Climate warming is shifting the dynamics of the world’s vast tundra environments and making them release trapped carbon, according to a new study supported by the Hutton and published in the journal Nature.

These changes could transform tundras – treeless landscapes in polar regions that cover around 10% of the earth’s surface – from carbon sinks into a carbon source, exacerbating the effects of climate change.

Researchers from Aberdeen have put a call out to Scotland’s seafood sector to help it understand why it could be missing out on netting the full potential of its catch by getting more value from by-products.  

The team of researchers from The James Hutton Institute have been looking at opportunities to achieve better value throughout the seafood supply chain, including from by-products.

A globally rare fungus found for the first time in Scotland by scientists assessing restoration work on a Scottish temperate rainforest created a conservation conundrum.

The Chamonixia caespitosa, a type of truffle, is typically only found in the Alps and Scandinavia and has only been recorded once in the UK, in northern Wales, just seven years ago.

The first study of toxic “forever chemicals” along the full length of Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, has found 13 different types of PFAS, nearly half of them coming from textile treatments and food packaging.

The study, led by a specialist in emerging contaminants at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, tested sediments at 38 sites along the 6,300 km-long Yangtze River for 15 types of PFAS.

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We are absolutely delighted to announce that the 45th TB Macaulay lecture will be delivered by globally renowned environmental expert, Professor Gretchen C. Daily on 10^th September at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Scientists have outlined the urgent actions needed to protect Scotland’s lochs from the impacts of climate change, estimating that harmful algal blooms cost the national economy at least £16.5 million a year.

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and The James Hutton Institute have outlined a series of recommendations in a new report for CREW – Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Waters.

Ideas around how Scotland can make sure people and industry can continue to access clean water, as supplies come under increasing pressure from climate change, will be one of the key topics at a major water sector event in Edinburgh next Friday (March 22).

The South of Scotland has joined a national network of flux towers, with a unique project, involving the Hutton, allowing greenhouse gases to be measured as the land changes from commercial forestry crops to restored peatland.

The 14-metre flux tower is the first-ever installed in the south of Scotland and sits within a commercial forestry crop planted upon deep peat soil.

Rivers in Scotland’s west and northwest could be the most sensitive to climate change and should be monitored more closely, according to a new study by scientists at The James Hutton Institute and the University of Aberdeen.