The presence and abundance of various plant and animal species have been used to infer the state of the environment. ECN data have been applied to develop a range of 'environmental indicators' that can now be used as alternative measures of changes in climate and air pollution.
You can explore ECN environmental indicators on the ECN Data Centre.
Climate Change Indicators
Biodiversity Indicators - Climate Change Impacts
This project was funded by Defra to produce a climate change indicator to measure changes in the abundance in climate sensitive species. A single, composite indicator was developed, based on a substantial core of common butterfly, moth and carabid beetle species.
|Explore the ECN environmental indicators described above on the ECN Data Centre|
Related environmental indicators
Indicators of Climate Change in the UK (ICCUK)
- Archived online report
ECN hosts the 2003 ICCUK report. This report specified a set of indicators that could be used to monitor how the climate of the United Kingdom was changing and possibly affecting aspects of our lives and the natural environment.