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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 20d

If any plant nerds want to come work with me on soil-plant interactions... we should chat :) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 21d

While essential for life, excess nitrogen is turning fertile soil toxic, endangering marine life, and polluting the air we breathe.

UNEP’s interactive explains what nitrogen pollution is, where it comes from, and how we can #BeatNitrogenPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 25d

How can we measure the environmental effects of livestock systems? Our work with FAO provides the answers. Check out the new global guide: "Ecosystem Services Assessment in Livestock Agroecosystems”. #EcosystemServices #LivestockFarming #GlobalGuidance @fao.org @ipcc.bsky.social @ilri.org

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 25d

#ReactiveNitrogen has a huge impact on our planet. We're proud to have contributed to new international guidance on how to assess it. The "INMS Guidance Document on Nitrogen Impact Assessment Methods" is out now. @towardsinms.bsky.social @in-net.bsky.social

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AI4SoilHealth @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social · Sep 17

Could you be @au.dk's next Professor in Soil Science? Find out more about the role in the Department of Agroecology and apply now! agro.au.dk/en/current-n... #UniversityJobs #SoilScienceJobs

Professor in soil science - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Soil Physics and Hydropedology, Aarhus University

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

3️⃣0️⃣Three decades of experimental nitrogen fertilization increases the frequency of a defensive plant morph

📷 © Mia M. Howard

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#ArchitecturalDefense #Galls #Herbivory #LongtermEcologicalResearch #Microevolution #RapidEvolution #ResourceAvailabilityHypothesis #Solidago

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Aug 1

Call for Abstracts

International Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon: Drylands to Global Perspectives

October 28–29, 2025 | Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan

Submission email: [email protected]
Submission deadline: September 25, 2025

#SOC #Drylands #GlobalAgroecosystems

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Riccardo Picone @riccardopicone.bsky.social · Aug 2

I'm very happy to share that the first article of my PhD thesis was published in Plant and Soil. We propose an extension of the traditional plant-soil feedback theory by using legume-cereal intercropping systems as a case study @pathanshamina.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The contemporary plant-soil feedback in legume-cereal intercropping systems: a review of carbon, nutrient, and microbial dynamics - Plant and Soil

Background Crop diversification practices, such as legume-cereal intercropping, are receiving increasing attention for the large-scale implementation because of crop yield advantages while simultaneou...

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Aug 1

Call for Abstracts

International Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon: Drylands to Global Perspectives

October 28–29, 2025 | Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan

Submission email: [email protected]
Submission deadline: September 25, 2025

#SOC #Drylands #GlobalAgroecosystems

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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · Jul 10

Two great 3-year #postdocs to work on synergies/trade-offs of cocoa 🍫/coffee ☕ #agroforestry 🌳 for #people, #biodiversity and #carbon, one in Brazil, one in the US @nature.org @susancookpatton.bsky.social
Deadline: 31/07. Go 🏃🏃‍♀️!!!
careers.tnc.org/us/en/job/JR...

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Jul 5

That’s great news Prof Braj! Best wishes

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Jun 28

#LEGUMINOSE #SummerSchool on #LegumeCereal #InterCropping & its effects on #CropProductivity & #SoilQuality conducted on June 23-27, 2025 at #GCUF. Great invited talks, #SWOT analysis and group work and presentations by participants. #SustainableAgriculture @pathanshamina.bsky.social

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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 Great postdoc (3 years) opportunity in our group @cirad.bsky.social in the FairCarboN #ALAMOD project to coordinate a modeling excercice @agmip.bsky.social on #soilorganicmatter and nitrogen dynamics in tropical cropping systems.
Deadline: 08/05/25

recrutement.cirad.fr/job/job-rese...

Cirad - Chercheur.e en modélisation de la matière organique dans les systèmes de culture tropicaux

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Apr 29

Applications are invited for the “LEGUMINOSE Summer School on Crop Productivity & Soil Quality under Cereal-Legume Intercropping” organized within our Horizon Europe
LEGUMINOSE Project.
Dates: June 23-27, 2025
Location: GCUF, Pakistan
Deadline: May 11, 2025
Seats: 25
@pathanshamina.bsky.social

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delivered a keynote talk on #soilquality #indicators in #ricewheat #croppingsystems at #CimateChangeCoference at #UniversityOfSwabi. Soil health is crucial for #foodsecurity and should be integrated in #farm #managementtools and #education.

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Apr 18

Delighted to join the #Nitrogen & #Climate #WG of @in-net.bsky.social project. #iN.Net bridges together international networks aiming to #HalveNitrogenWaste by 2030. Excited for working with global leaders of #NitrogenScience. #InternationalNitrogenNetwork #ReduceNirogenWaste #NICCEE

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Apr 18

Our dedicated #LEGUMINOSE Project team participated in a #FarmersDay & collected soil and grain samples from #WheatPea #Intercropping #LivingLabs at farmers' fields. Our #LEGUMINOSE team included PhD students, MS/MPhil student and undergraduate internees.
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · Mar 22

Water is intrinsically linked to food security, health, and well-being. 🌍💙 Water scarcity impacts food production & livelihoods. Water is vital for food prep & hygiene. Water insecurity fuels distress & depression.
This #WorldWaterDay, let’s recognise these interdisciplinary links 🔎 bit.ly/3CXYFBv

HWISE: A novel tool for the assessment of household-level water insecurity: scale refinement, validation, and manual development

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our #LEGUMINOSE team participated in a #FarmerDay and also visited #WheatPeaLivingLabs to record data and took soil and plant samples. #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SustainableAgriculture #SoilHealth #HorizonEurope #EuropeanCommission #AgroEcology
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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Mar 18

Soil organic carbon is at risk in a large part of European agricultural 🧑‍🌾🌱🌿 land. The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK🧪🔬. A new study published by @naturecomms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Mar 6

If we can’t live without water, why are we poisoning our rivers?
If we can’t live without forests, why are we cutting them down?
If we can’t live without soil, why are we stripping it of life?

We depend on nature—not the other way around. So why are we pushing our best ally to the brink?

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · Mar 6

What a lovely day to be in the field! Visit to our wheat-pea #livinglabs under #Leguminose_EU Project at famers' fields across various locations. #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #Nitrogen #SoilHealth #HorizonEurope @pathanshamina.bsky.social

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Soil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · Mar 4

🌍😷 Excess nitrogen pollutes our rivers, oceans, air, wildlife and climate.

🚜💚🌍 But farmers could improve their environmental impact and save costs by adopting best practice from organic farms, where farmers use nature-based solutions instead of artificial fertilisers youtube.com/shorts/oz9Vq...

#Nitrogen pollutes our #rivers, oceans, air, #biodiversity and #climate. So what can we do about it?

YouTube video by The Soil Association Videos

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Tom Shimizu @thomasshimizu.bsky.social · Mar 1

+Our paper now out in @nature.com. We designed and built at AMOLF a robot that maps & tracks fungal networks as they trade nutrients with plants. We discovered how fungi build and operate hyper-efficient 'supply chains' for underground ecosystems.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Feb 22

Paper out:

Li et al.
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests

Knowledge about arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is crucial for understanding nutrient limitations on primary productivity and soil organic carbon (…

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