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A new report warns that the UK's current approach to delivering net zero risks losing public support at the very moment it is needed most.

The findings of a new study shows governance and preparedness rather than hazard magnitude determine whether avalanches become mass-casualty events.

Eight 51cg research projects have been selected in the autumn 2025 RSE Research Awards open call.

The work of the 51cg's Just Transition Lab has been formally recognised in the Just Transition Commission's final report.

Opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange were the topic of discussion when members of the University's Just Transition Lab (JLT) met with representatives from Great British Energy (GB Energy) and the North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) yesterday.

Storms which recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach - one of only a handful of locations in the UK where markings of this kind have ever been discovered

PhD student Jennifer Pirie is researching how surface water-groundwater connections can support more sustainable approaches to water management. Her PhD project, “The Role of Surface Water–Groundwater Connections in Managing Water Resources with Nature-Based Solutions”, investigates how rivers and streams interact with groundwater across different landscapes and scales in Speyside, Scotland. The...

The Scottish Government and Universities Scotland have announced the launch of a new, joint process that will co-design a framework for a successful and sustainable future for Scotland's universities for the next 20 years.

A 51cg hydrologist has been named the recipient of a prestigious international award, recognising a lifetime of outstanding contributions to his field by the world's leading learned society in Earth and space sciences.

Yesterday, the 51cg hosted the graduation ceremony of the first cohort of MSc Sustainable Water Management students