Supercharging science with high performance computing
The UK CropDiversity High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, managed by The James Hutton Institute, is helping supercharge science in the UK.
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Taking Scotland’s rainforests to Davos
As biodiversity hotspots, Scotland’s rainforests are internationally important. The sheer quantity, diversity and rarity of the lichens, mosses and liverworts they are home to is stunning and a joy to experience.
DiversiTree
DiversiTree aims to increase the resilience of current and future woodlands to climate change and tree diseases by understanding the methods to, and the impacts of, diversifying tree species composition within our woods.
eDNA in the spotlight – the second instalment
This is the second instalment of a series of blog posts highlighting Hutton scientists and their collaborators using environmental DNA (eDNA for short) techniques.
Soil maps
Soil maps To view a wide range of soil and land capability maps online please visit Scotland’s Soils website or the National Library
Galvanising Change via Natural Capital
Across many sectors, decision-making and planning processes have typically not prioritised or consider nature as important. As a result, nature continues to be degraded. One response to this challenge is the concept of ‘Natural Capital’ – the stocks and flows of services arising from nature.
MOVING – MOuntain Valorisation through INterconnectedness and Green growth
The overall objective of MOVING is to build capacities and co-develop for the establishment of new or upgraded/upscaled value chains that contribute to resilience and sustainability of mountain areas.
Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra
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.
Researchers seek seafood sector insight to unlock by-product prize
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.
Bringing in participatory approaches to widen the scope of natural capital valuation
Natural capital valuation can offer a basis for decision-making and monitoring the effects of policies, land and resource management decisions.
