TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions
@terra-cluster.org
Cluster of Excellence for Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World @Tuebingen University with University of Hohenheim and Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
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#hiring again: We are looking for a Science-Dialog Manager (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 50%). You like to built networks? You are interested in large scale initiatives? You can communicate science? Become part of our #TeamTERRA! Find the full application also at www.terra-cluster.org -> career
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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
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15 open PhD positions in our @terra-cluster.org @unituebingen.bsky.social (with @unihohenheim.bsky.social and @sgn.one). All on biosphere-geosphere interactions, from eco-evo to soil science, hydrology, geology and paleontology. Check FUN01 and FUN04 if you want to work with us (detailed ads follow)
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
15 open PhD positions in our @terra-cluster.org @unituebingen.bsky.social (with @unihohenheim.bsky.social and @sgn.one). All on biosphere-geosphere interactions, from eco-evo to soil science, hydrology, geology and paleontology. Check FUN01 and FUN04 if you want to work with us (detailed ads follow)
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An exciting PhD in plant invasion ecology, with lots of interdisciplinary collaboration, and a cool combination of field work & experiments? Check out this offer in the Tielbörger lab @unituebingen.bsky.social, with involvement of our group and several others, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org.
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
An exciting PhD in plant invasion ecology, with lots of interdisciplinary collaboration, and a cool combination of field work & experiments? Check out this offer in the Tielbörger lab @unituebingen.bsky.social, with involvement of our group and several others, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org.
What a cool outcome of the @dfg.de SPP EarthShape - one of the cornerstones of #TERRA.
In the first #TERRA FUNs (Focus Units), just approved, #wildfire will be targeted in South Africa #Fynbos Biome & in models on #savannah C4 ecosystems under global change:
Let's generalize nutrient cycle impacts 😀
In the first #TERRA FUNs (Focus Units), just approved, #wildfire will be targeted in South Africa #Fynbos Biome & in models on #savannah C4 ecosystems under global change:
Let's generalize nutrient cycle impacts 😀
CONGRATS: GöTageblatt selected @jhenkhar.bsky.social's great study of @uni-goettingen.de (@ykuzyakov.bsky.social), @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social (A. Gorbushina), Univ. de la Frontera (F. Matus) & @unituebingen.bsky.social on #fire impact on #soils & post-fire #nutrient recovery
tinyurl.com/w9k7zv62
tinyurl.com/w9k7zv62
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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New research by Stewart, K., Venditti, C., Carmona, C.P. et al. highlights an urgent truth: protecting bird diversity requires both threat abatement & targeted recovery. Prioritizing unique species can save vital ecosystem functions. 🐦
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
New research by Stewart, K., Venditti, C., Carmona, C.P. et al. highlights an urgent truth: protecting bird diversity requires both threat abatement & targeted recovery. Prioritizing unique species can save vital ecosystem functions. 🐦
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
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December 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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🧒🪱 Wie bringt man hochbegabten Grundschulkindern #Bodenkunde bei – mit echten Schaufeln? In SC175 spricht Christoph @genzelicious.bsky.social mit Jennifer Raffler, Thomas Scholten & Steffen Seitz über „An die Schaufeln, fertig, los!“ #Soilcast
December 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🧒🪱 Wie bringt man hochbegabten Grundschulkindern #Bodenkunde bei – mit echten Schaufeln? In SC175 spricht Christoph @genzelicious.bsky.social mit Jennifer Raffler, Thomas Scholten & Steffen Seitz über „An die Schaufeln, fertig, los!“ #Soilcast
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
#hiring again: We are looking for a Science-Dialog Manager (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 50%). You like to built networks? You are interested in large scale initiatives? You can communicate science? Become part of our #TeamTERRA! Find the full application also at www.terra-cluster.org -> career
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#hiring again: We are looking for a Science-Dialog Manager (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 50%). You like to built networks? You are interested in large scale initiatives? You can communicate science? Become part of our #TeamTERRA! Find the full application also at www.terra-cluster.org -> career
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Come work with us!!!
We are looking for a Research Engineer (E13 TV-L) to work at the intersection of #ML and #compneuro! 🤖🧠
Help us build large-scale bio-inspired neural networks, write high-quality research code, and contribute to open-source tools like jaxley, sbi, and flyvis 🪰.
More info: www.mackelab.org/jobs/
Help us build large-scale bio-inspired neural networks, write high-quality research code, and contribute to open-source tools like jaxley, sbi, and flyvis 🪰.
More info: www.mackelab.org/jobs/
Jobs - mackelab
The MackeLab is a research group at the Excellence Cluster Machine Learning at Tübingen University!
www.mackelab.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Come work with us!!!
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The global species extinction rate is 10 to 100 times higher than the historical average, accelerating due to human actions, as noted in the @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🏭 Since 1500, at least 680 vertebrate species, like the Pinta Giant Tortoise, have been lost.🐢
Conservation is vital #ForNature.
Conservation is vital #ForNature.
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The global species extinction rate is 10 to 100 times higher than the historical average, accelerating due to human actions, as noted in the @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🏭 Since 1500, at least 680 vertebrate species, like the Pinta Giant Tortoise, have been lost.🐢
Conservation is vital #ForNature.
Conservation is vital #ForNature.
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Im Vorfeld des #Weltbodentag findet in Berlin die #KBU-Tagung „Faszination Mikrobiom“ statt. Im Fokus stehen Bodenmikrobiom, Bodengesundheit sowie die Zusammenhänge zwischen Boden, Pflanzen, Ernährung und menschlicher Gesundheit.
#Bodenschutz #Mikrobiom #DBG #Umweltbundesamt
#Bodenschutz #Mikrobiom #DBG #Umweltbundesamt
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Im Vorfeld des #Weltbodentag findet in Berlin die #KBU-Tagung „Faszination Mikrobiom“ statt. Im Fokus stehen Bodenmikrobiom, Bodengesundheit sowie die Zusammenhänge zwischen Boden, Pflanzen, Ernährung und menschlicher Gesundheit.
#Bodenschutz #Mikrobiom #DBG #Umweltbundesamt
#Bodenschutz #Mikrobiom #DBG #Umweltbundesamt
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Wondering about what brilliant science we have published during November with the #EGUjournals? Check out the latest GeoRoundup, with all the #OpenAccess highlights on the #EGUblogs!
👉Discover more here: egu.eu/3JF707
👉Discover more here: egu.eu/3JF707
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wondering about what brilliant science we have published during November with the #EGUjournals? Check out the latest GeoRoundup, with all the #OpenAccess highlights on the #EGUblogs!
👉Discover more here: egu.eu/3JF707
👉Discover more here: egu.eu/3JF707
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🌱 Welches Potenzial bieten genomeditierte Pflanzen – und warum soll es auf EU-Ebene neue Regeln dazu geben? Wie moderne gentechnische Verfahren funktionieren und welche Rolle sie für Klimaresilienz, Ertragssicherung und nachhaltige Landwirtschaft spielen: www.leopoldina.org/gruene-gentechnik
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🌱 Welches Potenzial bieten genomeditierte Pflanzen – und warum soll es auf EU-Ebene neue Regeln dazu geben? Wie moderne gentechnische Verfahren funktionieren und welche Rolle sie für Klimaresilienz, Ertragssicherung und nachhaltige Landwirtschaft spielen: www.leopoldina.org/gruene-gentechnik
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What are the mechanisms behind terrestrial arthropod declines? @bmwildermuth.bsky.social and colleagues have some answers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bexplo.bsky.social
@idiv-research.bsky.social
@jena-experiment.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bexplo.bsky.social
@idiv-research.bsky.social
@jena-experiment.bsky.social
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What are the mechanisms behind terrestrial arthropod declines? @bmwildermuth.bsky.social and colleagues have some answers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bexplo.bsky.social
@idiv-research.bsky.social
@jena-experiment.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bexplo.bsky.social
@idiv-research.bsky.social
@jena-experiment.bsky.social
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🌱Happy International #Soil Day!
We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.”
🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG
📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo
We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.”
🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG
📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌱Happy International #Soil Day!
We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.”
🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG
📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo
We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.”
🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG
📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo
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🌱💛 Happy #InternationalSoilDay!
A little love today for the soils that feed us, ground us, and surprise us with how alive they are 🪱
From all of us at EGU SSS: keep exploring, keep caring, and keep your hands a little dirty.
#SoilLove #SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS
A little love today for the soils that feed us, ground us, and surprise us with how alive they are 🪱
From all of us at EGU SSS: keep exploring, keep caring, and keep your hands a little dirty.
#SoilLove #SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🌱💛 Happy #InternationalSoilDay!
A little love today for the soils that feed us, ground us, and surprise us with how alive they are 🪱
From all of us at EGU SSS: keep exploring, keep caring, and keep your hands a little dirty.
#SoilLove #SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS
A little love today for the soils that feed us, ground us, and surprise us with how alive they are 🪱
From all of us at EGU SSS: keep exploring, keep caring, and keep your hands a little dirty.
#SoilLove #SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS
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❓Did you know that #soil is a dynamic #ecosystem that supports 95% of all the food we eat, filters every drop of our drinking water? Up to 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050😮.
What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K
What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
❓Did you know that #soil is a dynamic #ecosystem that supports 95% of all the food we eat, filters every drop of our drinking water? Up to 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050😮.
What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K
What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K
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🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲
Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.
Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.
Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
Atlas Introduction — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲
Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.
Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.
Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
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📣 #IPCC is calling for the nominations of authors for the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage!
Find out more 👉 https://www.ipcc.ch/2025/11/19/calltficdrccus/
Submissions close 12 December 2025
Find out more 👉 https://www.ipcc.ch/2025/11/19/calltficdrccus/
Submissions close 12 December 2025
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣 #IPCC is calling for the nominations of authors for the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage!
Find out more 👉 https://www.ipcc.ch/2025/11/19/calltficdrccus/
Submissions close 12 December 2025
Find out more 👉 https://www.ipcc.ch/2025/11/19/calltficdrccus/
Submissions close 12 December 2025
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Und der Boden des Jahres 2026 ist: der #Archivboden.
Heute am #Weltbodentag in Berlin vorgestellt. Archivböden bewahren Zeugnisse der Natur- und Kulturgeschichte. Die Schirmherrschaft übernimmt der Hessische Umweltminister Ingmar Jung. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid hält die Laudatio.
#BodenDesJahres
Heute am #Weltbodentag in Berlin vorgestellt. Archivböden bewahren Zeugnisse der Natur- und Kulturgeschichte. Die Schirmherrschaft übernimmt der Hessische Umweltminister Ingmar Jung. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid hält die Laudatio.
#BodenDesJahres
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Und der Boden des Jahres 2026 ist: der #Archivboden.
Heute am #Weltbodentag in Berlin vorgestellt. Archivböden bewahren Zeugnisse der Natur- und Kulturgeschichte. Die Schirmherrschaft übernimmt der Hessische Umweltminister Ingmar Jung. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid hält die Laudatio.
#BodenDesJahres
Heute am #Weltbodentag in Berlin vorgestellt. Archivböden bewahren Zeugnisse der Natur- und Kulturgeschichte. Die Schirmherrschaft übernimmt der Hessische Umweltminister Ingmar Jung. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid hält die Laudatio.
#BodenDesJahres
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#TansleyReview: Unraveling complexity in #ClimateChange effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Afkhami et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Afkhami et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#TansleyReview: Unraveling complexity in #ClimateChange effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Afkhami et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Afkhami et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...