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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · May 14

Halfway point on a trip to @lancasteruni.bsky.social for a PhD viva.

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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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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Mar 11

Day 2 of meetings in Hawassa, Ethiopia is planning for CROSSROADS-SSA led by Jo Smith This project explores under-utilised plants to restore soils through biodiversity. An add-on is a rainfall siimulator we built last week to explore soil erosion mitigation. @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Mar 10

Day 1 of project meetings in Hawassa, starting off with SMILE Project, Ethiopia . Great work making soil restoration a marketable opportunity to improve rural incomes at the same time as the environment. Led by Awdenegest Moges (Dr.) from Hawassa University.

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Feb 26

Some are now covered in brown fingerprints 😊

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Feb 26

First year soil science practical to >180 students. I love teaching this one since its my only chance to get the entire @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Biology (some some Geoscience) students interested in soils.

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Feb 21

Happy Friday -"You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game," www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

McDavid snaps overtime winner as Canada trumps United States in 4 Nations Face-Off final | CBC Sports

Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in a riveting 4 Nations Face-Off final Thursday.

www.cbc.ca

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Feb 3

2nd year practical on soil compaction and root growth. PhD student Faraj Elasloul explaining root growth vs penetration resistance to one student.

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Jan 17

Cool PhD project combatting soil erosion in Ethiopia with indigenous agricultural plants. Funded by @ukri.org QUARTILES DLA and complementary to a couple new projects with Ethiopian scientists funded by REDAA and GCBC so you will be surrounded by a team.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Jan 16

Nice article. Little steps make up science.

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Jan 16

This week’s newsletter talks about why science is so hard, or at least one reason….this was something I struggled with at the beginning of my PhD.

I wonder if other people feel or felt the same way? Let me know….

#AcademicSky

open.substack.com/pub/matthias...

Why science is hard, or at least one reason why it is difficult

And how to cope (at least with this one particular aspect)

open.substack.com

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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · Jan 7

Still time to apply to this PhD studentship to join my group, to be co-supervised by @pdhallett.bsky.social, Jo Smith (UoA) and Fiona Fraser (SRUC) at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and @srucnews.bsky.social
Deadline to apply 17th January!

Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · Dec 20

🔊Job offers!📢. We will have a few post-doc and PhD studentship positions to join our research team in Aberdeen. Please apply or disseminate the first one below on:

📢 Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Jan 6

I have just started as President of the British Society of Soil Science. This is a tremendous organisation with over 900 members, spanning from students to educators, technicians, scientists, professionals and basically anyone with an interest in soils. Read more- soils.org.uk/blog/welcome...

Welcome from our new President - British Society of Soil Science

Professor Paul Hallett from the University of Aberdeen has officially commenced his term as British Society of Soil Science President for 2025 and 2026, as of 1 January. Prof Hallett works in the Scho...

soils.org.uk

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 27

Up in Shetland for Christmas. Passed a sheep that looks like a sheepdog.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Dec 17

🎄CHRISTMAS CRACKER 🎄
Advancing nature-based solutions through enhanced #soil health monitoring in the United Kingdom
Giuliani, Warner, Campbell, Lynch, Smith and Smith
#soilscience #soils @statog91.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @eci-bio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/sum....

Functions provided by soils (inner ring), the Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) provided by soils underpinned by these functions (middle ring) and impacts on the SDGs through the NCP supported by soils (outer ring). Light blue numbered circles in the middle ring show the corresponding soil functions that contribute to the NCP. Grey numbered circles in the outer ring show the corresponding NCP that contribute to the SDGs. Figure taken from Smith et al. (2021).

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Dec 18

🎄CHRISTMAS CRACKER 🎄
The formation of peat—Decreasing density with depth in UK peats
Worrall, Clay, Heckman, Ritson, Evans, & Small
#soil #soilscience #soils @fredworrall.bsky.social @garethclay.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/sum....

The comparison of degree of unsaturation (Ω) and radiocarbon age with the composition of lignin, plant protein and cellulose (…, red dotted lines); the proposed bonding trends (_, thick black lines); the composition of aboveground biomass (■); and the best-fit straight line (---, blue dashed line). The shaded area is standard error on the best-fit straight line.

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 17

We have a cake rota at research group meetings. Festive theme today with Xmas Brownies. Discussion topic is Rangifer tarandus soil compaction by Dr Nick Claus.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Dec 16

🎄CHRISTMAS CRACKER🎄
A bioassay of crop response to fertilizer nutrients in #soils from a chronosequence of reclaimed natural gas pipeline rights-of-way
Muitire, Zvomuya, Amarakoon, Adesanya & Mante
#soilscience #soil @umanitoba.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/sum....

A bioassay of crop response to fertilizer nutrients in soils from a chronosequence of reclaimed natural gas pipeline rights‐of‐way

Construction of underground pipelines on cropland impacts the soil ecosystem, resulting in crop yield losses persisting for several years after right-of-way (ROW) reclamation. Information on whether ...

doi.org

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Grant Campbell @statog91.bsky.social · Dec 13

⏰ NEW POST AVAILABLE ⏰

We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate interested in #remotesensing & #imageanalysis with respect to #underutilisedplants as well as learn more about #soil #health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

You also get to work with me! Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis of the Distribution of Underutilised Plants for Restoration of Soil Health in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis of the Distribution of Underutilised Plants for Restoration of Soil Health in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD...

www.findaphd.com

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Greta Bocedi @gretabocedi.bsky.social · Dec 13

📣🐝🐝 From bees to crops and back again! Competition funded PhD available in my lab to model feedbacks between pollinators and land use under global change.
Please do get in touch! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: From bees to crops and back again: coupling pollinators and land use dynamics in a changing world at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: From bees to crops and back again: coupling pollinators and land use dynamics in a changing world at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 13

Posted this on X too. This screenshot is funny -

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 13

Microplastics in soil PhD project combining soil physics and microbiology - applications due by 17 January. Working with a multidisciplinary supervisory team including @micecoevo.bsky.social . www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 13

There is an open discussion in SOIL on an article about plant physiology and global soil carbon research. If you click on this link you can add your views - egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Two assigned reviews are already posted, but the more comments the better the discussion.

Missing the input: The underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research

Abstract. Plant processes regulating the quantity and quality of soil organic carbon inputs such as photosynthesis, above- and belowground plant growth, and root exudation are integral to our understa...

egusphere.copernicus.org

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Dec 12

Currently searching papers to write a discussion of a paper and I am having to include 'not biochar' as a search term to keep the hits manageable and relevant.

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Sean Graham @seantgraham.bsky.social · Dec 5

Happy world soil day! Just about… 🌱 This year’s theme is “Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage” which is about using soil data to make the right decisions.

As someone who loves photography, I wanted to share a barley root system forming its own unique soil. Enjoy!

#worldsoilday #soil #barley

Barley root system covered by a layer of soil that has been formed through a various physical and biological processes

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Anastasia Fountouli @anastasiafountouli.bsky.social · Dec 10

When @kkormas.bsky.social advises you to be on bsky you just go and do it, despite the fact that you are 'the social media girl' that everyone comes for advice 🤭🤣

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