ERI is part of the Global Challenges Research Fund-One Health network, and staff have developed online learning materials for the free, open course “Water, Soil, and Health” hosted by St George’s University. The course will include modules and live discussions … Continued
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*DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 30th of APRIL* Large-scale and fast-paced peatland restoration interventions currently happening across the UK are only going to lead to successful outcomes if they increase the capacity of degraded blanket bogs to withstand future threats such as … Continued
*DEADLINE EXTENDED: THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL WE FIND A SUITABLE CANDIDATE. PLEASE CONTACT roxane.andersen@uhi.ac.uk FOR DETAILS* FUNDING INCLUDES STIPEND, UK FEES AND RESEARCH & TRAINING COSTS START DATE: OCTOBER 2021 We are looking for candidates for this PhD … Continued
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
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
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 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
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
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