Water Resources
Water Resource Monitoring (Research Page)
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Ecosystem services approaches for water management (Research Page)
Since the release of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystems have become widely recognised as natural capital assets supporting and supplying services which are highly valuable to humans. There is a growing appreciation ... Read more
Future scenarios for water resources (Research Page)
Scotland has water resources of generally high quality and with adequate volume to meet current demands. However, these resources are not uniformly distributed and there are significant pressures on both quantity and quality in ce ... Read more
Tightening nutrient cycles in the crop-soil-water ecosystem (Research Page)
Researchers at the James Hutton Institute are working on a number of ways to tighten nutrient cycles. This involves a combination of knowledge into how to reuse societies 'wastes' such as sewage effluent discharges as va ... Read more
Water and food security (Research Page)
Water shortages and drought are the greatest threats facing global food security. At the James Hutton Institute we use a combination of plant and soil sciences to identify crop traits and crop production systems that can maintain ... Read more
Green Week 2012 Water (Research Page)
Green Week is the biggest annual conference on European environment policy. This year's theme is "Water" and the James Hutton Institute will be represented there for the very first time. We conduct a wide range of wa ... Read more
Raise your glass to beans on toast! (News)
A group of Fife primary pupils have been learning just how much water goes into producing their food as part of a project with the James Hutton Institute. Primary four pupils at Wormit Primary School have been working with Sarah ... Read more
Green Week 2012 (Event)
Green Week is the biggest annual conference on European environment policy. This year's theme is "Water" and the James Hutton Institute will be represented there for the very first time. Visit us at Stand No 9. ... Read more
Water Works April winner (News)
April's winner of the Water Works schools photograph competition is 16-year-old Aimee Holton of Banchory Academy in Aberdeenshire. Her entry was "Droplets" about which she said: "You don't realise how preci ... Read more
Water Works March winner (News)
The winner of March's Water Works competition has been announced as eight-year-old John Smith from Orkney with his photograph 'Flood at the pumping station'. John explained: "My photo shows the local pumping stat ... Read more
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