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❗️JOB ALERT❗️ 7 #PhDposition are offered in BETA-FOR, a research unit where we manipulate forest patches to increase α-, β-, γ-#diversity and #multifunctionality. One position is with us about #soil #biodiversity and functioning. Please RT. idiv.de/fileadmin/cont…

Do soil #viruses drive #GHG emissions? In dry systems, soil microbes start to multiply rapidly after the first rain (“wet-up”). A massive die-off happens too, releasing a huge burst of #CO2. nature.com/articles/s4146…

For the concept of nature positive to succeed as the lodestar for international action on biodiversity conservation, it must build upon lessons learned from the application of the mitigation hierarchy — or risk becoming mere greenwash. rdcu.be/dmJjF

Viewpoint just out New Phytologist Edu Moreno Jiménez et al. w/ Nicolas Corradi & others The potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to enhance metallic micronutrient uptake and mitigate food contamination in agriculture: prospects and challenges #mycorrhiza nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Extracting DNA from soil or directly from isolated nematodes indicate dissimilar community structure for Europe-wide forest soils sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Reading in journal club: Garland et al. Perspectives on the misconception of levitating soil aggregates #soil egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023…

📰 M.S. Ghilarov (1964) - Connection of Insects with the Soil in Different Climatic Zones doi.org/10.1016/S0031-…

World Habitat Day may be over, but our commitment to nurturing our precious soil continues! 🏡🌎 Let's keep celebrating the intricate web of life beneath our feet and the vital role it plays in sustaining all beings. 🌱🌍 Remember, our choices impact our habitat, so let's embrace

GlobalFungi welcomes their sister database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - globalamfungi.com - open for community input or as a FAIR research resource. Missed by fungal barcoding methods or due to low abundance, specific barcoding markers have to be used for AM fungi.

ESA Welcomes Scott Collins as Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. esa.org/blog/2023/10/e…

Don't forget to sign up for our November webinar: "Soil Diatoms: A hidden world"! ft Carlos Wetzel Tuesday November 7th 8:00 MST|10:00 EST|15:00 GMT|16:00 CET|18:00 MSK zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In academia, a new study finds that early career men often move jobs because they feel 'pulled' towards a better opportunity: but for women, it's the opposite. "Most left because they felt pushed out," as @waterbarnes explains here: science.org/content/articl…

Do you care about soil? Do you want to talk about it? Curious to know what’s going on in Europe and beyond? 3rd 🇪🇺 Soil Stakeholders Forum🤎 #EUSOil 15-17 November 2023, organised by EU_ScienceHub, online, free! Registration➡️ esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/euso/third-eus…

A special day for JRC soil team: JuliaKoeninger defends her EU_ScienceHub & Universidade de Vigo joint PhD Julia analysed 🇪🇺 legislation for soil life protection: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Julia carried out 1-st ever assessment of soil eukaryotes in🇪🇺: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Brava Julia🍄🪱🤎

For #worldsoilday, I offer my new(ish) soil #sciart to accompany EcossNAU research in nature showing that microbial Carbon Use Efficiency is a hugely important determinant of carbon storage in soil. see:nature.com/articles/s4158…

Now in NatureClimate: The soil microbiome governs the response of microbial respiration to warming across the globe. Tadeo Saez et al show the key role of the soil microbiome in soil respiration under warming & the need to quantify in future assessments go.nature.com/486BgN9

Researchers protest end of NSF grants program using data from its $1 billion ecology network | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

From termite symbionts with rotating heads to amoeboid cactus-dwellers, from cannibalistic ex-algae to ciliates thriving in saturated brine... New #Protists Described in 2023 isep-protists.com/post/new-proti… via @ISEPprotists

The average mineral content of calcium, magnesium, and iron in cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach has dropped 80-90% between 1914 and 2018 in the US. (Nutrients, 2018) #soilforclimateaction #SaveSoil #SaveSoilFixClimateChange

How ants thwarted lions on the African savanna | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…