Crop Storage
Crop Storage Efficient crop storage ensures quality, extends shelf life, and adds value to the supply chain. By using controlled
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Glen Finglas grazing
The character of the Scottish upland landscape is shaped by domestic livestock grazing. The James Hutton Institute and collaborators have been conducting a grazing experiment at the Woodland Trust’s Glen Finglas estate, in the southern Highlands, since 2002.
James Hutton Institute at the ENRA Science Policy Conference at ODE
A great day was had by all on Monday the 23rd September 2024 at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. At the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research Portfolio (ENRA) Science Evidence and Policy Conference.
MOORCO – Moorland colonisation
MOORCO stands for moorland colonisation and is an umbrella project encompassing four different experimental platforms that study the impact of woodland expansion onto heather dominated moorland.
Now available: July 2024 issue of Hutton Highlights
The latest issue of Hutton Highlights, our e-magazine showing how Hutton science is driving the sustainable use of land and natural resources, is now available from our Hutton Highlights page.
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.
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
