It was great to present our work at the EGU. Nothing can beat the elegance of Vienna.

Year 3 of our field experiment: collecting deep soil cores to explore how soil structure shapes root architecture across wheat genotypes using X-ray CT. Always exciting to see what lies beneath the surface. #SoilScience #Fieldwork #WheatResearch

Going to EGU? Let’s connect, I would love to chat. I will be presenting our work on 5 May.

New paper out! We found that zero tillage reduced macroporosity and increased penetration resistance, but enhanced connected porosity. Despite structural differences, yield was not compromised even we observed increased rooting at depth in two genotypes @dsw-isp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

Excited to share that I’ll be attending the EGU Conference in Vienna this year, where I’ll be presenting my work on 5 May! If you’re going, let’s meet up!

An analysis of 700,000+ climate change papers found that the five most climate-vulnerable countries produced 0.04% of them. US, China, Uk, Germany, Australia, meanwhile, account for 52%.

Bridging the climate research divide: A global imperative for equitable resilience

Nations most vulnerable to climate contribute minimally to climate research, creating stark global disparities. Such imbalances undermine resilience, perpetuate injustice, and threaten effective adapt...

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Our @ScienceAdvances paper on climate research inequity featured in @szde.bsky.social by @bvbrackel.bsky.social. Vulnerable regions need locally-led research capacity to develop effective climate adaptation strategies. sueddeutsche.de/wissen/stark... @sajjadraza.bsky.social

Überschwemmungen in Südostasien: Anatomie einer Katastrophe

Schuld an den Verheerungen in Sri Lanka und Sumatra war nicht nur der Klimawandel, sondern auch eine mangelhafte Anpassung, sagen Forscher.

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Published in Science Advances. Rich countries contribute majority of global climate change research, while poorer and vulnerable countries, which are hit hardest by climate change often lack the research needed to develop local solutions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bridging the climate research divide: A global imperative for equitable resilience

Nations most vulnerable to climate contribute minimally to climate research, creating stark global disparities. Such imbalances undermine resilience, perpetuate injustice, and threaten effective adapt...

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Field day is a fun day. Started gas measurements on our long-term reduced tillage trial. @dsw-isp.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Can wheat yields withstand our changing soils? Read our latest blog here: wheatresearch.ac.uk/research/can... @dsw-isp.bsky.social

Can wheat yields withstand our changing soils? - Delivering Sustainable Wheat

Find out how our scientists are discovering if wheat yields can withstand out changing soils and how this could be addressed with research.

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Our poster is up at Rhizosphere conference! Come check it out and have a look 👀 Looking forward to your thoughts and discussions! @dsw-isp.bsky.social

Collected 1-meter-deep soil cores for our Delivering Sustainable Wheat @dsw-isp.bsky.social project. The cores will be scanned using X-ray CT for soil structural and root architectural analyses. @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social

Our paper has featured in Nature Climate Change as a Research Highlight. Plant processes matter in soil carbon research www.nature.com/articles/s41... Original paper: soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

Honoured to see our recent Nature Plants paper featured in the UK’s Crop Production Magazine. The article highlights our call for stronger integration between plant breeding and soil science, with expert views from across the industry. Great to see this conversation gaining momentum.

Published in SOIL – selected as a Highlight paper by editors. Plant physiological processes regulate organic carbon (C) inputs to soils, yet are overlooked in soil organic C research, limiting our understanding of C dynamics and sequestration potential. doi.org/10.5194/soil...

It was a good day for fieldwork. We installed soil moisture sensors and took gas measurements as part of the Delivering Sustainable Wheat project.

📢New Paper! Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils. @uniofnottingham.bsky.social with our own Malcolm Hawkesford & @johninnescentre.bsky.social published today in @natureplants.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils - Nature Plants

Modern crop breeding and seed certification agencies ignore the known spatial heterogeneity of soils and develop cultivars to thrive in a ‘one-size-fits-all’ soil environment. Neglecting the evolving ...

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New Comment: "Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils" rdcu.be/ef8bq Modern crop breeding and seed certification agencies ignore the known spatial heterogeneity of soils and develop cultivars to thrive in a ‘one-size-fits-all’ soil environment.

Our paper in Nature Plants is finally online. www.nature.com/articles/s41... We have highlighted that modern crop breeding and seed certification agencies ignore the known spatial heterogeneity of soils and develop cultivars to thrive in a ‘one-size-fits-all’ soil environment.

We explored the long-term impact of nitrogen fertilizer in a 7-year study. Initial N applications caused 237-489 kg N ha⁻¹ accumulation in the 0-2 m soil profile. The "legacy N" effect continued to benefit crop for the next 5 years, accompanied by decreasing nitrate levels. doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

Plant physiological processes regulate soil organic carbon inputs, yet they are largely overlooked in organic carbon research, limiting our understanding of carbon dynamics and sequestration potential. Plant and soil scientists should work together on SOC. egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Our first snowfall of the season.

We quantified Pakistan’s nitrogen budget for over five decades. Pakistan’s nitrogen use efficiency is less than 25%, one of the lowest in the world. Huge increases in surplus nitrogen are substantial threat to ecosystem sustainability. Read more: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...