Zoom into Soil: Soil Organic Matter

Zoom into Soil: Celebrating the Work of Early Career Researchers, chaired by Dr Xavier Portell-Canal, a Research Fellow at Cranfield University, features Laura Schnee, a Doctoral Candidate student at the University of Bremen, and Lorenzo Rossi, a Research Fellow at the University of Milan, with their presentations, ‘Rethinking scientific publishing: a perspective from the next generation of soil scientists’ and ‘Mental health is not optional: solution-driven thoughts on wellbeing in academia’.

‘Zoom into Soil: Hidden Processes in Soils’ features Dr Carsten W. Müller, Associate Professor for Soil Science at the University of Copenhagen, and Dr Tinashe Mawodza, a Research Fellow at Nottingham University, with their presentations, ‘Soil processes regulated at the microscale – using microscopy to zoom into soil’ and ‘Demystifying secrets of the hidden half – an exploration of root-soil interactions using X-ray and neutron tomography’.

‘Zoom into Soil: Zero Tillage’ features Hannah Cooper and Russell McKenzie who discuss the current academic literature related to zero-tillage, the extent to which it reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to more common conventional tillage methods and how these methods compare in practice.