by Soils | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
Responding to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report The last few months have been a chilling reminder of the impact of climate change and a glimpse into our future; the heatwave in North America, the floods in Germany and wildfires in California and Greece. With global...
by Soils | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
We’re into the second week of COP26, with a focus on two key areas on Tuesday – gender and innovation. I think it’s fair to say that some delegates and speakers are flagging a little. Meetings displayed a mixture of enthusiasm, optimism, and open frustration, as press...
by Soils | Nov 8, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
On Saturday at the COP26 meetings, the focus was on Nature and Land Use. As the Arcadis UK Director for Sustainable Land Use and President of the British Society of Soil Science, it was a day which I hoped would be packed with discussions and conversations of absolute...
by Soils | Nov 6, 2021 | Blog, Featured Blog
The Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) is a unique ecological research charity working across the UK to support long-term ecological field experiments (LTEs) and monitoring. Formed in 2008 in response to the loss of LTEs across the UK, our vision continues to be the...
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,...
