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Organization profile
Organisation profile
The SAC Carbon Management Centre supports research, learning and consultancy activities that contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions from agriculture and food production. Activities within the centre are designed to provide innovative new solutions and advice on improving efficiency and reducing emissions from farming systems and contributes to delivering Scotland’s Net Zero emissions targets.
Work within the Centre builds upon a well established record of activities undertaken by SRUC that promote Low Carbon Farming. These include:
- Innovative and internationally-important research in crop and livestock systems
- Provision of advice to government and policy makers on options for lowering greenhouse gas emissions from farming systems
- Development of a carbon calculator (AgreCalc), tailored for use in Scottish environments and backed by a comprehensive package of advisory activity
- College courses at a range of levels that explain the links between farming and climate change, and prepare students to face important future challenges
- Engagement with the farming community in the development of a network of climate change focus farms that form an important part of SAC’s Farming for a Better Climate initiative
Research undertaken by SRUC staff has shown that farming can make an important contribution to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, whilst at the same time maintaining quality and productivity within the sector. This will only be achieved by continuous change and modernisation that will lead ultimately to improved efficiency and improving environmental quality.
Keywords
- General Environmental Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Soil Science
- Global and Planetary Change
Keywords
- climate change
- greenhouse gas emissions
- greenhouse gas mitigation
- nitrous oxide
- methane
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
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Profiles
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Sarah Buckingham
- Crop And Soils, Carbon Management Centre
- Scotland's Rural College - Senior Consultant
Person: Academic contract that is both teaching and research
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Stephanie Jones
- Crop And Soils, CSS : Soils & Systems - Research Fellow
- Scotland's Rural College - Research Fellow
- Crop And Soils, Carbon Management Centre
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Bob Rees
- Crop And Soils, Carbon Management Centre - Professor
- Agriculture & Business Management, Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre
- Scotland's Rural College - Professor
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c2-1 Agriculture Climate And Carbon
Rees, B., Roehe, R., Duthie, C., Jones, S., Eory, V., Buckingham, S., March, M., Hargreaves, P., Topp, K., Holland, J., Miller, G., Houdijk, J., Newbold, J., MacLeod, M. & Bell, J.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c3-2 Modelling The Socio-economic, Greenhouse Gas And Natural Capital Impacts Of Land Use Policy And Opportunities?. *joint With SRUC-d5-3
McVittie, A., Thomson, S., Shrestha, S., Botero Degiovanni, H., MacLeod, M., Hamilton, A., Rees, B., Eory, V., Buckingham, S., Shrestha, S., Topp, K., Thomson, S., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Gibson-Poole, S., Botero Degiovanni, H., McMillan, J., Williams, A., Wall, E., MacLeod, M., Glendinning, J. G., Merrell, I. & Mckay Fletcher, D.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-d1-1 Air Quality: Livestock Farming And Ammonia.
Miller, G., Bowen, J., Rees, B., Newbold, J., Duthie, C., Bell, J., Nicoll, L., Duthie, C., Rees, B., Broadbent, C., Newbold, J. & Bell, D.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Assessing the Occurrence and Distribution of Microplastics in Surface Freshwater and Wastewaters of Latvia and Lithuania
Pashaei, R., Sabaliauskaite, V., Suzdalev, S., Balciunas, A., Putna-Nimane, I., Rees, RM. & Dzingeleviciene, R., 23 Mar 2023, (First published) In: Toxics. 11, 4, 12 p., 292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial necromass in cropland soils: A global meta-analysis of management effects
Zhou, R., Liu, Y., Dungait, J. A. J., Kumar, A., Wang, J., Tiemann, L. K., Zhang, F., Kuzyakov, Y. & Tian, J., Apr 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 7, p. 1998-2014 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing crop rotation increases soil carbon and reduces GHG emissions without sacrificing yields
Yang, Y., Ti, J., Zou, J., Wu, Y., Rees, RM., Harrison, M., Li, W., Huang, W., Hu, S., Liu, K., Wen, X., Chen, F. & Yin, X., 1 Feb 2023, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 342, 108220.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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ATEC manuscript 3 - supporting data: "Combining Process Modelling and LAI Observations to Diagnose Winter Wheat Nitrogen Status and Forecast Yield"
Revill, A. (Creator), Florence, A. (Data Collector), Hoad, S. (Contributor), Rees, B. (Contributor), Rees, B. (Creator) & Williams, M. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 26 Feb 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020314
Dataset
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Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform - InveN2Ory. Defra project number AC0116
Topp, K. (Contributor) & Rees, B. (Contributor), Freshwater Biological Association, 5 Apr 2017
http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ghgno:676
Dataset
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Carbon and nitrogen flux, meteorological, management and soil data from a grazed, cut and fertilised temperate grassland in south east Scotland
Jones, S. (Contributor), Helfter, C. (Creator), Anderson, M. (Creator), Coyle, M. (Creator), Campbell, C. (Contributor), Famulari, D. (Creator), Di Marco, C. (Creator), Van Dijk, N. (Creator), Tang, Y. S. (Creator), Topp, K. (Contributor), Kiese, R. (Creator), Kindler, R. (Creator), Siemens, J. (Creator), Schrumpf, M. (Creator), Kaiser, K. (Creator), Nemitz, E. (Creator), Levy, P. E. (Creator), Rees, B. (Contributor), Sutton, M. A. (Creator) & Skiba, U. M. (Creator), NERC Environmental Information Data Centre, 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5285/7e6e6955-a9d7-4f8a-961e-3fa3d56d0ead, https://doi.org/10.5285%2F7e6e6955-a9d7-4f8a-961e-3fa3d56d0ead
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Prizes
Activities
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AAB Agricultural greenhouse gases and NH3 mitigation: Solutions, challenges, and opportunities
Kairsty Topp (Chair), Bob Rees (Member of programme committee) & Kate E. Smith (Member of programme committee)
22 Mar 2022 → 24 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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External examiner for PhD viva
Joanna Cloy (Examiner)
12 Feb 2021Activity: Qualification development/external examination types › External examiner (viva)
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The carbon costs of peat extraction in the Scotch Whisky industry and measures to mitigate and offset these emissions
Joanna Cloy (Consultant)
3 Jul 2020 → 17 Dec 2020Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Press/Media
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COP26 round table discussion (podcast)
John Newbold, Bob Rees, Mark Reed, Davy McCracken, Peter Lindsay, Mads Fischer-Moller & Steven Thomson
23/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Reduce greenhouse gases with ‘magic beans’
Vera Eory, Bob Rees, Ilkka Leinonen, Juliette Maire, Michael MacLeod, Alasdair Sykes & Eileen Wall
24/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Impacts
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Refined greenhouse gas reporting informs policy and mitigation measures to reduce emissions from agriculture
Bob Rees (Participant), Vera Eory (Participant), Kairsty Topp (Participant), Madeleine Bell (Participant), Stephanie Jones (Participant), Bruce Ball (Participant), Joanna Cloy (Participant) & Dominic Moran (Participant)
Impact: Environmental
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