Tom Sizmur

Earthworms and climate change: Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Earthworms and climate change: Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

A final #NERC #funded #PhD project to advertise - this one asks the question: How will #earthworms survive as #droughts become increasingly common with a changing climate. Please DM me if interested and circulate to possible candidates. More info. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Long-term intercropping mitigates warming-induced carbon loss via enhancing microbial and substrate resistance Long-term intercropping represents a key strategy to boost productive and ecological benefits. However, its potential to mitigate soil carbon-climate …

Intercropping can reduce the carbon lost from soils by warming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Picture of a row of lupin plants with purple flowers intercropped with a row of wheat plants in alternate rows

We're recruiting a Postdoc in Soil and Crop Sciences to work on the LEGUMINOSE Project during the final year to collect additional data in the field and the laboratory, undertake data analysis, write papers, and share the findings with stakeholders. Apply online: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Many congratulations Jasim! 👏

Next #job hire: Our own PhD position within #MultiStress to be funded as KAAD scholarship @unituebingen.bsky.social is out: You're East African scholar interested in #maize #root & #rhizosphere traits +their response to #biotic & #abiotic stress? Ready to perform work in #Germany & #Kenya? APPLY NOW

📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...

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.

✅ 100% online via FutureLearn
✅ Certificate
✅ @EITFood accreditation

👉Sign up: rdg.ac/food-loss

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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nB...

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.

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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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