We are advertising for a 4 year PhD studentship “Impacts of multiple stressors (pollutants and disease) on beavers in England”, fully funded by the ECOWILD NERC Centre for Doctoral Training. The project is open to students worldwide, and the student … Continued
A new publication from the SHOT-SWITCH project “Outcomes from monitoring the fourth year of a five-year voluntary transition from hunting with lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition in Britain” has been published in Conservation Evidence Journal. ERI and collaborators are investigating … Continued
Researchers at UHI North Highland’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI), with NHS Highland and the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £100,000 Medical Research Council grant, working in partnership with the James Hutton Institute, Scottish Water, the Scottish Environment Protection … Continued
A new project is set to explore the impact of offshore windfarms across the marine food chain. Led by Dr Benjamin Williamson from UHI North Highland’s Environmental Research Institute, the ‘Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Windfarms’ (PELAgIO) research … Continued
Scientists from the North Highland College’s Environmental Research Institute, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and the University of Aberdeen will lead a new project to determine where offshore wind developments should be located in order to … Continued
ERI is a steering group member of the One Health Breakthrough Partnership – which has now launched its official website at https://www.ohbp.org Developed in 2017, the One Health Breakthrough Partnership brings together key regional and national stakeholders across the water, … Continued
Each year an estimated 8 million tons of plastic enters the oceans from land. Plastic persists in the environment for very long times (centuries) and can disappear from the sea surface by sinking to the bottom, beaching, degradation, and ingestion … Continued
The transnational project Blue Circular Economy is one of the finalists for the REGIOSTARS awards:“The REGIOSTARS Awards are a yearly competition, organised by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy. It aims at identifying good practices in … Continued
A ground-breaking website has been launched to gather information about the interaction between birds and debris such as plastics. Members of the public are being asked to upload details and photos of birds which have become entangled in debris … Continued
Essential for all living organisms, phosphorus (P) is necessary in plants, for example, for root development, stalk strength and seed formation. Although found naturally, soil degradation and an ever-increasing global demand for higher yields require an external source of phosphorus … Continued