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Glaciers and gelato in the Italian Alps - PhD student fieldtrip
David Haro and Matteo Spagnolo recently led a group of PhD students to the Italian Alps, where they learned various physical geography field techniques and fully enjoyed the spectacular glacial settings (and good food!), while also understanding the fragility of these alpine environments currently under climate change threat and anthropogenic...
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How to make agri-environmental schemes better for farmers and the environment
The Horizon-funded project 'Contracts2.0' brought together farmers, policy-makers and researchers to learn how agri-environmental schemes can be made better to support farmer livelihoods and the environment
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IsleHoliday - a new initiative for rural tourism
Kirsten Gow and Lorna Philip's contribution to Geography Directions reports how concerns over the impact of tourism in economically fragile rural areas of Scotland has led to the development of a new initiative designed to help island communities gain more value from tourism in their area.
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Fully funded PhD opportunity to explore intergenerational communication
Funding is available to support an interdisciplinary PhD which will explore intergenerational communication.
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MSc Sustainability Transitions students are helping the University to become more sustainable
MSc students took part in a catering workshop to review and redevelop the University of Aberdeen's sustainable food policy, addressing various issues such as menus and ingredients, waste and plastics, and communication of sustainable practices.
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Falkland Island peatlands as a mirror to understand future European peatlands
In order to understand how carbon accumulation in Northern Hemisphere peatlands may likely change in the future, it is useful to look at how carbon accumulation varies in modern day 'extreme' ('dry') peatlands located in the Falkland Islands.
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Investigating cascading nature of ice avalanches in high mountains
Dr. Anshuman Bhardwaj and Dr. Lydia Sam at the Geography Department of the University of Aberdeen led a study that showed how satellite images could help investigate and understand flow and cascading nature of ice avalanches in high-mountain areas.
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A week in the life of MSc Sustainability Transitions students
What a week for our MSc Sustainability Transitions students! While the students have already started working on their individual projects/dissertations, the programme continues to be filled with various additional learning opportunities for the future sustainability leaders.
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Arctic visit: Tavis Potts teaches climate governance and explores new research in Svalbard
This week, Prof. Tavis Potts (Chair in Sustainable Development) was working from Svalbard. Over the week Tavis was running a climate governance workshop for 3rd-year environmental management students at the University Institute of Svalbard (UNIS) and developing research collaborations with the new UNIS Renewable Energy Centre that is exploring decarbonised...
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Planning for a future with beavers in Scotland
Members of the Geography department Dr. Josie Geris, Dr. Katya Dimitrova Petrova and Dr. Flurina Wartmann have taken part in the planning workshop for the Beaver Strategy in Scotland organised by NatureScot, to define what steps need to be taken to achieve the vision of maximising ecosystem and societal benefits...