Researchers will receive a total of £47 million to tackle some of the most significant environmental challenges facing the UK.

The funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has been awarded to NERC research centres that individually specialise in earth, ecological ocean, polar, and atmospheric science.

Research teams from the centres will work collaboratively to better understand:

Dr. Iain Williams, director of strategic partnerships, NERC said:

"This investment in NERC’s research centres will advance our understanding of the drivers of climatic and biodiversity changes, their impact on the UK environment and how we can mitigate and adapt to such changes.

"Discoveries that will help us adapt to, tackle or predict the impact of changes to our climate."

The research centres involved are:

This funding for environmental challenges comes from the NERC National Capability Multi-Centre Science programme, which aims to enable a more ambitious, integrated approach to large-scale research challenges than any single research centre can deliver alone.