The announcement by the Scottish Government of a global 'climate emergency' in May 2019, and the selection of Glasgow as the host city for the main COP26 talks to be held in late 2021 has helped focus attention to the impact of climate change in Scotland. The COVID-19 pandemic has also...
Scotland's climate is more than just rain. This map helps you understand the diverse weather patterns across the country.
The number of capercaillie in Scotland has fallen since the s. Previous work showed that low breeding success, exacerbated by deaths of fully grown birds flying into forest fences, was the primary cause of the decline. The hypothesis that climate change caused the lower breeding success was inves...
The Scottish Government has recognised that soils perform many vital functions for the health of the environment and economy. In the last decade, there has been significant research output from several organisations across Scotland, in collaboration with partners in the rest of the UK and further a...
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A five-year plan is to be devised to preserve from climate change one of the richest surviving Neolithic landscapes in Western Europe, already protected as one of Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Time is not on their side. Rising sea levels and more frequent storms are washing away sediment where the site sits. Scotland now experiences more winter rainfall than had been predicted for 2050, according to a study by theJames Hutton Institute, which conducts environmental research. Coastal er...
This weekend will see Scotland showcasing a range of community-led initiatives to tackle climate change and transform the country into a safer, cleaner
You put everything there, and a lot of everything is not directly linked to the Paris Agreement (on climate change)," he said.Noting that this is an "underlying element" that has jeopardized the trust between developed countries and developing nations, he said, "So how are we going to a...
Check out our new visual representation of how a familiar Scottish landscape might change over half a century, through a reduction in grazing pressure. WATCH 50 YEARS IN 50 SECONDS Living with lynx – lessons from Switzerland Last year, the Lynx to Scotland project escorted stakeholders on a stu...
Vice President Al Gore and financier David Blood have set up a new asset manager to address global net-zero carbon emissions as countries come under increasing pressure to slow climate change and achieve carbon neutrality. Just Climate, which will be launched on Wednesday, plans to invest in ...