Scotland

Wildflowers are moving northwards as temperatures rise, prompting calls to manage landscapes to make space for plants in the face of climate change. Results from the first five years of the government-funded National Plant Monitoring Scheme, using data from 15,000 surveys by volunteer citizen scientists, already shows the impact of…

Wildflowers are moving northwards as temperatures rise, prompting calls to manage landscapes to make space for plants in the face of climate change. esults from the first five years of the government-funded National Plant Monitoring Scheme, using data from 15,000 surveys by volunteer citizen scientists, already shows the impact of…

The stone base of a former mill has been repurposed as a raised plinth for house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, designed by TAP Architects.Dug into a gently sloping site, the granite mill building was once surrounded by a variety of agricultural structures.The new home – called The Larch Mill on account…

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Dr. Rick leBrasseur is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Dalhousie University within the Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences. A licensed landscape architect, environmental psychologist, researcher, and peri-urbanist, he is the Director of the interdisciplinary Green Infrastructure Performance Lab applying research knowledge towards…

The public’s response to “social distancing” is a government communications failure, says Lesley Henderson In an unprecedented move, the UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson announced strict new curbs on life in the UK to curtail the spread of covid-19. The public must now stay at home except for shopping for…

Dara McGrath’s project, Cleansweep, is a magnum opus. Seven years in the making, it extends well beyond the bounds of the new, handsome book published by Kehrer which does, nonetheless, beautifully encapsulate the core of his endeavour. His work falls into a genre of contemporary photography that might be termed…

Alex Salmond said his 'nightmare' was over yesterday after he was dramatically cleared of sexually assaulting a string of women. The former Scottish first minister had been accused of exploiting his power and influence to prey on women. He maintained his innocence throughout the high-profile trial and claimed some of the charges…

Geologists have discovered part of an ancient lost continent by sifting through diamond samples from Canada’s Baffin Island.By analyzing the samples, analysts identified part of the North Atlantic craton, a remnant of the Earth’s ancient continental crust that stretched from Labrador to Scotland. An article on the University of British…

From scrappy upstart with knobby tyres in the 1980s, though the boom of the 1990s, mountain biking has become an essential, muddy part of the cycling landscape. If you're a mountain biking beginner who came to cycling via the road bike boom, why should you have a go at mountain…

Seven days ago life was a lot simpler. After England beat Wales at Twickenham, I jumped in the car and headed for Dingle. I drove along the Slea Head drive, then across the gorgeous cliff tops of the Skellig Ring, with staggering views of Skellig Michael. Co Kerry was sensational.…