HESS Opinions: Floods and droughts – are land use, soil management, and landscape hydrology more significant drivers than increasing CO2? Abstract. Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are increasing globally. This is typically attributed to CO2-driven climate change. However, at the global scale, CO2-driven climate change neither reduces pr...

Is it just CO2? we suggest Land use is a significant driver of increasing floods & droughts. These changes lead to rapid water loss from runoff, causing both floods and water scarcity.

HESS paper@ doi.org/10.5194/hess...
#LandUse #Floods #Droughts #ClimateAdaptation @pfiener.bsky.social 🧪

Some good coverage of our soils and business and work with farmers on soil carbon stocks in the @pentlandcentre.bsky.social impact digest doc.your-brochure-online.co.uk/Lancaster-Un...
#soil #carbon

Long-term effects of tillage practices and future climate scenarios on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Lower Austria – A modelling and long-term experiment study Conservation agriculture, with its reduced soil disturbance and enhanced cover, has the potential to increase carbon storage in the topsoil. However, …

Really pleased to see @Márton Tóth's paper based on the work he did @Lancaster University with @Jessica Davies and myself published online #soil #carbon 🧪www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209...

#job for a Technician in the Biology dept at the University of York and working with myself at @uoyenvironment.bsky.social on projects to improve nutrient retention, water retention, and carbon sequestration in soils: gathering and analysing data. Apply by 30/3/2025.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

Unravelling A Complex Ice Age Landscape YouTube video by Eden Rivers Trust

Ever wondered about how the complex landscapes of the #lakedistrict and #eden valley were shaped by the ice age? Paul Carling explores this in his facinating @edenriverstrust.bsky.social webinar youtu.be/1Mdw8cuNOhs?...

Building destroyed by Volcano, Plymouth, Monserrat

Beach and waves at sunset, Montserrat

The Soufriere hills volcano, Montserrat

Interested in sediment and #coral 🐠 #reefs? I'm giving a webinar for Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (#CIEEM) on identifying #sediment sources reaching the reefs around the island of #Montserrat 🌋 on the 11 March at 3 pm (UK time). Register at 👉 shorturl.at/g9vTx

Terrace. with cowpeas, maize residues and protected terrace risers with trees and grass

Steep terraces hillsides

Recently I visited the Machakos area of Kenya and saw steep terraced hillsides, with the terraces protected by grasses and trees; maize being intercropped with leguminous perennials, residues being returned to the soil surface. And all this happening at scale, just so impressive!

Experimental treatments: VF tyre (left), rotary harrow (middle) and surface profiling roller (right).

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Mitigation measures designed to reduce #soil compaction decrease surface runoff, soil erosion & phosphorus losses...
Quinton, McKenzie, Loades, Page & Silgram
#soilscience #soils @john-quinton.bsky.social
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Tramlines in fields can cause a lot of runoff, carrying soil and pollutants to water. 🚜🌧️ Our paper, dedicated to the late Martyn Silgram, found using very flexible tyres and a rotary harrow to break up compaction can reduce this problem 🌱💧 #farming #environment #soilhealth shorturl.at/lEPB8

Missing the input: The underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research Abstract. Plant processes regulating the quantity and quality of soil organic carbon inputs such as photosynthesis, above- and belowground plant growth, and root exudation are integral to our understa...

There is an open discussion in SOIL on an article about plant physiology and global soil carbon research. If you click on this link you can add your views - egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Two assigned reviews are already posted, but the more comments the better the discussion.

EASTBIO: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis of the Distribution of Underutilised Plants for Restoration of Soil Health in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis of the Distribution of Underutilised Plants for Restoration of Soil Health in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD...

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We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate interested in #remotesensing & #imageanalysis with respect to #underutilisedplants as well as learn more about #soil #health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Congrats to Sammani Ramanayaka of Lancaster Environment Centre for successfully defending her thesis on impacts of #microplastics and plasticisers on soil microbia with myself and @john-quinton.bsky.social examining. In all the excitement I forgot to take a photo so here's a party popper instead!

EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Microplastics in soil PhD project combining soil physics and microbiology - applications due by 17 January. Working with a multidisciplinary supervisory team including @micecoevo.bsky.social . www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Really interesting talk from Alex Vickers on the soils of Glamorgan's Sophia Gardens and the soil physics behind it.