A new collaboration between art and science has culminated in an exhibition exploring and explaining the fascinating world of peat bogs. [continue reading ... ]
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The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute. It is the first Institute of its type in Europe and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy and environmental security.
BEAUTY AND THE BOG: Raising public awareness of the importance and beauty of bogs
Institute Scientist Advises TV Forensics Drama
“I have a colleague who has expertise in soil forensics, did a PhD on the mineral characterisation of soils. We could do an elemental analysis and compare to the available soil and geochemistry databases….” says Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) in tonight’s (Thursday 21st January 2010) edition of the BBC’s Silent Witness. [continue reading ... ]
Glensaugh News – 18 January 2010
Happy New Year to everyone from Glensaugh where we are all back to work after a cold and snowy holiday.
Murder, Mystery & Microscopes in Running for the Best Live Communications Event in Scotland
Murder, Mystery & Microscopes has made the final shortlist for the Best Live Communications Event in the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) Scotland Awards 2009.
Judged by a panel of respected and leading industry figures, the prestigious awards take place at a black tie event on February 26th in Glasgow where category award winners will be announced.
Murder, Mystery & Microscopes in Running for the Best Live Communications Event in Scotland
Murder, Mystery & Microscopes has made the final shortlist for the Best Live Communications Event in the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) Scotland Awards 2009. [continue reading ... ]
Institute’s monitoring stations capture freezing conditions
The current freezing weather conditions in Scotland have been vividly captured by the Institute’s environmental monitoring sites. The graph below shows the air temperature recorded from the river monitoring site at Tarland over the Christmas and New Year period with temperatures dipping down to -15°C. The plummet from around 0°C to around -15°C in during the evening of 2nd January is particularly dramatic. [continue reading ... ]
Pantanal
The Pantanal in South America is the world’s largest wetland. We are part of an international consortium carrying out research on how to tackle threats to this ecosystem such as diffuse pollution, canalisation and drainage, urban sewage, heavy metal pollution and deforestation.
Hydromorphology workshop
Recent national and international legislation identifies the need for defining ecological status of river systems. In March 2009, we hosted an international workshop for scientists and policymakers to discuss how to define river hydromorphological condition. Visit the Linking Hydromorphology to Ecology website for more information. [continue reading ... ]