Izzy Lloyd
@izzylloydsoil
Soils Research Consultant @ADASGroup | @SoGLeeds @rbpmleeds PhD researcher | @ECSoil_Sci rep | she/her ๐ชฑ๐พ๐ (all views my own etc etc)
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https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/pgr/9584/isobel-lloyd 06-07-2017 16:41:01
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Going to Groundswell? Come and see us at stand DF D41 ๐ and start your #BASISKnowledgeTrail with us by collecting your general attendance points and pick up your BASIS Reg Ltd Knowledge Trail Card Weโre offering up to six BASIS #CPDpoints per day #GrowingProfessionally
First talk of the day Dr Ruth Wade discussing the Fix our Food regenerative agriculture trials GlobalFood@Leeds Research Farm ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ Pippa Chapman Prof Lisa Collins
Day 1 at Groundswell is underway. Great to see so many people at the event. Come and find us on Stand DF D35 where we are showcasing a soil pit with ADAS and the soil map of the UK from Cranfield University and the James Hutton Institute.
Join us for our Zoom into Soil webinar on 10 July at 12-1pm which is free to register. Led by BSSS Early Careers, join Lisa Donovan, PhD Researcher at Cranfield University, and James Dowers, Catchment Scientist at Severn Trent, as they discuss soils & water. REGISTER HERE: ow.ly/zor950So5FB
How to Run a Good On-Farm Trial session is underway! A good crowd for this collaboration with Rothamsted Research ADAS @UniRdg_Sapd #Groundswell Groundswell
If you're at Groundswell tomorrow and not a British Society of Soil Science or BSSS Early Careers member yet, sign up and get 10% off membership! ๐ฅณ
A busy day down in the soil pit Groundswell! Lots of interest and great discussions โ๏ธ๐ฟ๐ฑ ADAS British Society of Soil Science
There has been a rapid expansion in growing crops to produce biomethane as cleaner alternative to fossil fuels to help reach #NetZero But cultivating maize on drained peat emits 3x more #CO2 than it avoids by not using natural #gas says new UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology study: ceh.ac.uk/press/growing-โฆ
๐ New brief communication published in NatureClimate today - biomethane produced from maize grown on peat emits more CO2 than natural gas ๐ Great to have been a small part of this work with UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology ๐พ๐พ๐พ doi.org/10.1038/s41558โฆ
EC committee member, Izzy Lloyd, shares her PhD and viva experience with us. Have a read below or find it in your EC newsletter! soils.org.uk/blog/reflectioโฆ
๐ VACANCY: Editor-in-Chief of Soil Use and Management Journal The British Society of Soil Science is looking for an Editor-in-Chief to lead the team for a pre-eminent academic publication, namely the Soil Use and Management Journal (SUM). Soil Use and Management soils.org.uk/vacancy/editorโฆ
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As many Early Career members are considering PhDs, BSSS Early Careers Committee member, Izzy Lloyd, looks back on her experience of doing a #PhD in the UK in the field of soil science, and also on the viva process. ADAS GlobalFood@Leeds #soilscience soils.org.uk/blog/reflectioโฆ