies, Coccinellidae - ladybirds, Arachnida - spiders, Carabidae - carabids and Heteroptera - plant bugs) in regions of high, low and no cropland cover in Great Britain between 1990 and 2019. Occupancy is the proportion of 1km grid cells occupied by a species, as estimated by an occupancy-detection model. The dataset includes 999 samples from the model’s posterior distribution per species:year combination and for each of three regions of high, low and no cropland cover. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/28538610-0936-48b8-b167-ee6ee8fdc491

Tags: Bees, Carabids, ChemPop, Hoverflies, Ladybirds, Plantbugs, Species Distribution, Spiders, agroecosystems, biodiversity trend, invertebrates
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Baseline deer impact risk maps for woodlands in England and Wales

These datasets each contain maps showing predicted risk of deer impact to woodlands across England and Wales. The "small deer impact risk" map shows impact risk from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Reeve's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis). The "large deer impact risk" map shows impact risk from red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon) and fallow deer (Dama dama). The values in the "mean_risk" column are impact risk scores predicted at 25-m pixel resolution, then averaged to woodland polygons. The pixel-level scores were calculated using Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) models, co-developed with scientists and deer managers using iterative expert elicitation. This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant: NE/X003973/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1c6f1763-68d7-481b-983b-a0d061a82163

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2022

This dataset provides the details of all sites on which butterflies have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). This includes all standard UKBMS transect sites, Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) sites and targeted species survey sites (timed counts, single-species transects, larval web and egg counts). Data includes the location within the UK, the length and number of sections for the butterfly transect on each site and the number of years each transect has been monitored. The location of some sites are sensitive and are excluded from this dataset. Users requiring access to the complete dataset, including sensitive site location data, can submit a request via the UKBMS website. The UKBMS started in 1976 with fewer than 50 sites. Since then the number of sites monitored each year has increased to several thousand. There are new sites each year and a small number where the transect is no longer surveyed. Details of this are provided in the site dataset in the form of the first and last year in which each site was surveyed. The majority of site data is provided by recorders at the time a transect is created. Site data are crucial in order to determine where extra recording effort is required and to investigate where butterfly populations are changing most and thus where conservation should be targeted, including across different habitat types. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), 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/10.5285/226979d4-6d81-4f5b-9bb7-4a430caa7f51

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Wales, annual
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre