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Iodine bioavailability in acidic soils of Northern Ireland (2019)
Journal Article
Bowley, H., Young, S., Ander, E., Crout, N., Watts, M., & Bailey, E. (2019). Iodine bioavailability in acidic soils of Northern Ireland. Geoderma, 348, 97-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.04.020

Iodine is an essential trace element for humans and grazing animals and is often deficient. Our aim was to investigate the role of soil properties in retaining and ‘fixing' iodine in soils and thereby controlling its phyto-availability to grass. Soil... Read More about Iodine bioavailability in acidic soils of Northern Ireland.

3D analysis of the soil porous architecture under long term contrasting management systems by X-ray Computed Tomography (2019)
Journal Article
Pires, L., Roque, W., Rosa, J., & Mooney, S. (2019). 3D analysis of the soil porous architecture under long term contrasting management systems by X-ray Computed Tomography. Soil and Tillage Research, 191, 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.02.018

The development of adequate soil structure is important for achieving good physical status, which influences the sustainability of agricultural areas. Different management systems lead to the development of a wide range of soil pore network character... Read More about 3D analysis of the soil porous architecture under long term contrasting management systems by X-ray Computed Tomography.

Controls on amorphous organic matter type and sulphurization in a Mississippian black shale (2019)
Journal Article
Emmings, J. F., Hennissen, J. A., Stephenson, M. H., Poulton, S. W., Vane, C. H., Davies, S. J., …Moss-Hayes, V. (2019). Controls on amorphous organic matter type and sulphurization in a Mississippian black shale. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 268, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.04.004

Paleoredox proxies (Fe speciation, trace element and δ34Spy) integrated with sedimentological and palynological observations link the distribution and type of particulate organic matter (OM) preserved to hydrocarbon source rock potential. In the Miss... Read More about Controls on amorphous organic matter type and sulphurization in a Mississippian black shale.

A High‐Fidelity Benthic Stable Isotope Record of Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Climate Change and Carbon‐Cycling (2019)
Journal Article
Barnet, J., Littler, K., Westerhold, T., Kroon, D., Leng, M., Bailey, I., …Zachos, J. (2019). A High‐Fidelity Benthic Stable Isotope Record of Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Climate Change and Carbon‐Cycling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(4), 672-691. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019pa003556

The Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene is the most recent period in Earth history that experienced sustained global greenhouse warmth on multimillion year timescales. Yet, knowledge of ambient climate conditions and the complex interplay between various... Read More about A High‐Fidelity Benthic Stable Isotope Record of Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Climate Change and Carbon‐Cycling.

Plant responses to simulated carbon capture and storage (CCS) CO2 pipeline leakage: the effect of soil type (2019)
Journal Article
Lake, J. A., & Lomax, B. H. (2019). Plant responses to simulated carbon capture and storage (CCS) CO2 pipeline leakage: the effect of soil type. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 9(2), 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1858

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been proposed as a bridging technology to enable the transition to an energy system based on renewable sources. Many high CO2?emitting industries (such as the power industry) are distant from potential carbon stor... Read More about Plant responses to simulated carbon capture and storage (CCS) CO2 pipeline leakage: the effect of soil type.

From peat swamp forest to oil palm plantations: The stability of tropical peatland carbon (2019)
Journal Article
Cooper, H. V., Vane, C. H., Evers, S., Aplin, P., Girkin, N. T., & Sjögersten, S. (2019). From peat swamp forest to oil palm plantations: The stability of tropical peatland carbon. Geoderma, 342, 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.021

Accurate assessment of tropical peatland carbon dynamics is important to (a) determine the size of the active carbon pool, (b) estimate the scale of transfers of peat-derived greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere resulting from land use change, a... Read More about From peat swamp forest to oil palm plantations: The stability of tropical peatland carbon.

The role of plant species and soil condition in the structural development of the rhizosphere (2019)
Journal Article
Helliwell, J., Sturrock, C., Miller, A., Whalley, W., & Mooney, S. (2019). The role of plant species and soil condition in the structural development of the rhizosphere. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42(6), 1974-1986. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13529

© 2019 The Authors Plant, Cell & Environment Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Roots naturally exert axial and radial pressures during growth, which alter the structural arrangement of soil at the root–soil interface. However, empirical models s... Read More about The role of plant species and soil condition in the structural development of the rhizosphere.

Seasonal scheduling of shellfish collection in the Middle and Later Stone Ages of southern Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Loftus, E., Lee-Thorp, J., Leng, M., Marean, C., & Sealy, J. (2019). Seasonal scheduling of shellfish collection in the Middle and Later Stone Ages of southern Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, 128, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.12.009

This study assesses the seasonal scheduling of shellfish harvesting among hunter-gatherer populations along the southernmost coast of South Africa, based on a large number of serial oxygen isotope analyses of marine mollusk shells from four archaeolo... Read More about Seasonal scheduling of shellfish collection in the Middle and Later Stone Ages of southern Africa.

Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition (2019)
Journal Article
Itthipoonthanakorn, T., Dann, S., Crout, N., & Shaw, G. (2019). Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition. Science of the Total Environment, 660, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.073

Following nuclear releases to the environment, 137Cs (half-life 30 years) is a long-term contaminant of many ecosystems, including forests. We recently sampled soils under pine forests in temperate and tropical climates to test the hypothesis that mi... Read More about Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition.

Red Sea Palaeoclimate: Stable Isotope and Element-Ratio Analysis of Marine Mollusc Shells (2018)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, N., Kokkinaki, O., & Leng, M. J. (2019). Red Sea Palaeoclimate: Stable Isotope and Element-Ratio Analysis of Marine Mollusc Shells. In N. M. Rasullan, & C. F. Stewart (Eds.), Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea (725-740). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_33

The southern Red Sea coast is the location of more than 4,200 archaeological shell midden sites. These shell middens preserve archaeological and climatic archives of unprecedented resolution and scale. By using shells from these contexts, it is possi... Read More about Red Sea Palaeoclimate: Stable Isotope and Element-Ratio Analysis of Marine Mollusc Shells.

Assessing the long-term effects of zero-tillage on the macroporosity of Brazilian soils using X-ray computed tomography (2018)
Journal Article
Galdos, M., Pires, L., Cooper, H., Calonego, J., Rosolem, C., & Mooney, S. (2019). Assessing the long-term effects of zero-tillage on the macroporosity of Brazilian soils using X-ray computed tomography. Geoderma, 337, 1126-1135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.11.031

Zero-tillage (ZT) is being increasingly adopted globally as a conservationist management system due to the environmental and agronomic benefits it provides. However, there remains little information on the tillage effect on soil pore characteristics... Read More about Assessing the long-term effects of zero-tillage on the macroporosity of Brazilian soils using X-ray computed tomography.

X-ray microtomography to evaluate the efficacy of paraffin wax coating for soil bulk density evaluation (2018)
Journal Article
Pires, L. F., Mooney, S. J., Auler, A. C., Atkinson, B., & Sturrock, C. J. (2019). X-ray microtomography to evaluate the efficacy of paraffin wax coating for soil bulk density evaluation. Geoderma, 337, 935-944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.11.017

The paraffin-coated method is a well-used approach to measure the soil bulk density (BD). BD is a physical property of great importance for studies of soil quality and health. Therefore, representative measurements of this property are highly valued.... Read More about X-ray microtomography to evaluate the efficacy of paraffin wax coating for soil bulk density evaluation.

Field Phenotyping for the Future (2018)
Journal Article
Atkinson, J. A., Jackson, R. J., Bentley, A. R., Ober, E., & Wells, D. M. (in press). Field Phenotyping for the Future. Annual Plant Reviews Online, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119312994.apr0651

Global agricultural production has to double by 2050 to meet the demands of an increasing population and the challenges of a changing climate. Plant phenomics (the characterization of the full set of phenotypes of a given species) has been proposed a... Read More about Field Phenotyping for the Future.

Investigating the microstructure of plant leaves in 3D with lab-based X-ray computed tomography (2018)
Journal Article
Mathers, A. W., Hepworth, C., Baillie, A. L., Sloan, J., Jones, H., Lundgren, M., …Sturrock, C. J. (2018). Investigating the microstructure of plant leaves in 3D with lab-based X-ray computed tomography. Plant Methods, 14(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-018-0367-7

Background Leaf cellular architecture plays an important role in setting limits for carbon assimilation and, thus, photosynthetic performance. However, the low density, fine structure, and sensitivity to desiccation of plant tissue has presented c... Read More about Investigating the microstructure of plant leaves in 3D with lab-based X-ray computed tomography.

Seed priming enhances early growth and improves area of soil exploration by roots (2018)
Journal Article
Blunk, S., De Heer, M. I., Malik, A. H., Fredlund, K., Ekblad, T., Sturrock, C. J., & Mooney, S. J. (2019). Seed priming enhances early growth and improves area of soil exploration by roots. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 158, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.11.003

Introduction: Seed priming has been conducted for centuries with growth advantages reported for a variety of different crops. Previous work has suggested priming does not offer a yield advantage despite an increased early growth if grown under ideal... Read More about Seed priming enhances early growth and improves area of soil exploration by roots.

Analysis of the inherent energy-food dilemma of the Nigerian Biofuels Policy using Partial Equilibrium Model: the Nigerian Energy-Food Model (NEFM) (2018)
Journal Article
Ndukwe Agbai, D., & Wilson, P. (2018). Analysis of the inherent energy-food dilemma of the Nigerian Biofuels Policy using Partial Equilibrium Model: the Nigerian Energy-Food Model (NEFM). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 98, 500-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.09.043

The Nigerian government plans to produce bioethanol from its staple food crops to increase transport fuel supply, reduce imported motors fuels, create jobs and diversify its oil dependent economy. However, the conflicts between the benefits of biofue... Read More about Analysis of the inherent energy-food dilemma of the Nigerian Biofuels Policy using Partial Equilibrium Model: the Nigerian Energy-Food Model (NEFM).

Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: implications for management of crop residues and headlands (2018)
Journal Article
Carlesso, L., Beadle, A., Cook, S. M., Evans, J., Hartwell, G., Ritz, K., …Murray, P. J. (2019). Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: implications for management of crop residues and headlands. Applied Soil Ecology, 134, 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.10.004

Soil compaction is a major threat to agricultural soils. Heavy machinery is responsible for damaging soil chemical, physical and biological properties. Among these, organic matter decomposition, which is predominantly mediated by the soil biota, is a... Read More about Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: implications for management of crop residues and headlands.

Middle-late quaternary palaeoclimate variability from lake and wetland deposits in the Nefud Desert, Northern Arabia (2018)
Journal Article
Parton, A., Clark-Balzan, L., Parker, A. G., Preston, G. W., Sung, W. W., Breeze, P. S., …Petraglia, M. D. (2018). Middle-late quaternary palaeoclimate variability from lake and wetland deposits in the Nefud Desert, Northern Arabia. Quaternary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.010

Records of former lake and wetland development in present day arid/hyper-arid environments provide an important source of information for palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental studies. In Arabia, such records are typically confined to eccentricity-m... Read More about Middle-late quaternary palaeoclimate variability from lake and wetland deposits in the Nefud Desert, Northern Arabia.

Biochar enhances soil hydraulic function but not soil aggregation in a sandy loam (2018)
Journal Article
Zhou, H., Fang, H., Zhang, Q., Wang, Q., Chen, C., Mooney, S. J., …Du, Z. (2018). Biochar enhances soil hydraulic function but not soil aggregation in a sandy loam. European Journal of Soil Science, 70(2), 291-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12732

© 2018 British Society of Soil Science Biochar has the potential to modify soil structure and soil hydraulic properties because of its small particle density, highly porous structure, grain size distribution and surface chemistry. However, knowledge... Read More about Biochar enhances soil hydraulic function but not soil aggregation in a sandy loam.