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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · 21d

Reminder! The #HoliSoils webinar on the integration of microbial processes into SOC models starts today at 2 pm CEST.

HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔬 Microbial communities are the main drivers of #soil carbon decomposition, but modelling their interactions remains a major challenge!

📣 On 17 September join the first session of the #HoliSoils webinar series with @iufro.bsky.social Task Force T58!

Find out more ⬇️
holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔬 Microbial communities are the main drivers of #soil carbon decomposition, but modelling their interactions remains a major challenge!

📣 On 17 September join the first session of the #HoliSoils webinar series with @iufro.bsky.social Task Force T58!

Find out more ⬇️
holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

holisoils.eu

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Jul 30

🦠🌱 Join us for the first #HoliSoils webinar: Challenges in Modelling Microbial Interaction in SOC Decomposition. #SoilHealth

📅 17 Sept, 14:00–15:30 CEST

Explore cutting-edge insights from leading experts on soil C models & microbial dynamics. Free & open to all! 👉 holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

holisoils.eu

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Jun 26

Really pleased to see this work published. The study was led by Elisa Bruni as a collaborative result from the #HoliSoils project. Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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ManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Elisa found that respiration rates scale as the product of organic carbon and microbial biomass, with minimal effects of microbial diversity. This is a cool result, supporting the use of nonlinear kinetics to interpret data at small scales (lab incubation). Great @holisoils.bsky.social team effort!

Aleksi Lehtonen @aleksileh.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you are interested about soil microbes and their role on decomposition, please check this recent paper by Elisa Bruni and others @holisoils.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @luke.fi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · May 21

Did you hear of this nice book that recently came out describing the large variety of Dutch dandelions? floravannederland.nl/home//gast_b....

Flora van Nederland, wilde planten en hun omgeving online

De website Flora van Nederland is een publieksservice over het herkennen van wilde planten en hun omgeving en maakt als eerste gebruik van determinatievideo's. Floravannederland.nl beoogt de kennis o...

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Apr 24

I really wish I could join you Ana! Unfortunately my talk is scheduled at the exact same time. Hope to bump into you at another session.

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Ana Bastos @anabastos.bsky.social · Apr 24

Attending #EGU @egu.eu & care about mental health & diversity in academia? Join our Union Symposium Monday, 16:15–18:00 in Room E1. Co-organized with @polarocean.bsky.social @geocarolina.bsky.social Sabine Hörnig and Anita Di Chiara. Read more on @lucialayr.bsky.social blog post @egubg.bsky.social

Highlighted event: Opening up about Mental Health across Career Stages in the Geosciences

EGU 2025 is almost upon us! While a highlight of the year for many scientists, a big conference like this can also come with feelings of stress or anxiety for many. (If that’s you – you are not alone!...

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ManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · Mar 24

Key message on management of drained forested peatlands from the @holisoils.bsky.social‬ policy brief below: "Avoiding clearcutting and applying continuous cover forestry on peatlands allows timber production with a higher water level [...], which can reduce GHG emissions"

HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Mar 18

Have a look to this fresh #HoliSoils' policy brief published by the project coordinator @luke.fi!

Learn more about how we can address critical #ForestSoil challenges in Europe through enhanced #ForestManagement and monitoring 🔎🌱🌲
➡️ jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024...

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Mar 11

@mpallandt.bsky.social and I were awarded financial support through the new EGU EDI Participation Support Scheme, to bring our child to #EGU25. This enables EC scientists to attend without monetary punishment for having children and no local support system. I hope more such initiatives will follow!

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · Feb 5

Come and work with us! 2+2 year postdoc at Trinity College Dublin on modelling plant defence and resistance to pathogens. Going from first principles to near term forecasts and decision tools.

Deadline 3rd of March, start date as soon as possible. 🧪🌏🌾
plantecomodelling.org/downloads/E-...

Text and university logos on a white and orange background: Ecological forecasting of tree resistance to pathogens
2-year postdoc (possible +2 year extension, funding secured)
Eligibility: PhD in ecology, geosciences, environmental science, or a similar relevant subject; experience in using and/or developing vegetation or land surface models; programming experience (e.g. R, Python, Matlab, Fortran); at least one first author peer-reviewed publication (preprint ok)
Start date: March 2025 or as soon as possible, no later than September
Deadline: 3rd of March 17.00 GMT

photo of research group around a table, with Christmas decorations in the background, three women and two men, all youngish, all smiling

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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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Rosie Fisher @rosieafisher.bsky.social · Jan 28

We have a *permanent* position open at
@ciceroclimate.bsky.social
, working on calibration and general awesome-ification of the CLM-FATES model, across a fun set of projects www.finn.no/job/fulltime... Flexible wrt career stage and the balance of science/technical work. Tell all your friends!

Researcher on land surface model calibration | FINN.no

About the positionSummary: CICERO is expanding our research on land surface modeling, which is essential to address societal questions regarding climate

www.finn.no

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Jan 27

Super nice to see Martijn's work featured as editor's highlight on EOS!

Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · Jan 24

Filling the Gaps: Context and Design of Arctic Carbon Flux Measurement Networks eos.org/editor-highl... -- an Editor's Highlight in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social

Filling the Gaps: Context and Design of Arctic Carbon Flux Measurement Networks - Eos

Large scale observational networks are necessary for understanding the impact of a warming climate in the Arctic, but critical tools are crucial to how those networks are designed.

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Jan 14

Does anyone else have problems submitting an abstract for #EGU25? I contacted the Copernicus Office for support, but am curious if it's just me or a larger issue...

Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Jan 1

Best wishes for 2025! Ours started great with fresh snow and family fun 😄