In Scotland, the momentum for restoring the nation’s unique peatland landscape is gathering speed. In 2025, Peatland Action restored the equivalent of 30,000 football pitches of peatland. And with peatlands being one of the best tools we have to fight...

Italy sits on the boundary where the African tectonic plate is diving down beneath the Eurasian plate. This collision has shaped the country’s dramatic landscape, creating the Alps and Apennine mountain ranges, but also means active volcanoes and...

Peatlands are one of the most carbon-rich ecosystems on Earth. Healthy peatlands will sequester carbon, reduce flood risk, support biodiversity and reduce flood risk by slowing the flow of water from the uplands. Due to the unique ecosystem...

The world is facing a growing water disaster. By 2030, it is expected that water demand will exceed sustainable water supply. A crisis is looming in many parts of Europe as droughts are becoming more frequent and more...

In another seismic hotspot, Pavia in northern Italy, is one of Europe’s leading earthquake engineering laboratories. The EuCentre is testing how buildings, bridges, ports, infrastructure, and industrial systems behave during earthquakes and exploring how best to improve their...

Scotland's windswept moors are an iconic feature of the landscape, but beneath them lies one of the world's most vital and overlooked ecosystems. Once a dirty fuel, the ancient peatlands of Scotland are in fact a natural superpower....

There is a growing water crisis across the world, no longer confined to traditionally more arid areas, water demand is fast outstripping supply. The reasons are complex, but in many areas a combination of population increase, agricultural demand and...

The world is facing a growing water disaster. By 2030, it is expected that water demand will exceed sustainable water supply. A crisis is looming in many parts of Europe as droughts are becoming more frequent and more...