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NERC Project: QICS - Quantifying and monitoring environmental impacts of geological carbon storage (2010 - 2014)

QICS (Quantifying and monitoring environmental impacts of geological carbon storage) was a program funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), with support from the Scottish...

DEFRA Survey on impacts on businesses of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)

The Defra REACH Business Impacts Survey was designed to provide Defra with information about the impact of the EU REACH Regulation on UK businesses after the first registration deadline of 30...

Inventory of impacts of seven invasive alien species in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina. Results of an expert elicitation exercise

This dataset contain inventories of the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. These include seven case studies: pines (Pinus contorta) in the Araucanía and Aysén...

Numerical modelling of fracture intensity increase due to interacting blast waves in three-dimensional granitic rocks

This work presents a detailed three-dimensional finite element based model for wave propagation, combined with a postprocessing procedure to determine the fracture intensity caused by blasting. The...

Interview data to assess BRAVE project impact (NERC Grant NE/M008983/1)

This set of data is the second set of impact interviews conducted with the target communities of the BRAVE project. The interviews are transcriptions in Microsoft word. The communities involved in...

Death certification reform: A case study on the potential impact on mortality statistics

Results from a case study of areas piloting death certification reform showing the potential impact on mortality statistics by cause of death. Source agency: Office for National...

Impacts Of Welfare Reform Cabinet Policy Briefing 4 February 2013 PUBLIC

• This is the fourth in a series of welfare reform impact assessments for Cabinet • Data is correct as of January 2013 for housing benefit data or latest available data for other DWP benefits •...

Modern workplaces [consultation]: government response on flexible parental leave. Impact assessment.

Data supporting the impact assessment for proposals on extending flexible parental leave in the closed consultation on modern workplaces (URN 11/699). The new system of flexible parental leave aims...

Impact indicator: planning authorities with local plan

Percentage of local planning authorities having an adopted local plan #### How the figure is calculated: It is the number of Local Planning Authorities with an adopted plan as a percentage of...

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - ecology data, 2006-2009

Ecological field data for a variety of biodiversity indicators were collected from commercial fields of both crops. The study is part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Future...

QICS Paper: Impact of sub-seabed CO2 leakage on macrobenthic community structure and diversity

A sub-seabed release of carbon dioxide (CO2) was conducted to assess the potential impacts of leakage from sub-seabed geological CO2 Capture and Storage CCS) on benthic macrofauna. CO2 gas was...

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - hydrology data, 2006-2009

This data set consists of various hydrological measurements taken over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of willow and Miscanthus crops from a study as part of the NERC Rural Economy...

Experimental and numerical data for "Characterising Drainage Multiphase flow in Heterogeneous Sandstones" by Jackson, Krevor et al, 2018

The data presented here contains the experimental X-ray CT dataset used for the paper "Characterising Drainage Multiphase flow in Heterogeneous Sandstones" by Jackson, Krevor et al (DOI...

Impacts of Increasing Land Use under Energy Crops - GIS Data, 2006-2009

GIS-based computer generated real-time landscape models, and other computer generated static images were produced and used alongside photographs in more in-depth interviews and focus groups. (Some...

QICS Paper: Small-scale modelling of physiochemical impacts of CO2 leaked from sub-seabed reservoirs or pipelines within the North Sea and surrounding waters

A two-fluid, small scale numerical ocean model was developed to simulate plume dynamics and increases in water acidity due to leakages of CO2 from potential sub-seabed reservoirs erupting, or...

Impact indicator: affordable housing starts

Number of affordable housing starts (seasonally adjusted) #### How the figure is calculated: Total reported numbers of starts under the relevant programmes within the reporting period. Because...

Impact indicator: fire related casualties

Fire-related casualties per 100,000 population #### How the figure is calculated: Number of fire-related casualties in England in the reporting period divided by latest ONS mid-year population...

Impact indicator: affordable housing completions

Number of affordable housing completions (seasonally adjusted) #### How the figure is calculated: Total reported numbers of completions under the relevant programmes within the reporting period....

QICS Paper: Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage

Fossil fuel power generation and other industrial emissions of carbon dioxide are a threat to global climate1, yet many economies will remain reliant on these technologies for several decades....

The impact of mineral dissolution on drainage relative permeability and residual trapping in two carbonate rocks

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection into deep saline aquifers is governed by a number of physico-chemical processes including mineral dissolution and precipitation, multiphase fluid flow, and capillary...