by Soils | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
Scotland is synonymous with a number of things including its incredible scenery, whisky and the ancient tradition of crofting: all of which have peat in common. Although peat is present throughout the world, it has a particular cultural heritage in Scotland and...
by Soils | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
What does COP26 mean to me? The last few months have been a chilling reminder of the impact of climate change and a glimpse into our future. Researchers have concluded that the heatwave in North America would have been extremely unlikely without climate change,...
by Soils | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
At last night’s Macaulay Lecture, speakers emphasised that the climate crisis was a human rights crisis. As we know, increasing temperatures lead to extreme weather and food security challenges with Friends of the Earth estimating that there are already over 40...
by Soils | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
Preventing, Halting and Reversing the Degradation of Soils Worldwide After the world’s oceans, soil is the world’s largest active carbon store, holding 80% of terrestrial carbon, which is almost three times the amount held in the world’s atmosphere. Soil carbon...
by Soils | Oct 18, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
Introduction Six years have elapsed since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were founded at the United Nations Summit in New York. Soil was merely a fringe participant at this meeting, only making appearances in six of the 17 goal descriptions. This may...
