SCRR

The Scottish Consortium for Rural Research is a collaboration between 24 organisations who work together to produce and share rural science for public good

[British Geological Survey @BritGeoSurvey]

Five new sensors being installed across the UK will provide full national coverage of the magnetic field for the first time.

The sensors will improve our understanding of extreme magnetic storms and the associated effects on national infrastructure.

https://t.co/K4E0uqhpWx

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

We're hiring!

The James Hutton Institute is seeking a creative and strategic Digital and Storytelling Content Officer to lead the development and delivery of compelling digital content across our platforms.

Join our team by applying here: https://t.co/09qQframxT

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

📢 Don’t miss the chance to attend #Ento25

🗣️ Ali Karley, researcher at the Hutton was one of four scientists invited to develop the conference programme & workshop sessions. Hutton experts will also share posters & chair sessions during the event.

📅 Register today:

[Davy McCracken @DavyMcCracken]

Given that this is only c. 30 minutes from Larne and c. 40 minutes from Belfast, it may be something that hill farmers in southern Scotland would find of interest. I'm certainly looking forward to it and speaking at an upland symposium the day before.

https://t.co/DmRUazU2wD

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

📢 The @scotgov has published its draft Strategy for 2027–2032: Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Research (@SGRESAS), and want your views.

🗣️ Your feedback will help shape the future of environmental & agricultural research in Scotland

More: https://t.co/WNpgY3okSu

[Scotland's Plant Health Centre @PlantHealthScot]

📢Funding announcement, please RT! Would you like to deliver a project analysing opportunities to improve plant health outcomes in Scotland arising from the planned whole country LiDAR mapping, including potential barriers to exploitation? https://t.co/IUWNEM3CqU #planthealth

[The Moredun Foundation @MoredunComms]

Pls RT - We are recruiting a new manager for our Viral Surveillance Unit (VSU).
Must hold a Degree in Veterinary Medicine along with Membership of the RCVS.
https://t.co/ih6zDDaCv4
Salary: £59,622 - £69,921 per annum
Closing Date: 22nd July 25

[British Geological Survey @BritGeoSurvey]

We're looking for a senior research grants manager to join our team 📝

You'll be identifying & publicising relevant and innovative grant opportunities to BGS, and will work with staff to create funding applications.

More information via the link:
https://t.co/3TIuv9rC2U

[SCRR @SCRRSCOT]

Who's joining us at the Peter Wilson Lecture 2025? Preserving what matters, Scotland's national collections. All welcome, full details and tickets here: https://t.co/AvFhOh6JU8
@RoyalSocEd #PeterWilsonLecture #PreservingWhatMatters #Event #Talk #Edinburgh

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

🗺️ 180-year-old maps meet AI!

The Hutton & @natlibscot has digitised over 5 million hectares of historic Scottish moorland using OS maps and machine learning.

This could help track lost #Peatlands & tackle 10–15% of CO₂ emissions they contribute.

More: https://t.co/odBCBqoN5s

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

For the first time, a freely available Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map has been produced to identify lone trees, groups of trees and small woodlands across England. 🌳🗺️

This innovative resource will:
✔️ Enhance environmental monitoring
✔️ Inform smarter planning decisions
✔️ Support habitat creation and biodiversity
✔️ Guide targeted canopy expansion efforts

💬 Freddie Hunter, Head of Remote Sensing at Forest Research, emphasized the importance of this milestone:

"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘽𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (𝙏𝙊𝙒) 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝘽𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙊𝙒 𝙢𝙖𝙥 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.

𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝'𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙛����𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜."

We are proud to have been a key delivery partner for this project, funded by Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (#NCEA) programme, as Great Britain’s principal organisation for forestry and tree-related research.

🔗 Discover more and access the map here: https://t.co/RZHqC6SMTU

#TreesOutsideWoodland #TOW #TreeMapping #CanopyCover #ForestResearch #NaturalCapital

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

📻 ICYMI: Listen to our researcher Tim George, who joined @BBCRadio4's #FarmingToday, to talk about why robust #barley varieties are crucial for protecting Scotland’s #whisky industry amid climate challenges.

🔊 From 03:50 > https://t.co/6DY8OfNPMh

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

❔ We are looking to understand the Climate Change Hub’s impact to date to help ensure the development of new resources continues to meet the needs of woodland mangers and advisors. 🌲📑 The Climate Change Hub centralises information and practical guidance about protecting our woodlands and forests from the impacts and risks due to the changing climate.

How can you help?
✨𝗕𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 (𝟴-𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲): https://t.co/MIObauWv5R - open until 31 Jan.
✨𝗕𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻�� 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀: 𝟮𝟵 𝗝𝗮𝗻, 𝟭𝟲.𝟭𝟱 - 𝟭𝟳.𝟯𝟬 - Managers and owners of woods and forests: https://t.co/zQEBpjEDyU𝟯𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗻, 𝟭𝟮.𝟰𝟱 – 𝟭𝟰.𝟬𝟬 - Advisors, e.g., consultants, agents, woodland officers, public bodies, trade, professional and intermediary organisations: https://t.co/EOJeuz6rGW

#ClimateChangeHub #Survey @ForestryComm

[SCRR @SCRRSCOT]

SCRR’s Winter 2024 newsletter highlights the work of our members, who do research in Scotland on Scottish and globally important rural priorities. In this edition we also shine a light on some of the Early Career Researchers in our network.
https://t.co/t9r4xk2X8f

[Centre for Mountain Studies, UHI @CMS_UHI]

A new paper by researchers Anna Lawrence and @bobmacuhi on the intersections between land reform and rewilding in Scotland 👉https://t.co/Kk6KqIgDMP @RewildingB @ThinkUHI @ScotRewilding

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

Have you thought about all the other species dependent on our trees?

Our research has shown 2300 species associated with #oak trees, with 326 only found on oak. The declining ash trees support 953 species, 44 only found on ash! #NationalTreeWeek

More: https://t.co/S0ArNXQsqK

[Calum Semple, CSA @ScotSciChief]

The Scottish Science Advisory Council is recruiting new and associate members. The SSAC provides independent advice to inform policy development and delivery across all areas of the Scottish Government’s work. Find out more at https://t.co/xfPKwXPmMg

[Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot]

We're thrilled to present the brand new dendrochronology research framework as part of our @ScARFHub project!

As well as enabling a better understanding of individual heritage structures, dendro analysis can help us plan to meet future climate challenges: https://t.co/iQ5uTi9V8l

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

🗣️“Tree-rings provide us with a window through which we can look back in time,” says @Forest_Research scientist, Tom Ovenden who has contributed to a new dendrochronology framework for Scotland in partnership with @ForestryLS,@Dendrochronicle and @ScARFHub of @socantscot. #ScotDendro

[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @TheBotanics]

📢 We have a rare and exciting opportunity to become the Curator of Benmore Botanic Garden.

This is a key role responsible for the overall vision, management, and presentation of the mountainside Garden.

Find more details and apply: https://t.co/YRpdWIknDh

@BenmoreBotGdn