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Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides

Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public health

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National-scale optimisation modelling shows that spatially differentiated land-use strategies outperform uniform policies, revealing trade-offs between food production and environmental quality.​ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rethinking land-use Strategies: A multi-objective analysis of combined sparing and sharing approaches applied across great britain

The land-sharing versus land-sparing debate represents a critical juncture in agricultural policy development. However, applying either of these appro…

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Farming decisions are often made at the farm-scale, yet simulations are often field- or landscape-scale. We propose a new framework for capturing variation in agroecosystem simulations at the scale most relevant for decision making. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A framework for capturing farm-scale variation in process-based simulations for agroecosystem resilience

Agroecosystem models typically simulate average conditions in fields or over a gridded landscape. This approach overlooks the spatial variation that s…

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This is so validating, and the much-needed first step into understanding the causes of ME. Candidate genes affecting the immune and nervous systems align with my and others' experience but now it's time to fund more in-depth research.

DecodeME@decodemestudy.bsky.social · last yr.

Our initial DNA results! DecodeME have discovered that people with an ME/CFS diagnosis have significant genetic differences compared to the general population. - Summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk Check out our full preprint paper: shorturl.at/VwN3s

What's the true value of a hedgerow? Or a diverse landscape when it comes to mitigating field edge yield declines? Our new paper out today might have some of the answers doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Started a new #ReverseMentoring relationship with a senior leader from @pirbrightinst.bsky.social this week. I love that BBSRC institutes are investing in EDI and I'm excited for our conversations about disability and chronic illness in the workplace #pwme #mecfs

The glyphosate debate: nice to see our own @hmetcalfe1.bsky.social quoted in this in-depth feature by @barbarapinho.com www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...

The glyphosate debate

The EU has recently approved the use of glyphosate for another decade. Bárbara Pinho examines the controversial pesticide's presence in British farming and considers the possibility of a ban in the UK

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A brilliant example of the tradeoffs between soil health and weed control when thinking about min till

Nathan Nelson@nathannelson.co.uk · 2y ago

The plough has been a good scapegoat for wider systemic neglect of soils. I had some thoughts after learning the hard way about jumping too fast into removal of ploughing as a tool. nathannelson.co.uk/2022/10/soil...

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...

Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2

Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii

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Persistent droughts have become even drier and hotter in recent decades. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...

Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer

Droughts lasting multiple years are becoming more common and extreme around the globe, expanding by about 50,000 square kilometres annually

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UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm. Rothamsted's @hmetcalfe1.bsky.social quoted www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm

Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide

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There's always a new challenge in Agriculture, let's not let the news today of glyphosate resistance in the UK prevent a positive transition toward more regenerative practices

Michael Le Page@mjflepage.bsky.social · 2y ago

The transition to regenerative agriculture in the UK could be hampered by the evolution of weeds resistant to the herbicide glyphosate for the first time 🧪 🧵 1/ (they've long been a problem elsewhere in the world, of course) www.newscientist.com/article/2463...

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm - Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide Story by @priyabharadia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm

Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide

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"The case [of glyphosate resistance in the UK] is a “warning sign” for farmers to reduce their reliance on glyphosate" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm

Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide

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Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for the first time www.newscientist.com/article/2463...

Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for the first time

The herbicide glyphosate is helping farmers adopt more environmentally friendly practices, and resistant weeds will make this transition more difficult, experts say

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A glyphosate-resistant weed has been found on a UK farm for the first time, raising the spectre of a new pressure on British farmers. Researchers have confirmed that Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) on a farm in Kent was resistant to the weedkiller glyphosate. Story soon.

First day back at work post Christmas break... what is it I do again? Asking for a friend

A classic proof without words showing that 1+3+5+...+(2n-1)=n² taking advantage of the fact that 2025 is a square and therefore it's the sum of all odd numbers from 1 to 89! #MathArt #Mathematics #HappyNewYear Made with #python #matplotlib

What a reading year I've had! I can't believe I read 87 books in 2024! Choosing to read for an hour before bed instead of watching TV has been easier on my nervous system and reduced my sensory symptoms. I gave 15 books 5⭐️ By diversifying my reading I 1discovered new favourite authors and genres!

Hey y'all. I've created an #agroecology starter pack for folks interested in how we create, manage, research, and advocate for more sustainable agricultural systems across the world. Please let me know if you'd like to be added! Currently v. short list as I'm new to Bluesky. go.bsky.app/6d3FswT

With just 3 days to go, I finished @thestorygraph.com reads the world challenge 2024! Already picking out titles for next years countries 💙📚

I've loved trying out some new genres this year thanks to @thestorygraph.com genres challenge and I even found a couple of new favourites... I'll let you guess which ones!

Any #IPM #atdev here? Our IPM Decisions platform is #opensource and all in #github here: github.com/H2020-IPM-De... Ready to work with anyone wanting to get pest forecast models integrated and available to #agriculture #advisors anywhere in Europe #horizoneurope

H2020 IPM Decisions

H2020 IPM Decisions has 23 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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After a week of lurking it's time for my blue-sky debut! For those who don't know me I'm an ecologist and modeller who loves data, sewing, and reading 🌱📈🧵📚 When I'm not doing those things I'm usually napping thanks to my ME/CFS 😴