Scotland's environment blog

The summer of 2022 has seen record-breaking temperatures and here we look at some of the effects heatwaves can have on levels of air pollution.

Scotland, like the rest of the world and UK as a whole, is facing an unprecedented climate change crisis. Amongst other impacts, this is affecting the quality of its standing waters such a lochs and reservoirs.

The Deeside premiere of ‘Riverwoods’, a feature-length film about the plight of Scotland’s salmon, was held at The Barn in Banchory on Monday 28th March.

Summers are becoming hotter and drier, with winter rainfall and storm frequency predicted to increase. These effects of climate change are ideal conditions to also give rise to increased incidence of algal and blue-green algal (cyanobacteria) blooms in Scottish freshwaters.

A new initiative by Horticulture.co.uk is urging members of the public to be on the lookout for cases of Japanese Knotweed in their local area.

The partnership in charge of looking after the river Dee catchment in north east Scotland is a finalist in the Nature of Scotland Awards.