A new Hutton study has revealed an increase of up to 1,450% in the level of microplastics found within soil samples after just four years of sewage sludge application.
Our scientists have warned that initiatives that promote self-establishing trees might not always lead to carbon capture at the decadal timescales relevant to achieving net zero and mitigating climate change.
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.
Information Visualisation and Information Systems Information visualisation is an important tool, transforming complex data into meaningful and understandable visual representations
Water Testing James Hutton Institute Scientific Services is equipped to carry out chemical and biological analyses of water, wastewater, natural
Blackberry Breeding James Hutton Institute Scientific Services has an exciting commercial breeding programme, funded by the Blackberry Breeding Consortium, which
Analytical services We offer a range of specialised testing and analytical services to support research, industry, and environmental management. Our
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) FTIR is Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy which is a very versatile analytical technique that can be
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) With both Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) at
eDNA Metabarcoding James Hutton Institute Scientific Services can provide services from eDNA extraction through to provision of DNA sequences for
