Martin Hodson

I am very grateful to Oxford Brookes University for publishing a blog post about my phytolith and plant silica work. 43 years working on it and counting! brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/…

Looking forward to attending the Greenfest in Newbury, UK on Sat. 5th April, and helping on an @ARochaUK and partners (@JRayI etc.) stall. Details of the event are here: eventbrite.com/e/greenfest-we…

3,500-Year-Old Rice Discovery in Guam! Archaeologists have uncovered traces of rice dating back 3,500 years in the Ritidian Beach Cave of northern Guam, marking the oldest evidence of rice cultivation in Remote Oceania. The discovery was made through phytolith…

🎉🆕📰🎉: Exploring silica accumulation in bamboo leaves: a study on phytolith morphology and epidermal patterning in the tropical giant bamboo Dendrocalamus copelandii doi.org/10.1093/aob/mc…

PhD student Melanie Pugliese is leading the development of an automated workflow to collect the massive amounts of botanical data needed to train our deep learning (DL) models for phytolith identification

Almost ready for the next International Meeting on Phytolith Research 🌱🔬

Check out a new book review from JRI trustee Shelly Dennison: In this immensely engaging book, professional botanist Pete Stroh introduces us to the nature and landscapes on his doorstep in rural Northamptonshire .jri.org.uk/book-review-th…

What a journey for Leah Williamson ❤️

For 20 years, I have been the Principal Tutor for CRES! We were a bit ahead of our time!

Shocking stats in today's FT: "England faces driest year this century." April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…

We're delighted to announce that And So I Roar by Abi Dare wins first-ever Climate Fiction Prize, supported by @climate__spring. Read full announcement: climate-spring.org/latest/and-so-…

SUPER MAZ PACHECO 🦸‍♀️

Caring for Creation: From Passion to Action- CRES Day 24th May 2025 (10 to 4) at Cuddesdon nr Oxford. Speakers Rev Dr Mike Perry (@ARochaUK) & Dr Elizabeth Perry (Programmes Director for the @AngliAlliance). Details: cres.org.uk/caring-for-cre…

Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we…

Excellent Easter message from @AVFCOfficial with input from Chaplain, @jonpgrant

Water is a critical national resource. It is part of our commons, and belongs to all of us. Yet a decades long ideological commitment to privatisation has seen water treated as a commodity, a profit extraction vehicle that exists to enrich a small few at the expense of the many.…

I am pleased to be speaking at the Theological Colleges Environment Network (TCEN) meeting in June, along with Bishop Graham Usher. It is an interactive webinar for students, staff (teaching & non-teaching) & trustees of theological colleges. Booking: tinyurl.com/5e6m5za3

What have we become? What have we done? 😳👇

Free webinar with @felixdetombeur & me on April 2 @ 19:00-20:30 UK time. Hosted by @JRayI. Open to all- science not essential! Details and booking below. #phytoliths #plantscience #soil #climatechange jri.org.uk/book_events/we…

Can Phytolith's Save the World? An accessible talk on how "plant stones" can play a role in locking away carbon. Less than two weeks to go to our fascinating webinar with Dr Felix Tombeur and @MartinHodson1 Sign up for your free place here: jri.org.uk/book_events/we…

Please @BBCr4today don’t parrot Tory rhetoric about the Tories’ plan to set the country on “a new path” to tackle #climate change. That’s not what they’re doing. Badenoch is trashing the science & setting the country on a course to be poorer and more prone to climate disaster