Ben Marchant

Statistician with interests in agriculture and environmental sciences.

[Tim Hopper @tdhopper]

I’ve been hiring people for 10 years, and I still swear by a simple rule: If someone can't prove on the whiteboard that the real part of every non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function is 1/2, don't hire them.

[David Spiegelhalter @d_spiegel]

Look at this genius maths problem: simple to state, brilliantly communicated, and with jaw dropping reveal https://t.co/P9yBRtWYIH

[Michael Pyrcz🌻 @GeostatsGuy]

Yesterday, I was interviewed by @Deloitte for @ENERGY, @NETL_DOE study on opportunities in #BigDataAnalytics / #MachineLearrning. During the interview thoughts solidified & I wanted to share then. See my 'Four Horsemen of Subsurface Machine Learning'. https://t.co/FLcHjTC00t

[Geoderma - the global #OA journal of soil science @Geoderma_Jrnl]

...and soil #carbon #sequestration and #4p1000 are clearly dominating current soil science debates. Our most downloaded article is "Soil carbon 4 per mille" by @BudimanSoil, @sOiLmAlOnE, @SoilSecurity , @AlesGim, @bp_marchant, and others. https://t.co/hCGkobHXo7 #openaccess

[Ben Marchant @bp_marchant]

Competitive action from Berkshire...

[Rothamsted Research @Rothamsted]

Honoris Causa: our former head of statistics Robin Thompson receives the highest academic accolade of the University of Edinburgh on Saturday ([email protected] for final ticket) and there's an open symposium tmrw @roslininstitute in his honour https://t.co/TCk7Yy7KQX

[Ben Marchant @bp_marchant]

@GeostatLark @sOiLmAlOnE @signmagazine @Rothamsted I remember being confused why the Aussies were so excited about visiting a wheat field.

[Ben Marchant @bp_marchant]

Volcano stuff

[Ben Marchant @bp_marchant]

Volcanology field work

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

We're excited that tomorrow we'll be launching the UK’s first collaborative Peatland Strategy, setting out a shared vision for a brighter future for our vital, but damaged peatlands #UKpeatlands

[Nicolas Saby @SabySoilData]

Field work for Dominique and colleagues collecting data for validating soil predictions using DSM technics. #dsmart #soilserv #soiljudging

[Nicolas Saby @SabySoilData]

A new dataset on the levels of trace elements in French topsoils. #RMQS #GISSOL
A wonderful collaboration with @GeostatLark and @bp_marchant
https://t.co/TFTrqhNh2c

[Jack Hannam @Dirt_Science]

Audio now available online on the 4 per mil debate we had on #WorldSoilDay for the @Soil_Science 2017 annual meeting @sOiLmAlOnE @BudimanSoil @bucksci @pierreroudier @PowlsonDavid https://t.co/QaW08tCWs6

[Budiman @BudimanSoil]

@Alex_ten_Caten Not really. Read the paper.. The results found that most treatment accumulated carbon more than 4 per 1000. If classical treatment work why need to be pessimistic? Develop new research that sequester C more efficiently

[Rothamsted Research @Rothamsted]

Climate challenge fails: unique data, from as far back as 1843, prove that it is unrealistic to expect soils to lock up modern carbon emissions to halt global warming and its effects https://t.co/8f2M0Q9diB

[Songchao Chen 陈颂超 @SongchaoCHEN]

Happy to announce that our paper on STOTEN is online @SabySoilData @InraVdl Fine resolution map of top- and subsoil carbon sequestration potential in France https://t.co/I6CTSsjadI

[Prof. Jennifer Visser-Rogers @StatsJen]

See @ProfBrianCox interview @d_spiegel, who also presents the difference between Bayesian and frequentist Statistics using a billiards table…the age old statistical debate. Brilliant! https://t.co/XG6PT9HakG

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

The surprising geographical origins for some of our favourite food crops #WorldFoodDay https://t.co/bMHngAsAG2