Macaulay Land Use Research Institute » Soil Quality

Local Football Club Involved in Crime Drama

Clare Neely — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:13:13 +0000

Forensic experts will descend on Starks Park this weekend (Saturday 5 March 2011) as the football club is the latest venue to experience a dramatic criminal incident. It’s not the performance of the home team but a highly entertaining event at which crime fiction will come face to face with science fact. [continue reading ... ]

Colleagues Pay Tribute to Local Soil Expert

Clare Neely — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:52:49 +0000

Soil scientists from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (the Macaulay) today paid tributes to former colleague Dr James Reith who passed away in Edinburgh, aged ninety. [continue reading ... ]

Macaulay scientists involved in research project aiming to tackle Johnne’s disease in cattle.

Clare Neely — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:17:54 +0000

Scientists will look at whether there is a link between the nutrients in the soil and the disease. [continue reading ... ]

Kirkwall Sheriff Court to host Murder, Mystery & Microscopes event

Clare Neely — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:23:05 +0000

Kirkwall Sheriff Court is the apt venue for an evening where crime fiction will come face to face with science fact. [continue reading ... ]

Cinderella Habitat Will Go to the Ball

Clare Neely — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:42:55 +0000

Dirty, smelly and a useless waste of space. That’s the public image that peat bogs have acquired over the years. But top UK scientists have gathered forces to rid the so-called ‘Cinderella Habitats’ of this reputation, and help them to shine as modern ecosystem heroes. [continue reading ... ]

Beauty and the Bog

Clare Neely — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:25:35 +0000

An exciting exhibition exploring and explaining the fascinating world of peat bogs through a wide range of artistic techniques is now on display at the Thomas Tosh Gallery, Thornhill. The exhibition aims to raise awareness of peat bogs, both as an important natural resource for carbon sequestration and as a fascinating ecosystem in which to observe organism interactions and functions. [continue reading ... ]

Celebrating World Soils Day: Institute announces completion of national soil sampling project

Clare Neely — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:35:21 +0000

Results of a national inventory of Scotlands soils will provide scientists with invaluable evidence on climate change. The Institute has completed a national soil sampling project which it will use to compare with samples taken 25 years earlier from the same locations to investigate the impact of climate change on our soils.

Scientists see if climate impacts on soil carbon emissions

Clare Neely — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:26:01 +0000

Almost half a million pounds has been awarded to scientists to allow them to see if climate change could impact on the levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) released from Europe’s soils. [continue reading ... ]

Scottish scientists dig around for worms

Clare Neely — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:24:52 +0000

A project is about to get underway to count Scotland’s worms. [continue reading ... ]

Dirt Doctor Advises Growing Number of Allotment Fans

Clare Neely — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:02:20 +0000

Gone are the days when allotments provided much needed food for a war-hit Britain in the 1940s; recent years have seen a huge surge in popularity allotments thanks to people’s increasing interest in organic produce, food provenance, healthy eating and the environment. With the onset of the credit crunch, more people than ever are turning to these small plots of land to cut costs on their grocery bills. [continue reading ... ]