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LU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 7d

Inspiring presentations today at our annual Perennial workshop! Huge thanks to our PhD students Veronika and Anna for sharing their research, and to Kernza experts Tim and Doug for their deep insights into perennial grain agriculture.
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Anna-Kristina Voss presenting her work on ecosystem modelling of perennial crops

Veronika Widengren presenting her work on eddy covarience measurements at both perennial and annual cropping systems

Tim Crews sharing his, and The Land Institute's, extensive knowledge and experience on perennial crops

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks!

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Maren Dubbert @marenecohydro.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to share that our opinion note on experimental platforms like #Agroflux and their potential for aiding sustainable agricultural transformation is now published in nature comms!
Thanks to all co-authors and especially @monkshilllab.bsky.social and @chengchen!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Advancing sustainable agricultural transformation through the synergy of automated experimental platforms and living labs - Nature Communications

Transforming agricultural landscapes to be more sustainable and resilient requires integrated and multidisciplinary approaches. Linking automated experimental platforms with living labs can accelerate knowledge gain, enhance interdisciplinary collaboration, and support real-world change by addressing key challenges in current agricultural systems.

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · 12d

@zalf.bsky.social (#ZALF ECO) How can sensor platforms like #Agroflux, when combined with #livinglabs accelerate sustainable agriculture? Our opinion piece in @Nature Comms discusses this synergy. Grateful to @marenecohydro.bsky.social, Cheng Chen, Frank Ewert & more!

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

Advancing sustainable agricultural transformation through the synergy of automated experimental platforms and living labs - Nature Communications

Transforming agricultural landscapes to be more sustainable and resilient requires integrated and multidisciplinary approaches. Linking automated experimental platforms with living labs can accelerate knowledge gain, enhance interdisciplinary collaboration, and support real-world change by addressing key challenges in current agricultural systems.

www.nature.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d

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:
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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

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 15d

In this Working Scientist profile, Kelly Cobey describes to Nature how her early career experiences sparked a campaigning zeal, which is now focused on predatory publishing and responsible research assessment. #WomeninSTEM #Academicsky 🧪

My career switch from psychologist to open-science advocate

Kelly Cobey’s early career experiences sparked a campaigning zeal, now focused on predatory publishing and responsible research assessment.

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · 18d

🚀 Join & Contribute: Help Build our Living Handbook for low-cost DIY Environmental Science! (850+ downloads in just 3.5 months!)
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🤝 You’re Invited!

💬 Reply here or DM. All contributors will be credited clearly in version updates.

#OpenScience #DIY #Sustainability

Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems

This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative (integral part of the Working Group Ecophysiology of Water and Matter Cycling of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research) which aims...

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · 19d

@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems passed another milestone and 🚀 Just hit 850 downloads in 3 1/2 month!

Soon to come our first long range wireless data transfer option for the mini weather station EVE.

👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591

#OpenScience #MonksHillLab

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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · Aug 1

🌱Plant recolonization after fen rewetting results in an intermediate phase with strongly increased net CO2 & CH4 fluxes
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👉 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Impact of plant succession on greenhouse gas fluxes during the transition of a flooded fen peatland - Communications Earth & Environment

Plant recolonization after rewetting in a fen results in an intermediate phase with strongly increased net greenhouse gas fluxes due to wave-like changes in methane emissions, indicating underestimati...

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Aug 2

A new @zalf.bsky.social (WG ECO; #MonksHillLab) publication using automated chambers in a fen to investigate GHG flux dynamics following rewetting.

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jul 26

... and also progress with @zalf.bsky.social ECO's new automatic window chambers soon to be used in Ghana (Edem Halolo in AquaTrans with CSIR-SARI), Bolivia (Hauke Schmülling in ChazyLoco with University Greifswald) and Brandenburg (Sophue von Witten in FORMULA with University Giessen)!

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jul 26

Progress regarding @zalf.bsky.social ECO's new low-cost DIY CO2, ET and CH4 autochambers (video and Prototype by our PHD Milan Kretzschmar)!

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) @zalf.bsky.social · Jul 3

Gestern war Tag der Vielfalt am ZALF! 🌍🌈
Wir haben Diversität gefeiert – ein zentraler Wert für freie, kreative & exzellente internationale Forschung.

Vielfalt bedeutet für uns nicht nur Unterschiedlichkeit, sondern ist eine Quelle der Innovation, Offenheit & wissenschaftlichen Stärke.

Tag der Vielfalt am Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) 2025.

Workshop "Diversität erleben"

Foto: Hendrik Schneider / ZALF

Tag der Vielfalt am Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) 2025.

Sommerfest für Mitarbeitende.

Foto: Hendrik Schneider / ZALF

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jun 22

@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems 🚀 Just hit 500 downloads!

Now with software tools, incl. a first chapter with the "MonksHillLab Logger App":
📱 Collect data via Android + Bluetooth
📝 Directly digitize field measurements

👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591

#OpenScience

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Maren Dubbert @marenecohydro.bsky.social · Jun 20

Finally, our water vapor isotope bag paper is out. Congrats to Adrian for his patience!

His next chapter will be water isotopes of ET and machine learning based modeling…

amt.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

Simple water vapor sampling for stable isotope analysis using affordable valves and bags

Abstract. Water-stable isotopes are commonly used in hydrological and ecological research. Until now, most measurements of soil or plant water isotopes have been made by taking a sample from the field...

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jun 11

@zalf.bsky.social 🚀 250 downloads in just 11 days!
Thanks to everyone who explored "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology" – our open handbook for DIY environmental measurement systems.

📘 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#OpenScience #FieldEcophysiology #DIYScience #ZALF

Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems

This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative, which aims to democratize science by enabling low-cost, DIY sensor development for environmental monitoring. It provides step-by-step guidance on ...

doi.org

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hit >100 downloads in just 3 days! Thanks to everyone supporting the open handbook on low-cost field sensor systems. v1.5 coming soon with new content and improvements. 🌱🔧📘

Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚜🌍 Just released version 1.4 of "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology". Our Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems.

🧪 Open science and Real Worls Use & Regional Hubs (Ghana/Philippines) at the core.

🧷 Check here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🔎 Feedback welcome!

Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems

This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative, which aims to democratize science by enabling low-cost, DIY sensor development for environmental monitoring. It provides step-by-step guidance on ...

doi.org

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ℳascha & der Schrödi 🐕‍🦺🦋🌴 @mascha66973759.bsky.social · May 26

Moin!
Und immer wieder Montags:

Laßt uns aufhören GEGEN etwas & stattdessen nur noch FÜR etwas sein:

FÜR Empathie
FÜR Wissenschaft
FÜR Vernunft
FÜR Respekt
FÜR Klimaschutz
FÜR Fortschritt & Innovation
FÜR Frieden & Akzeptanz
FÜR GLEICHBERECHTIGUNG!

FÜR alles, was NICHT Rechts ist!

Gern RP.

a man in an orange suit and top hat dancing with the words immer wieder gerne written below him

Alt: Auf orangenem Hintergrund, verbeugt sich ein Herr in ebenfalls orangenem Anzug, mit schwarzem Zylinder und Gehstock. Darunter steht in weißen Buchstaben: "Immer wieder gerne!"

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · May 22

#MonksHillLab news! The #AgroFlux component #SensorWeb has a new family member. Our "MonksHillLab Bluetooth App" allows to connect to our Low-Cost DIY sensor devices (e.g. for CO2, ET and NDVI) used for ecophy. research. The App visualize received data, saves it and allow for easy charing/transfer.

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Evaluation of my TT stage passed. And I got a traditional present.

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Mar 11

"I've never heard of them being raised to match the height of the crop over time - plant material is often trimmed inside the chamber". Is it just me or does the quality of reviews for scientific journals (here soil&tillage research on use of chamber volume extension) sharply decreases?

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Jan 7

@zalf.bsky.social starting into 2025 with more proffessionalized (not accounting for the baby blanket in the back) variants of our low-cost DIY GHG measurement systems!

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Mathias Hoffmann (#MonksHillLab; #AgroFlux®; #IchBinHanna) @monkshilllab.bsky.social · Dec 16

Check out the new paper by #MonksHillLab (@waelalhamwi.bsky.social) in #Biogeoscineces (bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/...) presenting our novel low-cost, do-it-yourself gas exchange measurment system for e.g. pot experiments (@zalf.bsky.social).

Technical note: A low-cost, automatic soil–plant–atmosphere enclosure system to investigate CO2 and evapotranspiration flux dynamics

Abstract. Investigating greenhouse gases (GHGs) and water flux dynamics within the soil–plant–atmosphere interphase is key for understanding ecosystem functioning, as they reflect the ecosystem's resp...

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Miloš Bielčik @milosbielcik.bsky.social · Dec 5

Many thanks to Julia Haak from Berliner Zeitung for covering our new project at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), #WetNetBB

www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Ackerbau auf Schwamm: Wie es mit der Wiedervernässung in Paulinenaue im Havelland vorangeht

Moor ist ein regelrechter CO₂-Sauger. Ein Besuch in Paulinenaue im Havelland, wo Forscher das Wasser steigen lassen und Landwirte ausprobieren, was dann noch wächst.

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