A pan-UK research programme: Quantifying livestock impacts on #freshwaters @NERCscience @FreshwaterQual1 @DefraWater #catchment #waterquality
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
New online! Deoxygenation in inland freshwater systems dlvr.it/TSq1H5
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Our preprint is under review!
Well done to our MSc Data Science student.
An Optimised Integrated Framework for Multiparameter Water Quality Monitoring Using Explainable Machine Learning and WQI–PCA analysis for Effective Operational Decision-Making @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
May 28
Delighted to be presenting a keynote at the
@BritishEcolSoc #BESAG2026 Aquatic Ecology Meeting 3-4 September 2026, on our @ERC_Research REFRESH & @NERCscience funded stable isotope dosing experiments demonstrating the role of DOM as a Nutrient Resource in Freshwater Ecosystems.
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Mar 27
'For now, markets are relying on emergency stock releases and hopes of a geopolitical de-escalation. But if not, the world economy could face an unprecedented energy shock, with far-reaching and unpredictable consequences.'
Read more from Engineering Science's Dr Adi Imsirovic ⬇️
theconversation.com/could-th…
ALT Roadside electronic sign displaying “Stay home, essential travel only” beside an empty road. Overlaid text reads: “Expert comment: Could this energy crisis be worse for the global economy than COVID?” with University of Oxford branding and link.
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Mar 30
The planet’s undisturbed old-growth boreal forests may be far more important in the fight against climate change than previously realized, according to a new Science study, which finds that primary forests in Sweden store over 70% more carbon than managed secondary forests.
Learn more: scim.ag/4uL06hL
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
1/3 Find out about a new research project which will generate scientific evidence to help restore #LoughNeagh - Northern Ireland’s largest & most iconic lake.
Join our next webinar
📅Wed 25 March
⌚ 11am
Presented by project lead Dr Susheel Bhanu Busi @UK_CEH
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Mar 17
Great to see our @QuantumFreshWtr @NERCscience pathogens lead, Davey Jones @bangorsoil cited in the excellent @guardian article by @WATERSHED_i @RachSalv on pollution causes and consequences in Lough Neagh... cattle as “pathogen bioreactors on four legs” theguardian.com/environment/…
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Mar 13
Really enjoyed contributing to the @BBCRareEarth programme on Lakes, Lochs and Loughs, and meeting @RachSalv and @AmyJaneBeer for the first time. If you missed it today, you can catch up with the programme on BBC Sounds here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg5…
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Feb 12
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📢 ‘Reimagining Hydrology for a Changing World’
🗓Wednesday 2 – Friday 4 September
💙 Abstract submissions are now open
✅ Registration opens Mon 2 March. We're looking for abstracts hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
📡Still time to sign up for our webinar on Thurs at 2pm for an update on the £2m MOT4Rivers water quality research project to protect river ecosystems.
It uses next generation sensors & satellites to monitor the impact of contaminants on freshwater environments.
To join 👇
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
The £2m MOT4Rivers research project is investigating how pollutants interact with rivers & ecosystems to devise a system to monitor & measure pollution.
Prof Andrew Tyler, @StirUni, will share their progress in a webinar, Thurs 12 Feb, 2pm. Message us to join.
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Great to see team Quantum hosting a successful event to get input from their stakeholders. The project examines the impact of livestock farming on the quality of water in our rivers.
Jan 17
The @QuantumFreshWtr team welcomed a diverse range of Government, industry, farming and freshwater organisations to our Stakeholder event. Great discussions and exchange of ideas on livestock farming as a driver of changing quality in UK rivers and how to mitigate its impacts!
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Jan 17
The @QuantumFreshWtr team welcomed a diverse range of Government, industry, farming and freshwater organisations to our Stakeholder event. Great discussions and exchange of ideas on livestock farming as a driver of changing quality in UK rivers and how to mitigate its impacts!
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Article: Overestimation of past and future increases in global river flow by Earth system models
nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
ALT Schematic illustration of the water cycle showing its partitioning using the emergent constraint approach
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
A workshop is being held by the QUANTUM team @BristolUni on 15 Jan to present findings from their research & capture ideas & expertise from their stakeholders.
They're working with scientists, farmers & regulators investigating how livestock farming affects freshwater quality.
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
9 Dec 2025
Science delivered some remarkable wins in 2025. From strides in regenerative medicine to needleless allergy rescue for children, these nine advances reveal just how quickly the future of health is taking shape: on.natgeo.com/48ZvSym
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
Microbial movement into soils occurs at a surprisingly local scale. By measuring dispersal rates and spatial patterns, this study challenges the assumption that microbes freely mix across environments.
🔗isme-microbes.org/close-to-h…
#microbes #fungi #bacteria #dispersal #ecology
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
5 Dec 2025
Great to see this latest @NERCscience publication from our DOMAINE Large Grant programme, by Ellie Mackay @UK_CEH which provides a key advance in our ability to predict growth stimulation of river phytoplankton by organic nutrient enrichment at UK scale: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
ALT Figure 1: Locations of Tier 1 and Tier 2 sites. Inset A: Tier 1 sites on the Conwy in North Wales and B: Tier 1 sites on the Hampshire Avon in Southern England.
ALT Figure 2: Nutrient concentrations at Tier 2 sites. (a) Total and organic nitrogen concentrations and (b) total and organic phosphorus concentrations. Sites are ordered from lowest to highest total nutrient concentration, which is represented by the total height of the bar.
ALT Figure 3: Nutrient limitation of sites and growth response ratios for inorganic and organic nutrients. (a) Inorganic nutrient response ratio is plotted for sites ordered by increasing TP concentration. Growth response ratios are then plotted for (b) inorganic nutrients and (c) organic N compounds against the site concentration of TN and (d) organic P compounds, against the site concentration of TP.
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
9 Sep 2025
5,800 farms fall out of nature-friendly farming schemes at Christmas with the promised successor scheme closed indefinitely.
Three decades of taxpayers money invested in nature is about to be erased. At least offer a temporary extension @EmmaforWycombe.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9…
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QUANTUM Freshwaters retweeted
31 Jul 2025
Our @UKRI_News funded ERC REFRESH programme is progressing well. Chalk stream isotope dosing experiment complete, clay stream nearly complete with help from our 1st PhD student from @durhamUni Matt McCormack. Now setting up our peat experiment with kind permission from @BannauB
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