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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 10d

Organizer Thilo Hofmann @cemess.bsky.social, contributions from 30+ @univie.ac.at scientists, incl @michiwagner4.bsky.social, @christinakaiser.bsky.social, Stephan Krämer, @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social, @ppjevac.bsky.social, @andreasrichter.bsky.social, and @loutsi.bsky.social from our cluster.

Environmental Emergencies | iMooX

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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 10d

Free online course “Environmental Emergencies: Navigating Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Environmental Pollution” starts Oct 1. Interdisciplinary course on triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pollution. imoox.at/course/envem, www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Wp...

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Andreas Richter @andreasrichter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Soils rock, obviously. And microbes too!

Professorship opening @ter-cemess.bsky.social. Fantastic team and world-class research environment!
Join us at @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 7

CeMESS is hiring!

Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research.

🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 7

CeMESS is hiring!

Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research.

🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

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CREAF @creaf.cat · Jul 3

A 💥NEW STUDY💥 has found that warming depletes the Arctic soil’s nitrogen stores, irreversibly increasing CO₂ emissions! ⛰️ The reason why? 🧵

✍️This research has been published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social & led by our researcher @saramaranonjimenez.bsky.social, also researcher at @uab.cat!

Photo: an area of subarctic grassland in southwest Iceland, near the village of Hveragerði.

Photo: Sara Marañón at an area of subarctic grassland in southwest Iceland, near the village of Hveragerði.

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Jun 18

It was so exciting to speak in such a beautiful hall, and did the opportunity to talk about traits of tropical roots, and the @tropiroot.bsky.social initiative at the #rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh this week!

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Check out the poster by @daniarandi.bsky.social later today! Looking forward to learn more about halophyte microbiomes! #rhizosphere6

Dania Randi @daniarandi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Very happy to be in wonderful Edinburgh presenting a poster at the #rhizosphere6 conference. If you‘re around, come over to poster session today (Tuesday) to hear about reduced microbial consortia and root growth under salinity stress :)

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Joana Bergmann @joanabergmann.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you are at #rhizosphere6 and interested in fine root functional traits, go talk to @elsaelsam.bsky.social from @zalf.bsky.social. If you (like me - tearfully) miss out on this event, check out the paper in the thread below 😉

International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social · Jun 16

Next up at #rhizosphere6: @elsaelsam.bsky.social takes us on a journey about the extensions of the Root Economics Space! 🤩

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · May 19

Brandnew out in Ecology, led by @tropiroot.bsky.social member Amanda Longhi!
The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 19

🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots

TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments

Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · Apr 18

We're organizing an invited talk series featuring authors of recent publications on roots and belowground dynamics, focusing on their role in shaping aboveground functions and ecosystem processes. Please feel free to comment or email us relevant paper suggestions at [email protected]. Thanks

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Apr 14

The AmazonFACE project is offering post doc scholarships, based in Manaus, Brazil!

Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · Apr 14

@unicampoficial.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @anjarammig.bsky.social spread the word (:

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Yago Santos @yrs-pa.bsky.social · Apr 9

AmazonFACE está contratando pós doc. Vagas de:
1- Traços funcionais relacionados à fotossíntese
2- Características da madeira e relações de crescimento
3- Impactos no ciclo biogeoquímico
4- Modelagem de vegetação - processos hidrológicos/ hidráulicos

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Apr 2

Congratulations to Viktor Van de Velde from the UGhent and all the team to the publication of a chapter of his PhD thesis! We were investigating microbial soil P cycling rates in recovering forest after agricultural use in forests in the DRC, find out more here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Gross soil phosphorus fluxes remain constant along forest recovery trajectories in Central Africa

Phosphorus (P) is crucial for ecosystem functioning, yet primary productivity in many tropical regrowth forests on highly weathered soils is assumed t…

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Mar 24

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out theconversation.com/prestigious-...

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out

A study of 736 biological science journals showed only a small fraction are making efforts to foster a multilingual scientific community.

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · Feb 17

We are happy to share the new research findings on below-ground root trait dynamics, led by TropiRoot members: Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, @laylugli.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @kmander7.bsky.social @kaaze7.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots

Rainfall seasonality shapes belowground root trait dynamics in an Amazonian tropical rainforest: A test of the stress‐dominance hypothesis

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · Feb 11

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples.

1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Women are credited less in science than men - Nature

The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.

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L. Brian Patrick @lbrianpatrick.bsky.social · Feb 8

Do you have any wolf spiders (Lycosidae) collected in the last couple of years? If so, I am looking for specimens from any species and any location *in the world* to add to a genetic study of the family. Let me know if you think you can help!

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · Feb 5

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · Feb 3

📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking.
If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Dec 26

Happy Boxing Day to all cats who celebrate! 📦🐈‍⬛

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Dec 10

How do soil microbes respond to climate change?
Show off your cool studies at #EGU25 and submit your abstract now!

Emily Solly @plantsoilemily.bsky.social · Dec 10

Are you interested in soils, microbes and biogeochemistry?

Join us at #EGU25 for session SSS4.5 ‚Soil microbial responses to climate change‘.

With
@loutsi.bsky.social @albertocanarini.bsky.social and Albert Brangarí we are thrilled to have
@ashish-malik.bsky.social as solicited keynote speaker!

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Nov 29

And I want to add a *challenging* environmental conditions

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Welcome to Bluesky @albertocanarini.bsky.social

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Wuuuhuuu!

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Lucia Fuchslueger @loutsi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Have you wondered why fungi could have more resilience during environmental conditions? They can produce storage compounds which may help them to remain active!

Thanks to all the team, esp. Alberto Canarini and Jörg Schnecker for conducting this experiment during challenging lockdowns!

Andreas Richter @andreasrichter.bsky.social · Nov 29

Excited to share our new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social showing that soil fungi, unlike bacteria, remain fully active under severe drought conditions, and also invest in synthesis of storage compounds.
Led by the amazing @loutsi.bsky.social and Alberto Canarini.
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Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions

Nature Communications - How climate change will impact microbial community growth is unclear. Here, the authors use a field experiment with varying global change factors, finding fungal growth more...

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