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Pit water source at Kingsmills (courtesy North Lanarkshire Council)
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Mining legacy springs hope for greener future

A joint effort by North Lanarkshire Council and the James Hutton Institute hopes to bring a warm glow to around 700 households by making use of alternative, cheaper and cleaner energy solutions.

Scotland's Environment Web screenshot
Friday, April 08, 2016

Scotland’s Environment Web shortlisted for LIFE Citizens’ Award

The website, produced by the James Hutton Institute-supported SEWeb partnership, is up for the public vote award at the LIFE Environment Best Project Awards ceremony, to be held during EU Green Week 2016.

Intercropping experiment (c) James Hutton Institute
Monday, April 04, 2016

Scientists investigate potential of plant traits and intercropping to reduce reliance on fertilisers

Research by scientists at the James Hutton Institute and partners continues to shed light into the world of soil and roots, by specifically looking into how plant traits and intercropping can reduce the use of phosphate-based fertilisers.

WT4BO workshop (c) James Hutton Institute
Monday, March 28, 2016

Working together for better outcomes – guidance notes now available

Guidance notes from a James Hutton Institute-organised workshop that saw research stakeholders discuss better ways of working together have been published.

Comparison of potato tubers (c) James Hutton Institute
Monday, March 28, 2016

Plant scientists in drive to influence tuber shape formation

Scientists from an international research consortium including the James Hutton Institute are providing insight into how potato spindle tuber viroid infection can influence tuber development and shape.

EPIC is an ambitious animal heath consortium project
Monday, March 21, 2016

Spotlight on veterinary epidemiology, population health and infectious disease control

A re-commissioned Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks aims to identify and assess potential solutions to animal disease outbreaks, increasing the preparedness and resilience of the agricultural industry in Scotland.

Lab work at the James Hutton Institute (c) James Hutton Institute
Monday, March 21, 2016

James Hutton Group awarded £22.8m for agriculture, food and environment research

The Scottish Government has allocated over £48 million in 2016-17 for strategic scientific research in the area of rural affairs, food and the environment, of which £22.8m corresponds to the James Hutton Group.

Blanket bogs deliver multiple ecosystem services (c) Martin Sommerkorn
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Nature conservation vs ecosystem services – what’s the trade-off?

Is the renewed drive for nature conservation policy coming at the expense of the delivery of ecosystem services? Multidisciplinary research by James Hutton Institute scientists has attempted to tackle the issue.

Farm in North East Scotland (c) James Hutton Institute
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Prospects for North East Scotland’s land-based industries outlined in report

A report featuring research by the James Hutton Institute which describes the prospects of the land-based sector in North East Scotland has been launched by the North East Scotland Agricultural Advisory Group.

Oak tree (c) James Hutton Institute
Thursday, March 10, 2016

£2m pledged to safeguard Britain’s trees

Multi-disciplinary research including work by the James Hutton Institute has been awarded a share of £2m to help combat threats to trees and plants in the UK.

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