Calling all low-input & extensive #Grasslands farmers! Want to uncover the secrets of soil microbes & nutrient cycling on your farm? Join Karla Burke and Aaron Fox research study in the heart of Ireland's West & South! #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Diversity #TeagascJC

Are you a low-input or extensive #Grasslands farmer? Would you be interested in taking part in a study on how microbes cycle nutrients in your soil?
Keen on hearing from the farmers in west and south of Ireland. Please get in touch🙂Teagasc
#loveirishresearch #TeagascJC

Delighted to be part of the Teagasc Johnstown castle research team and contributing research to this area !
youtube.com/watch?v=TFb2CV…

Interested in soil microbiology? 4 year PhD opportunity available with us at #TeagascJC in Wexford Ireland and #UL funded under the SFI - IRC Pathway Programme. teagasc.ie/about/research…. Deadline 9th October!
Achim Schmalenberger SoilEnvMicro

We must act now!!! theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Dream Team! Photo of the MASTER IA H2020 team at our final consortium meeting in Malaga. Too many people to tag everyone but a particular thank you to David Yanez and his team and Mairead for organising this week’s event

~1cm 🌊rise every 2 years now... (...and increasing).
#sealevel #climatechange

A story of success.
Land restoration of the Loess Plateau (China), an area of fertile #soils , rich in #human history & great civilisations…
#agriculture #SoilHealth

It’s April. #JustStopOil

What is the global biomass of wild mammals relative to humans and our livestock?
This paper by Lior Greenspoon et al. offers an 😮 answer
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
Land ≈20 million tonnes (Mt) (95% CI 13-38 Mt)
Ocean ≈40 Mt (95% CI 20-80 Mt)
Livestock ≈630 Mt
Humans ≈390 Mt

We've a 43 month Research officer role now available Teagasc in Wexford, Ireland #TeagascJC on Root2Res focusing on how crop genetics control root and rhizosphere microbiomes & their resilience to climate stress. Join our team 🤗
topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp…. Appreciate RT.

Great to speak at #GSB2023 in UCD today, I really enjoyed the session, looking forward to the next few days.

Finally, the whole group is in
one place 🙌 what a great bunch of scientists #GSB2023

Next week is an incredibly exciting week for soils in Ireland! We welcome the 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity #GSB2023 to our shores from the 12-15th. TeagascSignpost have a featured webinar on #SoilHealth 16th followed by our field day on #FarmingForSoilHealth . We can't wait 🫠🤗

Our very own Kerry Ryan, PhD , is a Postdoctoral researcher in this project #IWD23

Fiona is the leader of a large research group I am in, she is an excellent communicator and a great leader #IWD23

Great to be celebrating women's achievements this week #IWD23 #EmbraceEquity #STEM