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Matthias C. Rillig
@mrillig.bsky.social
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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
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 4h
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! 😅
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 1d
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
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 1d
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.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 5d
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'?
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks!
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 6d
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…
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 6d
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 · 8d
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 · 10d
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 · 12d
Danke!
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 12d
Danke! Ich hoffe, dass Leute es interessant finden.... 😀
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 14d
Looking forward to giving a seminar at Tsinghua University tomorrow (and to a visit to the wonderful art museum there).
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 14d
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:
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
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 14d
Morgen (am 25.9.25) erscheint mein Buch "Mutter Erde", geschrieben gemeinsam mit dem Wissenschaftsjournalisten Jörg Blech. Im Buch schildere ich auch den wissenschaftlichen Prozess der Erforschung des Bodens und seiner Ökologie.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d
Good point, yes!
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d
Oh thank you! :)
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d
My pleasure to make a small appearance in this book! :)
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 16d
💡 “As a researcher, you are an author, by necessity.” – @mrillig.bsky.social

Wonderful essays in "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" highlights the power of establishing a writing routine. mybook.to/ScienceGuide
Always be writing—because practice makes better
photo and start of the essay by Dr. Riling in the Importance of establishing a writing routine
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d
We certainly do field work in my group in Berlin. And we do a lot of filling samples in little tubes :)
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d
Very interesting read:

Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation | PNAS
Scientific explanation is one of the most sophisticated forms of human reasoning. Nevertheless, here we hypothesize that scientific explanation is ...
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 16d
At China Agricultural University, I am giving several lectures on soil ecology and also on other topics, such as creativity.
This is my 4th year teaching at CAU.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 17d
Visited amazing exhibit in the Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing.
Chiharu Shiota 'Silent Emptiness'.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 18d
Paper just out, a review paper written together with the group of Fang Wang at ISS-CAS, Nanjing

Microplastics and antibiotics in agricultural soil: mechanisms and implications of co-contamination

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Microplastics and antibiotics in agricultural soil: mechanisms and implications of co-contamination
The co-contamination of agricultural soils by microplastics (MPs), antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is an emerging environmental co…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 20d
Decluttering your academic life: prioritizing tasks

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Decluttering your academic life
Prioritizing tasks
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 20d
Very much enjoyed my visit to Beijing Normal University yesterday, delivering a talk on multi-factor global change and talking with researchers there.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 20d
Indeed!