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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Nov 20

Decided to give this a try. Anything is better than X right? Probably use this as a place to provide musings on football, travels and other nonsense. Fans of @aberdeenfc.bsky.social welcome to interact in particular.

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Aug 1

Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts from a few years ago. Ryan Hedges with a very late winner.

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · May 26

Does Aberdeen not beating Celtic on Saturday come close?

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · May 24

An amazing day for a club I've supported my whole life. @afc.co.uk winners of the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆 for the first time since 1990.

A superb accomplishment by the club.

Aberdeen FC @afc.co.uk · May 24

2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 🏆

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 19

Nature has launched its seventh global survey of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral students, which will probe graduate students’ views about their goals and challenges, and their experiences of their studies so far. Survey runs until June 11. #Academicsky 🧪

PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you

Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

go.nature.com

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · May 15

Delighted to be involved in this recent paper which has just been published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence alongside colleagues from @ox.ac.uk and @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. #NatureBasedSolutions #Biodiversity #SoilHealth

Link is here. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 6

📣 Join the conversation! 🌍🧪

Upcoming webinar explores how Indigenous Peoples' knowledge contributes to understanding biodiversity-water-food-health connections.

📅May 15, 2025

✍️Register via ONet for "Indigenous Peoples and the #NexusAssessment" here: onet.ipbes.net/index.php/no...

Image of a desk with a mug and some headphones next to a laptop displaying the ONet website.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 6

⭐ Because it's where global talent is welcomed.
⭐ Because it's where you have the freedom to learn and invent.
⭐ Because we offer a high quality of life.
⭐ Because of our scientific excellence.

To all researchers around the world, our message is clear:

Choose Science, Choose Europe. 🇪🇺

A young female scientist wearing a lab coat, protective goggles, and blue gloves stands in a laboratory, working with scientific equipment. Beside her is a stylized European Union flag with yellow stars on a blue background. The text reads: "Choose EUROPE. Freedom to explore, research and innovate. Discover how." The EU flag appears again in the bottom right corner.

A group of people discuss ideas in an office setting, highlighting a €500 million investment for researchers in Europe from 2025-2027.

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Sean Graham @seantgraham.bsky.social · May 6

Last week I attended #EGU25 to share my research in a poster session. Link to the abstract: doi.org/10.5194/egus...

It was a great experience to present my research, listen to fascinating talks, and meet familiar names in person

#bere #betterbarley #biophysics #soil

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 1

It’s official! 🎉

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.🌍🧪

www.ipbes.net/notification...

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 29

Trying to do my thing @egu.eu. Thanks to those who came to our session on #soil #health #indicators.

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 28

More information can be found here ⬇️. Colleagues from @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social will be in attendance.

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 28

Some highlights from Day 1 @egu.eu. Joined some interesting sessions on #organic #farming #agriculture #fieldwork and much more.

Busy day tomorrow with convening our session on #soil #health #indicators. Come and join us if you like!

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 25

I arrived in Vienna ahead of the @egu.eu conference next week. Spending the weekend in 🇨🇿 first before I travel to 🇦🇹 on Sunday. See you at the event!

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AI4SoilHealth @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social · Apr 12

An energising week of learning and collaboration for healthier soils in Europe at #SoilHealthNow!

It was brilliant to see the excitement in the room for #opendata, and to contribute to crucial discussions on bridging science and society.

Thank you to @opengeohub.bsky.social for hosting 👏

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 3

Managed to get some opportunity for downtime today and last night also. Nancy has certainly surprised me with some excellent sights. Always good to tick off another corner of 🇫🇷✅

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 3

Enjoyed my time in Nancy🇫🇷 at the @shbenchmarks.bsky.social GM.

Witnessed some interesting scientific work ongoing.

Intrigued to keep following these updates over the weeks and months ahead.

Thanks all for making me feel welcome while there in my role as @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social correspondent.

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Apr 2

Faster Fitter Stronger. Surely that has been to the direction. Looking forward to tuning into this in more detail. 👍

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AI4SoilHealth @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social · Apr 2

Why don’t we celebrate the champions of land restoration like we honour Olympic heroes? 🏅

Leading scientist @tomhengl.bsky.social from @opengeohub.bsky.social discusses why and how we should create a culture to do this, in a new podcast.

Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VW7...

Tom Hengl: Why don’t we celebrate the champions of land restoration?

YouTube video by AI4SoilHealth

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OpenGeoHub Foundation @opengeohub.bsky.social · Apr 2

#SoilHealthNow! is less than a week away!

🎤💡 An exciting headline of experts, oral talks, workshop, and discussion forums will create a space where soil mission projects can build a thriving network.

🌐 2025.ai4soilhealth.eu

⚠️ Tickets are officially sold out!

@ai4soilhealth.bsky.social

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Mar 30

Off on my travels again as I set off to 🇫🇷 for the Soil Health Benchmarks meeting representing @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing how our sister EU project is getting on. And ofc to explore another part of France! @shbenchmarks.bsky.social

Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Mar 17

An incredible trip to 🇪🇹.
Lots of fantastic memories created and the start of a new research project kicking off. Can't wait to get into the guts of it. #underitilisedplants #soilhealth

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Mar 13

Really enjoying my time in 🇪🇹 as part of the CROSSROADS -SSA project. Looking at #underutilsed #plants and investigating their potential for improving #soilhealth.

Great day in the field yesterday at some agropastoral plots south of Hawassa.

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Mar 9

Great start to day 1 of the CROSSROADS -SSA project meeting here in Hawassa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹.
Looking forward to an educational and life developing week here out in Africa.
It's been a real eye opener so far.

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Mar 3

41-72.7 Billion Euros💶is the estimated cost of soil degradation in 🇪🇺(erosion, carbon & nutrient loss, compaction, land take) 🌍. Can ⬆️increase up to 140 billion if contamination🐈‍⬛, health issues and loss of biodiversity 🦟🪲🐛taken into account.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A Soil Monitoring Law for Europe

Over 60% of European soils are unhealthy, costing the European Union €40.9–72.7 billion annually. This figure can rise to €140 billion if all degradation processes are included. Soil degradation wors...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Feb 6

Got my vaccinations for 🇪🇹 completed this week.

4 weeks on Saturday, I'll be heading out to Hawassa for our project meeting with @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social colleagues in Biological Sciences.

It'll be the trip of a lifetime and my first ever trip to Africa.

I can't wait. #soils #plants #Ethiopia