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April 2025 has gone down as the third warmest April on our Invergowrie site since our records began in 1954.
A researcher from The James Hutton Institute was invited to a Chinese academy to give a talk on smart farming and digital agriculture.
Did you know that up to 44 bottles of Scottish whisky are exported around the world every second? That’s a whopping 1.4 billion 70cl bottles exported each year.
The James Hutton Institute can report that the weather in spring 2025 was rather pleasant, 3rd sunniest march since records began.
Congratulations to our Head of Forensic Science, Professor Lorna Dawson, who was presented with the Award for Science at the Fletcher of Saltoun Awards last week.
Since 2020, the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) department has been running a six-month graduate research assistant programme.
As scientists, it’s always difficult to reach out to audiences beyond researchers in the same field. That’s where “I’m a Scientist – Get Me Out of Here” comes in.
Professor Lorna Dawson CBE discusses the critical importance of soil and peatlands in episode nine of the Climate Science Podcast, produced (SAGES), to showcase the work of Scotland’s leading scientists and researchers.
Last month was the warmest December since 2016 and the joint 5th warmest December (along with December 1974) since the Hutton’s records began in 1954.
Wildfire risk is a growing concern amongst land managers and the fire service across Scotland with climate and land-use change, changes in seasonal rainfall, reductions in herbivore pressure and reforestation acting as potential fuel sources.
