Sofia Biffi

📢New paper on planting #hedgerows How much additional soil carbon builds up after planting hedges on grassland? We looked at hedge #soil carbon storage across regions with different geologies and climate in England 📜doi.org/10.1016/j.agee… thread ⬇️

Join @FavColour_Green and @JRfromStrickley for the Hedge Safari @Groundswellaguk - today at 1pm and tomorrow at midday. New for 2025 - the hedge has been laid

Great piece on @BBCFarmingToday about the impact of capital grants freeze on hedges bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… They're calling for those that have been affected by this grants freeze to contact them-please do! This is too important not to make a noise about farming.today@bbc.co.uk

@andyheald Hi Andrew! With additional carbon storage we see that the effect of the hedge disappears really quickly as you move into the field, so we really just consider the area beneath the hedge as having an impact

@sofbiffi Hi Sofia - thanks for sharing - really interesting research. Apologies this question may be answered in the paper, but, does the impact of the hedge on soil carbon extend out into the field, e.g. say 1m or 5 meters ?

📢New paper on planting #hedgerows How much additional soil carbon builds up after planting hedges on grassland? We looked at hedge #soil carbon storage across regions with different geologies and climate in England 📜doi.org/10.1016/j.agee… thread ⬇️

@ffinlocostain Hi! We don't have one yet, but here are useful links: Presentation on our research results: youtube.com/watch?v=QmXrtW… Flyer: hedgelink.org.uk/wp-content/upl… Intro to the benefits of planting hedges: youtube.com/watch?v=MX34Rf…

@sofbiffi Hi Sofia - Can you point me to a press release on this, please?

❣️PS. Plenty of excellent advice on how to take care of hedges from @FavColour_Green and hedgelink.org.uk 🤓🌳 Bonus picture of a spooky hedge sitting at the boundary of a field and a cemetery! Josiah Judson hard at work here 🔨

7/7 huge thank you to @chapmanpippa @rggeo @geojho Jonathan Leake, Holly Armitage, Sarah Hunt and Guy Ziv for co-authoring the paper! and thanks to @FoodSecurityUK @BBSRC for the support here is the link to the #openaccesspaper: doi.org/10.1016/j.agee…

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@BARBARtkowski I have been as stubborn as you, but recently used it to make the writing of reports quicker. It's not nearly as fun and satisfying as doing things on your own, but it really saves times and brain power on menial tasks

8/8 PS. This work features in a special issue on the use of novel technologies to monitor the impact of agri-environmental schemes (AES). 1000s km of hedges will be planted in UK AES over the next couple of decades Nothing will replace the field experts! 🤓 but tech can help 🤖

7/8 There is a lot packed in this paper and I am so proud it’s finally out! Huge thank you to @chapmanpippa @engler_j @BillKunin @drguyziv for co-authoring and to @FoodSecurityUK @BBSRC for the support Here is the link to the #openaccesspaper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

📣 New #hedgerow paper! Planting hedges is good for biodiversity, but how can we measure the animal activity around them? We tested new tech to record and count birds and bats, without having to listen to them (...well, mostly)🐦🦇🔊🌳 🗎authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00… Thread ⬇️