Scientist. I develop profitable, inclusive, sustainable approaches for climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon sequestration.
Launceston, Tasmania
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🌍 6th Global Food Security Conference
We’re excited to announce the Conference will take place 19-22 April 2027 at Wageningen in the Netherlands.
📣 Get involved:
• Call for session leads: 14 Mar–7 Apr 2026
• Call for abstracts: May–Sep 2026
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Delighted to announce our publication in the prestigious journal Nature Communications 😊
Using a co-design approach with farmers, we showed that costs of transitioning to net-zero are lower when GHG mitigation practices evoke productivity co-benefits.
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New year, new degree? A new PhD project - including scholarship - is designed to examine economic, environmental and/or social co-benefits and trade-offs associated with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation: utas.edu.au/research/degrees…
The Aus livestock sector aspires to net zero by 2030. We found that the sector has reduced GHG emissions by 68% over the last decade due to avoided deforestation. Practices for reducing methane will be central in determining whether net zero is attained.
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Why are carbon credits are the next opportunity for farmers? This video provides a brief but fantastic overview of carbon farming, including risks and benefits associated with enrolling in soil carbon markets.
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How does planting trees on farm impact on biodiversity and natural capital? We held a brief webinar outlining benefits of trees in terms of carbon, plant persistence, threatened species habitat and effective habitat: youtube.com/watch?v=ArOFKqM5…
Past gone viral? Scientists recover 11,500 year old viral community in glaciers in Tibet:
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Extensive regions dominate the Australian continent, yet little is known of soil organic carbon (SOC) in such environments. We reviewed the literature and found many pathways for improving SOC. We also call for more measurements of SOC in such regions.
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Shenyang, China, recorded one of the biggest rainstorms in 73 years.
These are the fish in the river reacting to the event.
Is there a tension between public and private benefit associated with carbon farming? Improving soil carbon reduces global warming and benefits society, but are those practices profitable? In some cases, yes, but not always.
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Drought threatens food and water security in Tasmania as Federal Government prevents $150 million funding for Tasmanian irrigation infrastructure. ABC news video below provides 2 minute overview.
#irrigation #water #watersecurity #foodsecurity
abc.net.au/news/2024-06-29/d…
Denmark to introduce carbon tax on livestock greenhouse gas emissions, rising to $105/tonne CO2 by 2035. As GHG could easily be reduced by reducing animal numbers, I do hope this tax doesn’t impact on food security. #NetZero
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Short training programs in land management opportunities for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and improved carbon storage now taking registrations:
#carbon #netzero #carbonneutral #livestock #soilcarbon #profit
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Can biochar as a livestock feed supplement increase food production, reduce methane and enrich soil carbon? We conducted experiments and engaged industry to find out:
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Incremental gains in soil carbon at scale have potential for reducing global warming, but physical measurement of soil carbon is costly. We seek applicants for a PhD that develops AI models for improving the accuracy with which soil carbon is modelled.
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Conventional wisdom has it that irrigation increases soil organic carbon (SOC). A recent analysis showed this is not often the case. In fact, they found that as irrigation rates increased, SOC stocks and accrual progressively decreased: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Congratulations to Private Forests Tasmania on the launch of their new website: treealliance.com.au/ The website includes short videos relating to economic, environmental and legislative implications associated with trees on farm. Well worth a look!
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Use of models in carbon markets has raised important questions about the rigour underpinning modelling processes. To better guide implementation in soil carbon projects, we developed several best practice recommendations.
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Please join us for a brief webinar where we explore avenues for improving the sustainability of livestock production systems in Australia and beyond!
@JoNewton89 @Francowley13
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