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Hutton joins innovative Fife catchment restoration partnership

The James Hutton Institute is a partner on a newly funded pilot project, led by Fife Coast & Countryside Trust (FCCT), aiming to blend public, philanthropic and private financing to restore a catchment area in Fife. With support from the recently created Facility for Investment Ready...

A normal November – but not any more

While a cold freeze blanketing large parts of the UK has shocked us into winter mode, it followed a very much average November. While a cold freeze blanketed large parts of the UK shocked us into winter mode over the first few days of December, it followed a very much average November.

Telling and listening to stories from the margins: the (re)storying of restoration in the Cairngorms

Uploaded on behalf of Alba Juarez Bourke Stories are central in how humans make sense of the world, and in how we relate to each other and to nature. How we tell stories – through images and words – matters for biodiversity and ecological restoration, including whether, where and...

The wild world of “rewilding”

By Dr Kerry Waylen, senior researcher at The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen.

Celebrating diversity: International Students Day at Hutton

Posted on behalf of Raigan Reid, Internal Communications Officer Today is International Students Day which I thought was the perfect time to reflect on the contributions that our international students bring to The James Hutton Group. ​

October wettest month on record at Invergowrie

Storm Babet, which hit Scotland’s east coast resulting in damage to homes, roads and farmland, contributed to making October the wettest month on record at The James Hutton Institute’s site in Invergowrie near Dundee. According to the institute’s met data, October saw 282.8...

170 Munros climbed in the name of soil science

Volunteer collecting a soil sample on the Aonach Eagach ridge By Andrea Britton The first season of sample collection for our two-year citizen science alpine soil biodiversity project “Mountain Heights, Hidden Depths” has just drawn to a close, so it’s time to take stock...

Hutton’s graduate research assistants - bridging the gap in social sciences

Bridging the gap between university study and the world of work can be a big leap. It’s maybe not clear what you want to do – or you know what you want to do but are missing that vital gap in experience. Perhaps it might even be testing whether you want to go further into...

North East Scotland highlighted as UK centre for ecology

A new network of organisations has been formed in North East Scotland to help put the region on UK’s ecological sciences map. The North East Scotland Ecology Network (NESEN) brings together major players in the sector across academia and government at a time when nature is under...

I grew up without Elm. What is my grandson growing up without?

by Dr Ruth Mitchell, Biodiversity and Ecosystem group leader at The James Hutton Institute. First published in The Scotsman. Dr Ruth Mitchell

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