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Astronomer Royal for Scotland: Robert Angus Smith: 1817–1884 chemist environmental chemistry, acid rain, discoverer Mary Somerville: 1780–1872 mathematician, astronomer Matthew Stewart: 1717–1785 mathematician James Stirling: 1692–1770 mathematician Robert Stirling: 1790–1878 engineer, clergyman: inventor of the Stirling engine: John ...
In the 1980s, Wanless began one of the first radio-tracking studies into seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere, which helped to identify the foraging areas and the dangers that seabirds face due to climate change, [5] pollution, fishing and off-shore wind farms; [6] much of this research was conducted on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
Fleming has lived in Scotland for most of his life. He farms land on the Isle of Seil in Argyll, raising sheep and cattle. [1] His son, Duar Fleming is managing director of EnviroCentre. [14] [15] Fleming has curated an exhibition of the history of civil engineering in Scotland. [1] His daughter Tracy is an IT specialist.
John Croumbie Brown (16 May 1808 Haddington, Scotland – 17 September 1895 Haddington) was a prolific author, minister of religion, forestry pioneer in South Africa as well as soil conservationist and hydrologist. [1] He was the grandson of John Brown (1722-1787), the renowned Scottish theologian and author.
The Shira Hydro-Electric Scheme is a project initiated by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to use the waters of the River Shira, the River Fyne and other small streams to generate hydroelectricity. It is located between Loch Fyne and Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It consists of three power stations and three ...
Paul David Bates CBE FRS is a hydrologist, working as Professor of Hydrology at the University of Bristol [1] and Chairman of Fathom, [2] a water risk intelligence firm that he cofounded. He was Director of the University of Bristol's Cabot Institute of the Environment [ 3 ] from 2011 to 2013 and subsequently Head of Bristol's School of ...
Rain falling over a drainage basin in Scotland.Understanding the cycling of water into, through, and out of catchments is a key element of hydrology. Hydrology (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) 'water' and -λογία () 'study of') is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and ...
By the mid-1760s, Walker was known as one of Scotland's leading lay naturalists. This motivated the Church of Scotland and the Board of Annexed Estates to send him on exploratory tours of the Highland and Hebrides in 1764 and 1771. These tours allowed him to make religious and ethnographic observations for the church and to take scientifically ...