Scottish islands share sheep scab challenge solutions
Crofters from the Outer Hebrides keen to control livestock disease on their island, have visited Shetland to learn about a scheme targeting diseases including sheep scab.
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Understanding the spread of COVID-19 through wastewater sample analysis
A team from BioSS played an important role in understanding the spread of COVID-19 in Scotland by developing a system capable of rapidly analysing data tracking the presence of the virus in wastewater samples.
PFAS “forever chemicals” being spread on world’s ski slopes
Skiers keen for slick runs are leaving toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” behind on ski slopes, research by The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen and the University of Graz in Austria has revealed.
Butterfly to offer “canary in coalmine” for Scottish peatland habitats
A new study into a butterfly that only lives in Scottish peatlands hopes to unlock how it and other species are coping with the loss and fragmentation of their specialist habitats.
Achieving multi-purpose nature-based solutions
In the context of the climate and biodiversity emergencies, there is a need not only to mitigate against these changes, but also adapt to current and future water-related environmental pressures.
Climate Change Impacts on Natural Capital
Climate change poses a substantial threat to Scotland’s air, water, soils, geology and all living things – our natural capital. There is therefore an urgent need to research the impacts of climate change on Scotland’s assets.
Exploring the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups to stimulate Green Finance Markets
This project aims to assess the potential of existing farmer groups across England to support Green Finance markets and other landscape scale environmental management initiatives.
Emerging Water Futures: Resilience of Private Water Supplies
Understanding of rural communities’ vulnerability and risk perceptions to water scarcity and variable water quality.
Scottish islands survey seeks views on island life
The largest survey of island life in Scotland has been launched to help review the Scottish Government’s National Islands Plan.
Dr Chrizelle Krynauw (née Beukes)
I completed my PhD in Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP, South Africa); my research focus is the legume-rhizobium
