Simon Kerley

Head of Terrestrial Sciences for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Like to help support good environmental science and tweet my own views...

[UKTreescapes @UK_Treescapes]

We can hardly contain our excitement for our #UKTreescapesLaunch event today!

There's still time to sign up if you want to come and be part of a conversation all about our trees, woods and forests 😍🌳

https://t.co/ZK9l2717fM

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

https://t.co/p6hJQq5yNg great opportunity for environmental scientists to be part of the drive agriculture to net zero.

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Looking for a new way to address environmental research? Great opportunity for solutions through a new lens…

[Melanie Welham @MelanieWelham]

Interested in synthetic and engineering biology? Join one of our ⁦@UKRI_News⁩ webinars next week to find out more about two new opportunities in this exciting area of interdisciplinary research and innovation. https://t.co/wEbtK4H1CZ

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

Punchy response to PMs Integrated Review aim for UK “science superpower” from biggest UK private science funder ⁦@wellcometrust⁩ : research/ aid cuts/ no clarity on post Brexit Horizon research funding threaten to damage and eclipse ambition: https://t.co/YUTaKAKyEI

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Great opportunity to work with us to take soils research forward....

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

Opportunity: We're looking for an expert in environmental science, environmental economics or a related discipline to help inform research priorities on #soils and society.
Apply by 22 February.
Find out more: https://t.co/YDMsRhfyX9

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

A whole bunch of wise people are saying....

[Prof Dunc Cameron 🏳️‍🌈♿️ 🐝 @dunkie_c]

"If you plant the wrong trees in the wrong place you could be doing more harm than good," Something I’ve been saying for years! Soils are complex ecosystems, if we mess with them without understanding them then soils can be a source of CO2 and not a sink! https://t.co/9CY5mbMRpQ

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Despite everything this year - still one of the most important days of the year... #WorldSoilDay2020

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

Soils are more than just “dirt” - they’re a major reservoir of global biodiversity. They 👇

🔸Support agriculture & food security
🔸Regulate greenhouse gas emissions
🔸Promote plant, animal & human health

#WorldSoilDay #SoilBiodiversity https://t.co/KKPHB87LRC

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

And if you read another...Global soils underpin life but future looks ‘bleak’, warns UN report https://t.co/QtzWRCu8k1

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

If you read one thing.....Why soil is one of the most amazing things on Earth https://t.co/t7uUsLm9DG via @bbcideas

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

Ten years after the NERC @ESRC & FCDO Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation programme began, its first Director @PvanGardingen writes about the outstanding legacy of equitable partnerships and empowering partner countries that are emerging: https://t.co/IFN3SqILZi

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Great analysis of the outstanding academic legacy of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation programme a decade after its inception. Keep publishing all16,000 authors in the 130 countries!

[Paul van Gardingen @PvanGardingen]

Development research requires interdisciplinarity, equitable partnerships, focus on quality and time to build impact. What can be learnt in the ten years since the first ESPA science meeting? https://t.co/YSEM1H9cFO

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Great News, our Treescape programme now has two excellent Ambassadors to help guide the programme and projects! Appointment of Future of UK Treescapes Ambassadors https://t.co/PywxZKWReJ via @NERCscience

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

@GMMace Very saddened to hear this news. It’s not often the calibre of science is matched by the humanity of the person, but Georgina showed us the way forward in so many ways. She will be greatly missed by us all. My thoughts are with her family.

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Great first day for the Signals in the Soil workshop - great lightning talks and speed questioning ! #SitS2020

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

#SitS2020 looking forward to our workshop tomorrow

[UK-China CZO Project @UKChinaCZO]

**New paper** from the CZO project following work on nitrate loss from SW china Karst terrian.

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Great news! We are on... Announcement of Opportunity: Future of UK Treescapes – call for proposals https://t.co/qk9gPCSs1G via @NERCscience

[Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck]

Biodiversity and Land Use: How Ancient Practices Shaped Britain | Historic England https://t.co/kruiO3w8pl via @HistoricEngland

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Can you help with the new NERC, AHRC, ESRC research programme to tell us the what, why and how’s of our future tree planting needs? Future of UK Treescapes Programme ambassador https://t.co/XhKAJ9dkYE via @NERCscience

[Simon Kerley @kerley_simon]

Looking forward to reading it!