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Mark Sutton
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Scientist, nitrogen, ammonia, policy, history of science. From Twitter @MarkNitrogen & Instagram @platospuzzle
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UKCEH scientists @seregaxp.bsky.social and @marknitrogen.bsky.social discuss recent research and a plan to improve fertiliser efficiency in Ukraine, helping rebuild #soil fertility once peace returns.

New in @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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“Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving” - a piece for a general audience on @uk.theconversation.com
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#Ukraine #War #Sustainability
Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving
Improved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Soil Depletion in Ukraine Poses Risks to Global Food Security Long-Term
Ukraine’s agricultural legacy as the “breadbasket of Europe” faces an unprecedented threat, not merely from the ongoing conflict but from a hidden crisis beneath its soil. Recent research indic
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November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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NEWS: Ukraine’s soils are losing vital nutrients, threatening long-term food security.

UKCEH-led research in the Nature journal @commsearth.nature.com warns of reduced fertiliser use and war impacts on soil health.

See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet...

#Soils #FoodSecurity

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A wheat field in the foreground and tree-lined hills in the distant background, plus the headline Depletion of Ukraine's soils threatens long-term global food security
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Dr Sergiy Medinets: “There is an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan for Ukraine that wastes fewer nutrients and reduces the amount of synthetic fertiliser needed.”

This would benefit soil health, food production & the environment.

Full study: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The study was part of the International Nitrogen Assessment, which has carried out studies on major nutrient threats, opportunities and solutions in different regions across the world.

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet...

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Depletion of Ukraine’s soils threatens long-term global food security
Beyond the disruption to Ukraine’s food exports, the war is jeopardising the country’s long-term ability to remain the ‘breadbasket of Europe’, because its soils are gradually losing vital crop nutrie...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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🌱Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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How did the UN plastics negotiations go? A salutary tale, and lessons to be learned for other forms of pollution...

#EverywhereAndInvisible
#HalveNitrogenWaste

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Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
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September 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Drowning In Injustice: South Asia’s Call For Climate Accountability
South Asia reels from devastating 2025 floods, demanding climate justice and urgent Loss & Damage finance as COP30 becomes a test of global accountability
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September 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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‪Great opportunity: full @ukri.org funded PhD Studentship with 4 years fees, stipend (£19237 pa) and full Research Training Support Grant, working with Prof Ian Bull, Director of the National Environmental Isotope Facility and my
@ercrefresh.bsky.social team! Starts 10/2025 shorturl.at/AJREj 🧪
An algal bloom on a nutrient enriched lake encroaches into the Nymphaea alba and Chara hispida beds, causing plant dieback. Your work will develop a novel, targeted analytical method to allow us to rapidly screen samples to determine the molecular composition of the dissolved organic nutrients in these and other waters. These provide a critically important but overlooked nutrient resource driving ecosystem damage and biodiversity decline in waterbodies. We currently lack a unified technique that can rapidly screen samples in a targeted manner. You'll likely be highly motivated, enjoy both field and laboratory work, and be a good analytical chemist with attention to detail who is keen to make your mark through novel method development. Give Ian a ring or send him an e.mail (ian.d.bull@bristol.ac.uk), or contact me here or via my e.mail penny.johnes@bristol.ac.uk. We have a large team on the ERC REFRESH programme that you will be joining, along with two other PhD students due to start at the same time. Great team and learning opportunities.
July 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Spoke on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today this morning on the implications of the Cunliffe Report for UK farmers and freshwaters, explaining some of the key findings from our @ukri.org funded QUANTUM programme on livestock impacts on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪
Farming Today - 22/07/2025: water pollution, farmers' wellbeing - BBC Sounds
Water pollution, farmers' wellbeing.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Today saw the publication of Nitrogen: Time to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — a @houseoflords.parliament.uk report from the cross-party Environment and Climate Change Committee, into which UKCEH scientists provided written and oral evidence.

Learn more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...

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July 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The report helps highlight the need to tackle the issue of N pollution and management in a more joined-up, holistic way across sectors to reduce, recycle and reuse nitrogen.

Full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...

#nitrogen #NitrogenPollution

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House of Lords - Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse - Environment and Climate Change Committee
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July 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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UK House of Lords completes its inquiry into nitrogen and launches its report with a clear call to action!

It was a pleasure to work with the parliamentarians who quickly recognized the urgent need and economic opportunity of a joined-up nitrogen strategy.

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Time to reduce, recycle and reuse nitrogen, says Lords Committee - Committees - UK Parliament
The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its report, ‘Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse’, which calls for the UK to be more ambitious and strategic in its plans to...
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July 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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House of Lords report published today warns that successive Governments have failed to tackle the dangerous health, environmental and economic impacts of nitrogen pollution in England caused mainly by agriculture, sewage, transport and industry

www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/07/24/g...

#nitrogen
Government must act now to tackle deadly impacts of nitrogen pollution, says Lords Committee - Water Magazine
A House of Lords report warns that successive Governments have failed to tackle the dangerous impacts of nitrogen pollution in England.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches
State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites
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South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches
State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites
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July 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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A vast toxic algae bloom has sparked growing concern in Australia as it lingers off the south coast, killing hundreds of marine species and disrupting fisheries
Toxic algae lingers off Australia, killing marine life
A vast toxic algae bloom has sparked growing concern in Australia as it lingers off the south coast, killing hundreds of marine species and disrupting fisheries.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Australia's toxic algae bloom is 'natural disaster' - premier says
#Australia
Algal bloom killing marine life in South Australia is 'disaster', premier says
The catastrophe has turned South Australian waters toxic green and suffocated masses of marine life.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Nitrogen benchmarking for cropping systems - Nature Food
A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies that balance agricu...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🚨Just out in @natfood.nature.com! 🚨A News&Views article by Sergiy Medinets and @marknitrogen.bsky.social explores the new data-driven conceptual framework by Mi et al. for benchmarking sustainable nitrogen management in cropping systems.
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Nitrogen benchmarking for cropping systems - Nature Food
A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies that balance…
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July 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Nice to see it published!
This represents a step toward the practical implementation of a classic partial-nutrient-budget–inspired concept for region- and crop-specific nitrogen benchmarking to achieve sustainable N management.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM