Blogs
Project officer appointed for Hutton’s HydroGlen project
A project officer has been appointed to help drive forward a project that will help convert an Aberdeenshire research farm into a green hydrogen-powered demonstration site.
The £6 million HydroGlen project is being run by The James Hutton Institute at Glensaugh, near Fettercairn.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog post are the views of the author(s), and not an official position of the institute or funder.
‘Pick-a-Mix’ helps you find the sweet spot for growing crop mixtures
Uploaded on behalf of: Alison Karley, Sebastian Raubach, Paul Shaw, Susan Verrall, Robin Pakeman, Adrian Newton, Roy Neilson, Rob Brooker
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Agroecology key to reducing agricultures environmental footprint
Field trials led by The James Hutton Institute in collaboration with farmers in Scotland and overseas have demonstrated that cultivating different crops together in the same field and at the same time can make agriculture more resilient and environmentally sustainable.
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Training an eye in the sky on Scottish peatland health
Peatland covers about 20% of Scotland, providing a unique habitat, filtering our water and storing carbon. But when damaged, peatlands can be a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, about 80% of Scotland’s peatland is thought to be damaged and contributing to an estimated 13% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Because of this, an increasing amount of work to restore peatlands is being done, to return peatland into healthy carbon stores, as well as the unique habitat it provides to a wide range of species.
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Hutton invites public interest in £7.2 m hub plans
The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen is opening its doors to local residents, schools, businesses and community groups to share proposed plans for its new £7.2 million Just Transition Hub.
Funded by the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund, the hub will be a centre for engagement, innovation and capacity building around nature-based solutions for net zero and the green recovery.
Initial architect drawings of the hub extension
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Hot, but not a Long Hot Summer
The Heat is On, sang the singe Glenn Frey, and it would be an apt song for this summer.
While July and August may not have felt that warm, failing to make it Keith Urban’s Long Hot Summer, the climate change driven heat in June tipped summer into being the 10th warmest summer on record at Invergowrie, jointly with 2018 and 1997.
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Hutton Unconformities conquer Scotland’s Great Glen
The sun shone, but then the heavens opened – it’s a typical story for Scottish weather and one our and all the other teams taking part in the Great Glen Challenge on Friday (August 25) took on with relish.
And it was all well worth it – we’ve hit our £1,000 fundraising target, helping farming charity RSABI to hit its overall £50,000 goal for the event.
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World Water Week: tackling water and environmental challenges, a win win
By Dr Rachel Helliwell, Director of Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Waters and the Hydro Nation International Centre (first published in The Herald, 22 August, 2023).
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Munro soils: citizen science with altitude
By Andrea Britton
Just over a month ago, we launched our citizen science alpine soil biodiversity project “Mountain Heights, Hidden Depths”. Our goal is to collect soil samples from nearly all of Scotland’s Munros so we can create a baseline map of alpine soil biodiversity across Scotland using DNA markers in the soil.
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