General public
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What do we do?
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK's leading agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge transfer in the environmental sciences. What do we do?
How do we do it?
As well as funding environmental science in universities, we own some of the world's best known research centres, such as the British Antarctic Survey and the British Geological Survey. Our ships, aircraft and satellite expertise gives us a global reach. NERC Structure
What are our achievements?
Five thousand people funded by NERC to carry out environmental research in any one year come up with a huge array of science achievements. Look in Science highlights for a selection of recent achievements. Science highlights
Environmental issues
Climate change, natural hazards, biodiversity loss, genetic modification, sustainable water management, flood risks from extreme events. Read how NERC is supplying knowledge about and solutions to these issues. Environmental issues
Facts and figures
Staff numbers, financial information and more. Facts and figures
Subscribe to our magazine
Read our free, award-winning magazine that tells you the latest news about NERC and its science. Subscribe to our magazine
Fancy working in environmental science?
Visit our careers page to find out what it's like working for NERC. Careers
Getting more involved
Find out more about the work we fund and how you can get more involved through discussing and debating the research, interacting with our scientists or even helping to collect data. Getting more involved