Tuesday, November 01, 2022
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a safe storage facility of more than one million seed samples, The James Hutton Institute in Dundee has been contributing seeds to the collection for several years, with the most recent deposit of Scottish seeds taking place earlier this month.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Researchers at the James Hutton Institute are investigating the ways in which communities have adapted public spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Friday, October 14, 2022
The James Hutton Institute has been appointed to undertake research on the long-term future of the Mourne Mountains.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
As a crop scientist with over 30 years’ experience in the research and also industry sectors; I've never been more worried about the security of our food supply than I am currently.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Scientists at James Hutton Institute, the independent research organisation, have been awarded over £13million from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition fund to establish two pioneering action-based research science projects in the North East of Scotland.
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
The first four projects to help Scotland’s water sector get to net zero by 2040 have been funded through the Hydro Nation Chair’s Catalyst Fund.
Friday, September 23, 2022
Woods and forests account for more than 13% of the UK’s land surface, but the UK government’s ambition is to increase this to 17% as part of UK’s plans to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Scientists at the James Hutton Institute are researching ways to prepare for and prevent future threats to arable and horticultural production in Scotland. The research aims to prioritise threats to crop production and analyse likely future scenarios with stakeholders to find ways of avoiding these risks.
Friday, September 09, 2022
It is with great sadness that that we learned of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
A Scottish scientist is to co-lead an elite project group of 22 European partners, looking to create resilient crops for the future as yield is projected to plummeted by a third due to extremes in temperatures and greater variation in rainfall patterns impacting on soil and the type of crops which can be grown.
