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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 7d

Cheers and Congratulations to Yujia Liu - PhD thesis submitted - she worked on a better understanding of denitrification processes at hot-spots in Danish croplands - way to go 💪 @ucph.bsky.social

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 9d

starting every new month with a group brunch, everyone brings something - loads of delicacies and good coffee 🤩@tuberlin.bsky.social

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 10d

summer seems endless in Berlin - the view from our lab - pure magic these days 😉

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks. I use Nikon bodies and Sigma Art series lenses.

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 11d

more photo backup...with some favorite sport shots ;)

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 11d

while adding another backup for all my photos, coming across some polar logistics shots... makes me really looking forward to the next field season up North :D #Antarctica #Arctic #fieldwork #logistics

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 12d

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 13d

final project report just submitted, new project proposal ready for submission - sometimes science is just a hamster wheel - let’s call it a week 😓

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 13d

early birthday present to my group …and me ☺️
From today on, if you visit us, we‘ll have espresso and Co for you, maybe even the professor will do the barista 😉

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 13d

🤣 - actually @paulinerummel.bsky.social came up with them in my group back in Copenhagen

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 14d

it’s a cloudy stormy autumn day in Berlin, but at least there’s sunny agriculture socks #urbanfarming

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 14d

Glienicker Brücke, the old „spy bridge“ between former Eastern and Western Germany always offers a magic view on my daily commute #cycletowork

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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 16d

Extended deadline! Submissions welcomed until 1st December to the npj biodiversity collection: Impacts of Global Change on Polar Terrestrial Biodiversity 🐻‍❄️🐧 Edited by: @annebeejay.bsky.social, Daly Noll Vergara, Luis Pertierra and me www.nature.com/collections/...

Impacts of Global Change on Polar Terrestrial Biodiversity

This collection examines how human activities and global change stressors are transforming the composition and functioning of terrestrial Arctic and Antarctic ...

www.nature.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 16d

Ich hoffe, dass es hilft Menschen für die wunderbare Welt des Bodens zu begeistern. Aber auch für die Wissenschaft, die hinter diesen Erkenntnissen steht.

Hier der Link zum Buch:
www.ullstein.de/werke/mutter...

Mutter Erde - Hardcover

Bestellen Sie Mutter Erde als Hardcover jetzt günstig im ULLSTEIN Online-Shop! ✓ Sichere Zahlung ✓ Gratis-Versand ab 9,00 Euro ✓ Vorbestellen möglich

www.ullstein.de

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 16d

Finished the poster for our just funded project: "CINCA - Climate change Impacts on Nutrient and Carbon Allocation in soils of maritime Antarctica" for the @dfg.de priority program 1158 #Antarctic Research workshop in Bremerhaven next weekend - we are all excited to continue our work in #Antarctica

Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 17d

magic scenes that you completely miss when commuting by car or train #cycletowork #Jungfernsee #Potsdam

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 17d

summer was very productive in our soil science 'art studio' 🥰 - lacquer profiles from the @tuberlin.bsky.social campus in the making #soilart #urbansoil #artefacts

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 17d

First day back in the lab after the summer feels like birthday presents arrived early 🥳
We now have a second new BET (specific surface area), operated together with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social and our "IRMS project" from Nuuk, Greenland - both are now waiting for the gasses to be connected 😉

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 17d

This meta-analysis finds that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil carbon compared with non-nitrogen-fixing species, potentially offering a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change for forestation, agriculture and land regeneration 🧪🌳

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

Meta-analysis shows that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil organic carbon stock - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This meta-analysis finds that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil carbon compared with non-nitrogen-fixing species. Using nitrogen-fixing species for forestation, agriculture and land rege...

www.nature.com

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 17d

I‘ve never been in Africa so far, but thanks to my lab head Anne Wagner I now have a little piece of Africa in my office 🤩 …thanks to our Namibia project supported by seed funding of @tuberlin.bsky.social

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 21d

Prepping for the farewell of Ingrid Koegel-Knabner #SOMQueen today, and somehow I feel a bit older too going through all the photos 😉

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Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) @agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are seeking a new director for our institute:

Director (f/m/d) at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich @fz-juelich.de
with professorship (W3) in Terrestrial Systems Analysis
at the @unibonn.bsky.social University of Bonn

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 24d

The good, the bad and the ugly" - really nice talk by @markussteffen.bsky.social about carbon farming and its pitfalls from a Swiss perspective today at #DBG25

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks - unfortunately, I don’t think it’s recorded.

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · Sep 8

Everyone has a different routine doing editorial and review work. Whereas you prefer to read your e-mails the next Monday, others like to do it on weekends. That‘s part of a work-life balance too, having the freedom to not read e-mails at times you reserve for family or leisure.

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