Dr Daniel Blackburn

NEW in Frontiers in Soil Science
Biochar raises #soil health and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in #arid lands
doi.org/10.3389/fsoi...

lead by Said Al-Ismaily & Daniel Blackburn

#SoilOrganicMatter #sequestration #carbonsequestration #soilhealth
#CO2 #N2O #CH4 #global #landuse #metaanalysis

SUBMISSIONS ARE WELCOMED! Sustainability IF 3.3
I am happy to share the launch of the 2nd Edition of the special issue Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Cropping Systems mdpi.com/si/268813 #mdpisustainability

Job Alert 🚨 : Two-year Postdoc in Redox Biogeochemistry of Coastal Soils available. Focus on oxygen, metal and carbon cycling in the rhizosphere.

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Start date: April 1st 2026, or upon mutual agreement.
Salary: ~82 000 CHF/yr
Deadline: Jan 5

Close-up of a young green seedling growing from rich, mossy soil. The overlay text reads: Soil health is planet health. The IPBES logo appears on the top right corner, #WorldSoilDay appears on the bottom left.

#DidYouKnow?

Restoring soils 🌱 can have nexus-wide benefits:

🧪 Improve soil health
🥑 Enhance water regulation & food production
🌡️ Climate change mitigation via carbon storage
🏡 Adaptation benefits

On this #WorldSoilDay, let’s remember that soil health is planet health. 🌍

@fao.org

Oman: Study offers breakthrough for reclaiming salt-affected farmland The findings confirmed that the choice of raw material and pyrolysis temperature are critical to producing effective biochar

🎓Work from Ahmed Al Rabaiai my former PhD student ✨😊 www.zawya.com/en/economy/g...

We welcome applications for MSc and PhD in our postgraduate programs at the department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering, SQU

doi.org/10.1080/1064...

🌱Happy to share our new CREST paper📖 from Dr. Guan’s group on earthworm‑driven phosphorus cycling in soils🐛, highlighting how the drilosphere shapes soil biogeochemistry and supports sustainable agriculture
🔗tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
#SoilScience #Earthworms #Sustainability

Excited to present on sustainable valorization of date palm waste into biochar for arid land agriculture—at the 2nd European Congress on Recycling & Waste Management, Nov 6–7, 2025, Vienna. #Biochar #CircularEconomy #AridAgriculture #WasteManagement