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A new Sprint research paper emphasizes the critical role of soil health monitoring in enhancing the effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) across the UK.

New findings show peatland restoration can be immediately beneficial, as an increase in methane emissions does not overpower the cooling effect from reduced carbon dioxide emission, and that if peatlands are maintained in their restored state, they can provide long-term cooling, helping repair the climate.

Agile researcher Alison Smith lead on a background study for SOFA that provides a deep dive on hidden costs of agri-food systems.

New paper identifies and assesses a variety of alternative approaches to implementing BNG offsets, including options for producing better biodiversity and for improving access outcomes at no greater cost.

This Sprint research project has now concluded, with the team so far producing three major outputs addressing CO2 storage beneath shelf seas.

We were invited to present two show & tell webinars to DEFRA on relevant Sprint research. In this post, the Sprint leads and policy makers reflect on the relationship between research and policy.

At this webinar, Agile and DEFRA teamed up to discuss how researchers and policy-makers currently work together, and what the next steps might be.

The integration of EDI in research is of growing importance at the University of Oxford, and we are proud to have had the opportunity to contribute by trialling and testing a number of initiatives. In this post, we share with you what we've learned over the last six months.

The Sprint team who worked on biodiversity measures have recently published a pre-print in bioRxiv.