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Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data (2022)
Journal Article
Crezee, B., Dargie, G. C., Ewango, C. E. N., Mitchard, E. T. A., Emba B., O., Kanyama T., J., …Lewis, S. L. (2022). Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data. Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 639-644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00966-7

The world’s largest tropical peatland complex is found in the central Congo Basin. However, there is a lack of in situ measurements to understand the peatland’s distribution and the amount of carbon stored in it. So far, peat in this region has been... Read More about Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data.

Ethylene inhibits rice root elongation in compacted soil via ABA- and auxin-mediated mechanisms (2022)
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Huang, G., Kilic, A., Karady, M., Zhang, J., Mehra, P., Song, X., …Pandey, B. K. (2022). Ethylene inhibits rice root elongation in compacted soil via ABA- and auxin-mediated mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(30), Article e2201072119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201072119

Soil compaction represents a major agronomic challenge, inhibiting root elongation and impacting crop yields. Roots use ethylene to sense soil compaction as the restricted air space causes this gaseous signal to accumulate around root tips. Ethylene... Read More about Ethylene inhibits rice root elongation in compacted soil via ABA- and auxin-mediated mechanisms.

Linkages between soil, crop, livestock, and human selenium status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Mutonhodza, B., Joy, E. J., Bailey, E. H., Lark, M. R., Kangara, M. G., Broadley, M. R., …Chopera, P. (2022). Linkages between soil, crop, livestock, and human selenium status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57(10), 6336-6349. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.15979

Selenium (Se) is essential for human health, however, data on population Se status and agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are limited in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The scoping review aims to identify linkages between Se in soils/crops, dietary Se i... Read More about Linkages between soil, crop, livestock, and human selenium status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

Reconstruction of short-term storm surge-driven increases in shallow coastal lake salinity using ostracod shell chemistry (2022)
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Roberts, L. R., Holmes, J. A., Horne, D. J., Leng, M. J., Sayer, C. D., Timms, R. G. O., …Kelly, A. (2022). Reconstruction of short-term storm surge-driven increases in shallow coastal lake salinity using ostracod shell chemistry. Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05459-9

Climate change threatens the current protection provided by coastal defences in low-lying mid-latitude regions and increases the risk to coastal lakes from future frequent and intense storms. Quantifying and understanding the impacts of past storm su... Read More about Reconstruction of short-term storm surge-driven increases in shallow coastal lake salinity using ostracod shell chemistry.

A new theory for soil health (2022)
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Harris, J. A., Evans, D. L., & Mooney, S. J. (2022). A new theory for soil health. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(4), Article e13292. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13292

The term “soil health” has captured the interest of government, and land managers, whilst the academic community has struggled to rationalise its use and wider benefit. It has proved a powerful tool in conveying best practice to a lay audience. Howev... Read More about A new theory for soil health.

Stalagmite evidence for Early Holocene multidecadal hydroclimate variability in Ethiopia (2022)
Journal Article
Asrat, A., Baker, A., Duan, W., Leng, M. J., Boomer, I., Akter, R., …Wang, L. (2022). Stalagmite evidence for Early Holocene multidecadal hydroclimate variability in Ethiopia. Quaternary Research, 110, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.29

A multiproxy oxygen and carbon isotope (δ13C and δ18O), growth rate, and trace element stalagmite paleoenvironmental record is presented for the Early Holocene from Ethiopia. The annually laminated stalagmite grew from 10.6 to 10.4 ka and from 9.7 to... Read More about Stalagmite evidence for Early Holocene multidecadal hydroclimate variability in Ethiopia.

Sub-sampling a large physical soil archive for additional analyses to support spatial mapping; a pre-registered experiment in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia (2022)
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Alemu, R., Gelaw, A. M., Gashu, D., Tafere, K., Mossa, A. W., Bailey, E., …Lark, R. M. (2022). Sub-sampling a large physical soil archive for additional analyses to support spatial mapping; a pre-registered experiment in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Geoderma, 424, Article 116013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116013

The value of physical archives of soil material from field sampling activities has been widely recognized. If we want to use archive material for new destructive analyses to support a task, such as spatial mapping, then an efficient sub-sampling stra... Read More about Sub-sampling a large physical soil archive for additional analyses to support spatial mapping; a pre-registered experiment in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.

Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration (2022)
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Hailu, K., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J. M., Alonso, S., Gizaw, S., Gameda, S., …Broadley, M. R. (2022). Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 27(7), Article 200. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2707200

INTRODUCTION: Selenium (Se) is an essential mineral for livestock health and productivity. In cattle, Se deficiency is associated with delayed conception, growth retardation, and increased morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We conducted a survey of ca... Read More about Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration.

Climate and human exploitation have regulated Atlantic salmon populations in the River Spey, Scotland, over the last 2000 years (2022)
Journal Article
Sear, D., Langdon, P., Leng, M., Edwards, M., Heaton, T., Langdon, C., & Leyland, J. (2022). Climate and human exploitation have regulated Atlantic salmon populations in the River Spey, Scotland, over the last 2000 years. Holocene, 32(8), 780-793. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221095983

Historical salmon catch records suggest that climatic variability, and more recently human exploitation, control patterns of abundance in Atlantic salmon populations. We present the first long-term (2000-year) reconstruction of Atlantic Salmon popula... Read More about Climate and human exploitation have regulated Atlantic salmon populations in the River Spey, Scotland, over the last 2000 years.

The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change (2022)
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Burgess, A. J., Correa Cano, M. E., & Parkes, B. (2022). The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change. Crop and Environment, 1(2), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crope.2022.05.001

Food security is threatened by the combined pressures of increasing populations and climate change. Agricultural land is vulnerable to overexploitation and environmental change. Within this review, we identify the role of multiple cropping systems as... Read More about The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change.

Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia (2022)
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Sisay, B. G., Tamirat, H., Sandalinas, F., Joy, E. J., Zerfu, D., Belay, A., …Gashu, D. (2022). Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6(5), Article nzac088. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac088

Background: Folate is essential for the synthesis and integrity of DNA, normal cell formation, and body growth. Folate deficiency among women of reproductive age (WRA) increases the risk of poor birth outcomes including neural tube defect (NTD)-affec... Read More about Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia.

Micromilling vs hand drilling in stable isotope analyses of incremental carbonates: The potential for δ 13C contamination by embedding resin (2022)
Journal Article
Branscombe, T., Lee-Thorp, J., Schulting, R., & Leng, M. (2022). Micromilling vs hand drilling in stable isotope analyses of incremental carbonates: The potential for δ 13C contamination by embedding resin. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 36(14), Article e9318. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9318

Rationale: Embedding resins are commonly used to facilitate high-resolution sampling for stable isotope analysis but anomalous δ13C values have been observed in some cases. Here we compare the results of microsampling strategies for hand-drilled vers... Read More about Micromilling vs hand drilling in stable isotope analyses of incremental carbonates: The potential for δ 13C contamination by embedding resin.

Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica (2022)
Journal Article
Durand, M., Stangl, Z. R., Salmon, Y., Burgess, A. J., Murchie, E. H., & Robson, T. M. (2022). Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica. New Phytologist, 235(4), 1365-1378. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18222

Sunflecks are transient patches of direct radiation that provide a substantial proportion of the daily irradiance to leaves in the lower canopy. In this position, faster photosynthetic induction would allow for higher sunfleck-use efficiency, as is c... Read More about Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica.

Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi (2022)
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Botoman, L., Chagumaira, C., Mossa, A. W., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., …Nalivata, P. C. (2022). Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 7986. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12014-w

Dietary zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread globally, and in particular among people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Malawi, dietary sources of Zn are dominated by maize and spatially dependent variation in grain Zn concentration, which will affect di... Read More about Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi.

Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy (2022)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Chico, G., Carr, E., Cook, S., Gomes, R. L., Heard, E., …Johnson, M. (2022). Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, Article 129118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118

Anthropogenic Litter (AL) is ubiquitous in distribution and diverse in type and impact. Citizen science AL clean-ups engage citizens with the environment and have the potential to generate data that can inform policy. Here we present a detailed citiz... Read More about Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy.

Zero tillage has important consequences for soil pore architecture and hydraulic transport: A review (2022)
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Wardak, D. L. R., Padia, F. N., de Heer, M. I., Sturrock, C. J., & Mooney, S. J. (2022). Zero tillage has important consequences for soil pore architecture and hydraulic transport: A review. Geoderma, 422, Article 115927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115927

Following the adoption of zero-tillage (ZT) from conventional tillage (CT), the soil pore network undergoes immediate and significant changes. As soil remains undisturbed for an extended period, a soil structure emerges that is primarily generated an... Read More about Zero tillage has important consequences for soil pore architecture and hydraulic transport: A review.

Urinary Trace Elements Are Biomarkers for Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury (2022)
Journal Article
Gardner, D. S., Allen, J. C., Goodson, D., Harvey, D., Sharman, A., Skinner, H., …Devonald, M. A. (2022). Urinary Trace Elements Are Biomarkers for Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury. Kidney International Reports, 7(7), 1524-1538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.04.085

Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized patients and associated with poor outcomes. Current methods for identifying AKI (rise in serum creatinine [sCr] or fall in urine output [UO]) are inadequate and delay detection. Early... Read More about Urinary Trace Elements Are Biomarkers for Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury.

Assessment of Groundwater Aquifer Impact from Artificial Lagoons and the Reuse of Wastewater in Qatar (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Al-Jabiry, H., Young, S. D., & Bailey, E. H. (2022). Assessment of Groundwater Aquifer Impact from Artificial Lagoons and the Reuse of Wastewater in Qatar. In Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts: Proceeding of the First International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates (13-23). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_2

Qatar relies on groundwater for farming activities. Animal fodder crops are irrigated during summer, and different types of vegetables are grown in winter. Qatar has been using lagoons in different parts of the country to dispose of treated wastewate... Read More about Assessment of Groundwater Aquifer Impact from Artificial Lagoons and the Reuse of Wastewater in Qatar.