ERI Seminar Series – Remote Sensing of Marine Plastic Litter
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Public Seminar – Introduction of the PLASTIC Cup – an initiative against plastic pollution of rivers
a seminar by Dr Miklós Gyalai-Korpos from PLASTIC Cup initiative Rivers are the world’s largest and most important freshwater ecosystems. Everything in and around them is part of the great natural cycle of energy and material. From the water itself … Continued
Call for Tenders: Provision of community group facilitation and support for community volunteer research team in Caithness
More information in tender document at bottom of page. Background to ProjectThis tender exercise seeks to find a community partner organisation embedded within the local community in each of four case study areas in Inverness, Caithness, Orkney and Wester Ross … Continued
ERI Research Featured on BBC News – Space Agency Backs Scottish Marine Plastics Study
Work being undertaken by Dr Lonneke Goddijn-Murphy using satellite data to detect marine plastic has been featured on the BBC News website: Space Agency Backs Scottish Marine Plastics Study
ROBINSON Islands Energy Forum Invitation
The Environmental Research Institute is a project partner on the ROBINSON project which is hosting an Islands Energy Forum on Thursday the 15th of October looking at European cooperation to decarbonise islands. Registration can be found here: https://etn.global/?post_type=events&p=19414 The full … Continued
Summer Edition – ERI Elements Newsletter
Please find our latest ERI Newsletter below:
Blog – From forest to bog: what happens to the aquatic carbon?
Blog by Dr Paul Gaffney In this article, we explain the background to peatland restoration and some of the key findings of this study. A shortened version of this blog article is available from the RSPB website: here A new … Continued
Postgraduate Study with ERI 2020/21
Building on the ERI’s expertise in Renewable Energy and the Environment we deliver two taught Masters programmes: MSc Sustainable Energy Solutions MSc Developing Low Carbon Communities The courses are designed around a series of core and optional modules which aim … Continued
Coronavirus (COVID-19) update for students
Our priority is to provide a safe learning environment for all students and staff. We will continue to review government guidance as lockdown measures shift over the next few months and will inform you of any further changes to the … Continued
The Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland – UK Government gives green light to Peatlands Partnership to apply to UNESCO for World Heritage Site status.
The UK Government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has given its backing to The Peatlands Partnership’s World Heritage Site Working Group to go ahead with developing the nomination of The Flow Country to UNESCO for World Heritage … Continued