Tom Sizmur

Intercropping in the UK: From research fields to on-farm living labs What does intercropping in the UK look like in practice? Tom Sizmur shares insights from research fields and on-farm trials.

You can read all about my participation in the LEGUMINOSE Project in the latest "Rooted in Research" interview: www.leguminose.eu/intercroppin...

University of Reading publishes bold new Climate Action Plan - www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Un...

📢Hiring a PhD in the ENSAFE project www.ensafe.dk !!📢

Do Novel Biopesticides pose a risk to non-target terrestrial invertebrate species? Investigating siRNA and peptides.

📍@UK_CEH (with me) and @tomsizmur.bsky.social at the University of Reading

Apply now 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Really good thread about voluntary carbon markets

📢 New pub: Defining #soil science: Balancing fundamental research and societal needs, in Soil Science Society of America Journal doi.org/10.1002/saj2...
@teamrat.bsky.social & I argue, soil science, though crucial for solving environmental challanges, should not be defined solely by its applications

Are you a natural communicator and positive relationship builder? Do you have a passion for sustainable farming solutions?

We are currently looking for a Farmer Facilitator Networks Officer to join our friendly team.

Follow the link to find out more.

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Check out our report on climate smart cocoa production systems and how we plan to develop a partnership between UK, Brazil, and West Africa to address the challenges: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Winter Webinar: Learnings from Agromix and Treescapes Projects Join us for a Winter Webinar to discover key insights from Agromix and Treescapes Projects - all from the comfort of your own home!

🌳🌾 Agroforestry webinar Tues 25🌾🌳
Join Rosemary Venn and me for look at agroforestry systems in Europe and key learnings from the #Agromix and @uktreescapes.bsky.social programme

Hope to see you there!

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Are you interested in understanding how to measure & reduce #foodloss?

Join our 2-week online free #course from the University of Reading, developed as part of the FOLOU project.

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It seems that the Sustainable Farming Incentive has closed for applications until next year. This can’t be good news for environment, food, or farmers

YouTube video by Connecting Research | University of Reading Making cocoa farming in Ghana sustainable

More sustainable cocoa farming is now possible thanks to research co-developed by University of Reading crop & soil scientists working with Ghanaian partners.
@tomsizmur.bsky.social
#agriculture #soilhealth #sustainablefood

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Just a few more days to apply for this short term PDRA post.

Happy to announce our new paper: Soil microbes prefer organic acids over sugars in simulated root exudation (doi.org/10.1016/j.so...). 1/6

What grants can I apply for? - British Ecological Society We invest half a million every year in projects through our member-only grants. Find out more about and how you can apply.

If you have an innovative project or research aim that needs support, apply for our grants!

Round one closes on 10 March 2025.

This is a nice and concise definition of Regenerative Agriculture that doesn’t over-complicate www.cdfa.ca.gov/Regenerative...

Four individuals in an office in front of laptops

Webinar on climate smart cocoa well underway and this is the view of the team behind the scenes www.linkedin.com/posts/tomsiz...

Closing on 3rd March

Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Environmental Modelling:Whiteknights Reading UK

We're recruiting a 10 month PDRA in spatial (GIS) modelling of soil carbon and water quality at the UK scale: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Government launches consultation on new Land Use Framework | Sustain Over the next 12 weeks, the consultation will seek views from farmers, landowners, businesses and nature groups across the country in order to help design a final Land Use Framework.

Government launches consultation on new Land Use Framework.

Over the next 12 weeks, the consultation will seek views from farmers, landowners, businesses and nature groups across the country in order to help design a final Land Use Framework.

Read more 🔽

Job Available: Knowledge Transfer Associate in soil carbon analysis and accounting at Uni Edinburgh and Plan Vivo

To build a tool that combines model estimates and field data, provides outputs, and quantifies uncertainty in the voluntary carbon market.

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Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Environmental Modelling:Whiteknights Reading UK

We're recruiting a 10 month PDRA in spatial (GIS) modelling of soil carbon and water quality at the UK scale: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Environment Secretary announces Land Use Framework Steve Reed sets out how the most sophisticated land use data ever published will support decision-making by local government, landowners, businesses and farmers

Consultation has opened on the long-awaited Land Use Framework for the UK search.app/hRzwbDpMYNAz...

Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions? Farmers have long drained peatlands for agriculture, but the dried-out soils release vast quantities of CO2. To halt this process, new initiatives in Germany are not only rewetting peatlands but also ...

Good read ahead of World Wetlands Day: How initiatives in Germany want to rewet & create markets at the same time by @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for YaleEnvironment360

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Donate to Please Support our Research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous Ann Having found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find fundin… Ominous Ann needs your support for Please Support our Research at ALTYNP

If you're curious what we do for work around here. We study moose and how they shed full blown papillomavirus tumors with no scarring and no adverse effects on their reproductive capabilities.

Please donate today at
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Or follow this link to learn more
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Postdoctoral position (3 years) on microbial community structure and genomics on island ecosystems

⚠️ 2 postdoctoral positions at #Umeå University

Postdoc (3 years) on microbial community structure and genomics on island ecosystems
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Postdoc position (3 years) on aboveground-belowground linkages and carbon dynamics on island ecosystems
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Training and travel grants - British Ecological Society This grant supports the training and development of PhD students and postgraduate research assistants.

Are you a PhD student hoping to attend an ecological conference or training that could boost your research? Apply for a training and travel grant today. 

Applications for round 1 close on 24 January at 11:59 pm (GMT). 

Find out more about the grant and eligibility criteria:

The soil microbial methylome: A tool to explore the role of epigenetic memory in driving soil abiotic legacy effects Epigenetics is a phenomenon whereby a stable hereditable change in gene expression can occur without changing the DNA sequence. DNA methylation (the a…

In this paper, Alexey Larionov and I and ask the question:
What is the role played by microbial epigenetics in soil legacy effects?
We also explain how it could be answered using long-read sequencing with @pacbio.bsky.social or @nanoporetech.com methods. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Farmer led results show the benefits of intercropping The 2024 intercropping trials reveal clear benefits for the practice, including improved nitrogen levels, reduced pest damage, and greater resilience.

Farmer led results show the benefits of intercropping www.innovativefarmers.org/news/legumin...

Figure showing methylmercury concentrations in seston reported in a global meta-analysis by Wu et al. (2019) alongside predicted concentrations of MeHg sorbed to polyethylene terephthalate microplastic fibers based on the same concentrations in water, predicted using parameters of the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller sorption models. Regardless of which model parameters were used to predict the hypothetical sorption of MeHg to PET microplastic fibers at realistic environmental concentrations, the median sorption to fibers was more than four orders of magnitude lower than the concentrations of MeHg observed in seston.

Check out our new publication that demonstrates methylmercury sorption to microplastic fibers is orders of magniture lower than concentrations in seston (suspended particles comprising algae/bacteria) and doesn't elevate methylmercury exposure to fiber ingesting organisms.
doi.org/10.1093/etoj...