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Matthias C. Rillig

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Professor, ecology, FU Berlin, own views Global change, soil, fungi, mycorrhiza, environment, microplastic, biodiversity 🧪 https://www.youtube.com/@mrillig https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinthesoil rilliglab.org https://matthiasrillig.substack.com .. more

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 7h

Paper just accepted:

Interactions of microplastics with pesticides and anthelminthics mediate undesirable effects on microbial nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

Will share link once available

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 1d

Very happy that two PhD students successfully defended their dissertations today!
Congratulations to Yanjie Zhu and to Yaqi Xu for a job very well done!!! 🍾🥳

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 2d

Harvest of the Berlin global change experiment complete. Some rain in the beginning, but then with the help of a lot of lab members we got it finished! 😅

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3d

Direkter Link zum Buch: Mutter Erde

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

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3d

Im SPIEGEL ist ein kleiner Auszug aus dem neuen Buch "Mutter Erde" erschienen (hinter Bezahlschranke): Das wertvolle Reich unter unseren Füßen.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

(S+) Umweltschutz: Wie der Verlust des Bodens unseren Planeten bedroht - Auszug aus »Mutter Erde«

Menschliche Eingriffe haben mehr als ein Drittel aller Landflächen bereits verletzt oder sogar zerstört. Doch wir können nur überleben, wenn wir den Boden und seine geheimnisvollen Bewohner erhalten.

www.spiegel.de

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 7d

Urban soils and their biodiversity: sealed surfaces

What’s under sealed surfaces (parking lots, buildings, roads) in the city? How much life is in that soil? Just wondering about the not-so-obvious aspects of urban soils

What do you think?

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Urban soils and their biodiversity: sealed surfaces

What about sealed surfaces in the city? Are they mostly 'dead'?

open.substack.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 8d

New paper out:

Xu et al. in J Haz Mat

Spray paint-derived microplastics influence soil properties and microbial activity through their composite composition

A collaboration of several people in my group, expanding on our earlier work on spray paints.

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

Spray paint-derived microplastics influence soil properties and microbial activity through their composite composition

Paint-derived microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as an overlooked but potentially significant source of terrestrial pollution. To investi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 8d

Back home in Berlin after an exciting 4 weeks in China, and very happy to hold my book in my hands for the first time.

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 10d

I was very happy to be able to address the National Mycorrhiza Meeting, talking about our recent work on common mycorrhizal networks.
Pics by B. Chen.

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 12d

Today, I gave a presentation on our work on multiple global change factors at Northwest A & F University, hosted by Quan Wang.

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 14d

Danke!

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 14d

Danke! Ich hoffe, dass Leute es interessant finden.... 😀