Virtual Tours of the Gaywood Valley
Researchers in ENV have created virtual tours of the Gaywood Valley using Google Earth as part of a project funded by the EU, Norfolk County Council and the Borough Council of King’s Lynn to help local people make more use of the natural environment of the area.

Growing Grassroots Innovations Research at UEA
Two new projects at UEA are pioneering research into how innovative bottom-up, community activities can contribute to sustainable development, focusing on community energy projects, and complementary currencies.

New book on the evolution of EU climate policy
Researchers in Tyndall have just published the first book length account of the evolution of mitigation and adaptation policy in the European Union (EU) over the last thirty years.

Permafrost melting will accelerate groundwater runoff
As the Arctic warms, permafrost will degrade, potentially resulting in increased groundwater runoff as frozen ground that had blocked the flow of water melts.

River Wensum Demonstration Test Catchment Research Consortium announced
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) with the Environment Agency for England and Wales has announced that the School of Environmental Sciences is to lead one of three Demonstration Test Catchments in England to monitor the effects of sustainable on-farm mitigation measures to improve water quality and river ecology as part of efforts to deliver the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive.

ENV and MTH researchers discover two completely new types of sediment formations
Research using UEA's recirculating flume tank has revealed two new sediment formations associated with features known as hydraulic jumps.