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Updated: May 25, 2021, 12:47 pm © Supplied by James Hutton Institu Johanna and Hechizo will be getting a lift home. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A young German student who walked 1,150 miles with her Shetland pony to study barley science in Dundee is returning home. Johanna Maria Wurtz and her pony, Hechizo, set off on foot from Segovia, in the Castile and Leon region in Spain, last autumn to learn how farmers ac...

Updated: May 4, 2021, 9:19 am © Steve MacDougall / DCT Media Compost-based peat should be banned to help Scotland’s climate, campaigners have said. Restoring peatlands, found locally in Perthshire, Angus and some parts of Fife, is an important step towards cutting carbon emissions and meeting climate change goals. But peat is still used in many forms of commercial compost, leading to calls for local gardeners and retailers to find an alternative. Demand for peat in compost growing Andrew Llanwarne is a Friends of the Earth Tayside co-ordinator. He said it was “disappointing” that big-c...

Scientists report April 2021 to be the second-sunniest in Dundee since their records began Updated: May 4, 2021, 9:24 am © DC Thomson & Co Ltd Last month was the second-sunniest April in Dundee since records began, according to forecasters at the James Hutton Institute. The organisation monitors the city’s weather from its base in Invergowrie. In April, there were 251.1 hours of sunshine recorded in Dundee. Dry and cold An institute spokesman said: “This April has been dry and cold, still, it has been one of the sunniest Aprils we have ever recorded since our records began in 1954. “It...

Since its first publication, this story has been updated with material from additional interviews. Utah State University and a governmental research arm based in Scotland recently formed a partnership to collaborate on research in environmental and agricultural science. A memorandum of understanding was signed between USU President Noelle Cockett and Colin Campbell, chief executive of the James Hutton Institute, during a virtual meeting on April 20, the university stated in a news release. “Utah State University faculty are dedicated to … work that significantly addresses climate ch...