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A great day was had by all on Monday the 23rd September 2024 at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. At the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research Portfolio (ENRA) Science Evidence and Policy Conference.
I took part in a panel organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) to promote and discuss their report, Inquiry into Public Financial Support for Tree Planting and Forestry.
Kerry Waylen, Social Researcher at the James Hutton Institute, discusses how the 45th MDT Lecture by Professor Gretchen Daily can allow us to reflect on how we protect and relate to Scotland’s natural environment and it’s ‘natural capital.’
The UK CropDiversity High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, managed by The James Hutton Institute, is helping supercharge science in the UK.
Pit latrines form the backbone of sanitation systems for much of sub-Saharan Africa, but while reducing open defecation, they can also be problematic for public health when not built or managed suitably.
It may have felt cold this June, following May and this Spring’s record warm temperatures. In fact it was only the 26th coldest June on record at the James Hutton Institute’s Invergowrie campus since 1954.
Abbie Ferrar has recently joined the Hutton-hosted North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership (NESBiP) as Biodiversity Coordinator. She tells us why and why connecting with nature is important.
June 20 is Clean Air Day. Most of us probably take our air quality for granted. The days of choking smogs in UK cities are a thing of the past.
As biodiversity hotspots, Scotland’s rainforests are internationally important. The sheer quantity, diversity and rarity of the lichens, mosses and liverworts they are home to is stunning and a joy to experience.
We’ve recorded the warmest May – and the warmest spring overall – on record at our site in Invergowrie, mirroring UK-wide May and spring temperature records.
