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FTIR spectra from grass pollen: A quest for species-level resolution of Poaceae and Cerealia-type pollen grains (2023)
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Katsi, F., Kent, M. S., Jones, M., Fraser, W. T., Jardine, P. E., Eastwood, W., …Lomax, B. H. (2024). FTIR spectra from grass pollen: A quest for species-level resolution of Poaceae and Cerealia-type pollen grains. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 321, Article 105039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.105039

Palynological analysis based on spore and pollen morphology is well established in the field of palaeo-environmental reconstruction but is currently not fully exploited for understanding the history and development of cereal cultivation due to diffic... Read More about FTIR spectra from grass pollen: A quest for species-level resolution of Poaceae and Cerealia-type pollen grains.

The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status (2023)
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Yu, C., Mawodza, T., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Whalley, R., …Mooney, S. J. (2024). The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status. Rhizosphere, 29, Article 100838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100838

Soil structure is a crucial soil physical property that determines a soil's ability to support the growth and development of plants. Soil compaction modifies soil structure by reducing pore space between soil particles thereby leading to a denser soi... Read More about The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status.

A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils (2023)
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Garforth, J. M., Tye, A. M., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & Lofts, S. (2024). A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils. Environmental Chemistry, 21, Article EN23075. https://doi.org/10.1071/en23075

Environmental context It is useful to know the concentration of ‘labile’, or chemically active, metal in soils because it can be used to predict metal solubility and environmental impact. Several methods for extracting the labile metal from soils... Read More about A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils.

Understanding how management can prevent degradation of the structurally fragile soils of the Amazonian periphery (2023)
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de Freitas Nunes, J., Campos, L. S., Ferreira Aguiar, A. D. C., Mooney, S. J., Pimentel, K. A., & Gomes de Moura, E. (2024). Understanding how management can prevent degradation of the structurally fragile soils of the Amazonian periphery. European Journal of Agronomy, 153, Article 127037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.127037

The dynamics and responses to mulching management processes, which affect sustainability in tropical agroecosystems, remain poorly understood. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate and distinguish the short-and long-term effects of... Read More about Understanding how management can prevent degradation of the structurally fragile soils of the Amazonian periphery.

A comparison of the bioaccessible calcium supplies of various plant-based products relative to bovine milk (2023)
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Muleya, M., Bailey, E. F., & Bailey, E. H. (2024). A comparison of the bioaccessible calcium supplies of various plant-based products relative to bovine milk. Food Research International, 175, Article 113795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113795

Calcium deficiency is widespread globally, especially in diets with minimal consumption of dairy. It is therefore important to identify plant-based sources of calcium that can make a meaningful contribution to calcium intakes for populations followin... Read More about A comparison of the bioaccessible calcium supplies of various plant-based products relative to bovine milk.

The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands (2023)
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Girkin, N. T., Burgess, P. J., Cole, L., Cooper, H. V., Honorio Coronado, E., Davidson, S. J., …Young, D. (2023). The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands. Carbon Management, 14(1), Article 2275578. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578

Peatlands are a globally important carbon store, but peatland ecosystems from high latitudes to the tropics are highly degraded due to increasingly intensive anthropogenic activity, making them significant greenhouse gas (GHG) sources. Peatland resto... Read More about The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands.

Identifying the controls on nitrate and metabolic state within the Red River delta (Vietnam) with the use of stable isotopes (2023)
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Smith, A. C., Leng, M. J., McGowan, S., Panizzo, V. N., Ngo, T. T. T., Luu, T. N. M., …Trinh, A. D. (2024). Identifying the controls on nitrate and metabolic state within the Red River delta (Vietnam) with the use of stable isotopes. Journal of Hydrology, 628, Article 130467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130467

In many places around the world, anthropogenic activities have resulted in nitrate (NO3−) pollution and changes in the metabolic state of aquatic ecosystems. Here we combined stable isotope and physico-chemical monitoring to assess the sources of NO3... Read More about Identifying the controls on nitrate and metabolic state within the Red River delta (Vietnam) with the use of stable isotopes.

The contribution of natural burials to soil ecosystem services: Review and emergent research questions (2023)
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Pawlett, M., Girkin, N. T., Deeks, L., Evans, D. L., Sakrabani, R., Masters, P., …Márquez-Grant, N. (2024). The contribution of natural burials to soil ecosystem services: Review and emergent research questions. Applied Soil Ecology, 194, Article 105200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105200

The modern funeral industry faces many environmental risks and challenges, such as the use of sustainable materials for coffins, the release of potentially damaging materials and organisms to the soil and groundwater, and reduced space available for... Read More about The contribution of natural burials to soil ecosystem services: Review and emergent research questions.

Assessment of variability of peat physicochemical properties, subsidence and their interactions within Selangor forests (2023)
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Dhandapani, S., Evers, S., Boyd, D. S., Yesuf, G., Kinneen, L., Haughan, A., & Sjogersten, S. (2023). Assessment of variability of peat physicochemical properties, subsidence and their interactions within Selangor forests. European Journal of Soil Science, 74(6), Article e13431. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13431

Tropical peat swamp forests are carbon-rich ecosystems both above- and belowground, which play a major role in the climate balance of the earth. The majority of the world's tropical peat forest cover is located in Southeast Asia and is increasingly t... Read More about Assessment of variability of peat physicochemical properties, subsidence and their interactions within Selangor forests.

Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers (2023)
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Stone, J., Advento, A. D., Pashkevich, M. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J., Hood, A. S. C., …Turner, E. C. (2023). Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(4), Article e12293. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12293

The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity that accompanies the conversion of forest to oil palm being a major contributing factor. However, owin... Read More about Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers.

The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields (2023)
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Stroud, J. L., Kemp, S. J., & Sturrock, C. J. (2024). The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields. Soil Use and Management, 40(1), Article e12985. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12985

In this study, new and traditional organic wastes (green waste compost, farmyard manure (FYM), anaerobic digestate or straw) were ploughed into an arable field experiment at a range of rates (1–3 t C ha−1) and under spring and winter cropping rotatio... Read More about The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields.

Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study (2023)
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Harding, S. E., Jones, C., Evans, J., Milot, J., Cutajar, M., Bailey, E., …Pearce, M. (2023). Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study. RSC Advances, 13(44), 31292-31302. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA06367D

Stable and radiogenic isotope analysis – particularly using lead isotope analysis (LIA) - has previously been shown to be a useful tool for the provenancing of ancient metal artefacts of silver and copper and its alloys, but less progress has been ma... Read More about Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study.

Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate (2023)
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Sommariva, R., Alam, M. S., Crilley, L. R., Rooney, D. J., Bloss, W. J., Fomba, K. W., …Carpenter, L. J. (2023). Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(44), 9302–9310. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03853

Enhanced photolysis of particulate nitrate (pNO3) to form photolabile species, such as gas-phase nitrous acid (HONO), has been proposed as a potential mechanism to recycle nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the remote boundary layer (“renoxification”). This ar... Read More about Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate.

Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability (2023)
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Hailu, K., Joy, E. J., Ferguson, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Wilson, L., Davis, K., …Gashu, D. (2023). Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10, Article 1250002. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1250002

Introduction: There is spatial variability of selenium (Se) in soil and crops in Ethiopia. We assessed the Se content of food items, breast milk and urine, among infants in Ethiopia from two areas with contrasting Se concentrations in soils. Metho... Read More about Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability.

Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara (2023)
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Manzeke-Kangara, M. G., Amede, T., Bailey, E. H., Wilson, L., Mossa, A. W., Tirfessa, D., …Gameda, S. (2023). Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara. Agronomy, 13(10), Article 2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13102598

Agronomic biofortification, encompassing the use of mineral and organic nutrient resources which improve micronutrient concentrations in staple crops is a potential strategy to promote the production of and access to micronutrient-dense foods at the... Read More about Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara.

Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands (2023)
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Young, D. M., Baird, A. J., Morris, P. J., Dargie, G. C., Mampouya Wenina, Y. E., Mbemba, M., …Lewis, S. L. (2023). Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands. Global Change Biology, 29(23), 6812-6827. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16966

Peatlands of the central Congo Basin have accumulated carbon over millennia. They currently store some 29 billion tonnes of carbon in peat. However, our understanding of the controls on peat carbon accumulation and loss and the vulnerability of this... Read More about Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands.

Response to Comment on "Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction" (2023)
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Jardine, P. E., Peng, H., Marshall, J. E. A., Lomax, B. H., Bomfleur, B., Kent, M. S., …Liu, F. (2023). Response to Comment on "Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction". Science Advances, 9(34), Article eadj6309. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj6309

Seddon and Zimmermann have raised questions about the evidence for increased UV-B flux across the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) that was presented in our recent study, specifically regarding the measurement of UV-B-absorbing compound (UAC) level... Read More about Response to Comment on "Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction".

Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype (2023)
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Mawodza, T., Zhou, H., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Riche, A. B., …Mooney, S. J. (2023). Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype. Rhizosphere, 27, Article 100770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100770

Despite extensive research over the last century concerning the application of nitrogen fertilizer to support the production of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), our understanding on how this impacts on root growth in subsoils is limited. In this study,... Read More about Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype.

Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations (2023)
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Reiss-Woolever, V. J., Advento, A. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J., Foster, W. A., Naim, M., …Turner, E. C. (2023). Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, Article 1205744. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1205744

Introduction: The cultivation of oil palm, from which palm oil, the world’s most widely traded vegetable oil, is processed, has had marked effects on ecosystems and native species across the tropics. While declines in biodiversity due to conversion t... Read More about Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations.

Indian Ocean glacial deoxygenation and respired carbon accumulation during mid-late Quaternary ice ages (2023)
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Chang, L., Hoogakker, B. A. A., Heslop, D., Zhao, X., Roberts, A. P., De Deckker, P., …Harrison, R. J. (2023). Indian Ocean glacial deoxygenation and respired carbon accumulation during mid-late Quaternary ice ages. Nature Communications, 14, Article 4841. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40452-1

Reconstructions of ocean oxygenation are critical for understanding the role of respired carbon storage in regulating atmospheric CO2. Independent sediment redox proxies are essential to assess such reconstructions. Here, we present a long magnetofos... Read More about Indian Ocean glacial deoxygenation and respired carbon accumulation during mid-late Quaternary ice ages.