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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 1d

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Weekend van de Wetenschap bij WUR is vooral leuk voor kinderen.

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 2d

📣Amazing outreach day yesterday with the Weekend of science! More than 300 visitors looking at plants, soil...🎉

Thank you to all the collaborators, great collective effort to pass our science to the general public and a lot of kids🪱🦠🌱😀!

See you next year! weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 7d

🎉Come to the Wageningen Hotspot of the Weekend of Science on Sunday 5th Oct!✨

You will find a variety of activities from the Soil Museum, soil painting, measuring photosynthesis, genetics, games with roots & more...

Spread the word and see you there! Info: weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 9d

🎉Last week first observation together with NIOO, on their beautiful green rooftop, for the Bodemdierendagen! It was great success & we manage to find the tiny ten🪱🐛🐜 ..but also the little eleven🦠✨! Take your observation, is your turn now! How many soil organisms will you find?
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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 17d

🎉📣Come to Weekend of science hotspot on the 5th October🎉. Many outreach activities for the whole family organized at the Lumen/Gaia building from 10:00 a.m. till the afternoon✨! Soil, earthworms, plants, roots, genetics..all to discover in one place🪱🌱🦠🐜! weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

Hotspot Wageningen - Weekend van de Wetenschap

Kom op 5 oktober naar Wageningen Campus. Hier bezoek je het Soil Cluster en het Centrum voor Genetische Bronnen Nederland van Wageningen University & Research, kun je naar het Wereldbodemmuseum en act...

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 20d

📣New thematic minor available led by the Soil cluster at Wageningen University: Plastics in the Environment and Society✨! A very important topic that will be explored by different perspectives!

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 21d

📢 🪱 Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted for the first time in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2

Submit yours by Jan 4 2026 and be part of this exciting scientific exchange!

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Sep 8

✨A big thank you to all the participants and lecturers of the Soil Biology Lab skills course for assessing soil functions 🪱🦠🌱! A week full of exchanges, discussions, activities, learning and networking! Looking forward to the next edition!🎉

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 26d

🎉📣Amazing activity linking soil and music! don't miss it!

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 26d

📣ART&SOIL ALERT ⁉️ Studio Metaform & our PhD candidate Doina Mani will take you into the invisible world of nematodes and their ecological stories.

🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 26d

📣ART&SOIL ALERT ⁉️ Studio Metaform & our PhD candidate Doina Mani will take you into the invisible world of nematodes and their ecological stories.

🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 27d

📣🎉New interesting publication led by Rozita Soltani Tehrani on the
effects of wastewater irrigation on soil in green spaces💧🌱!

Rozita just defended her PhD with the Soil geography group🎉

Check out the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣Are you an expert in soil science, sustainability, or project evaluation? The EU project SoilTribes looks for professionals to review applications for innovative soil initiatives. Your expertise will help in selecting the most impactful projects✨!

📝 Apply by Sept 12 2025. More info lnkd.in/dYh4Ct7

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Sep 2

The earth is dotted with all kinds of earthworks, such as dikes, dwelling mound & ancient field systems

EARTHWORK dates Dutch earthworks with luminescence dating under the lead of SGL

www.project-earthwork.nl

Storymap:

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Home EARTHWORK

In het EARTHWORK project van Wageningen Universiteit onderzoeken we verschillende soorten door mensenhand aangelegde aarden constructies, zoals dijken, woonheuvels, plaggendekken en raatakkers. De nad...

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Aug 30

🪱 Publication Announcement! 🌱🍄‍🟫

Book chapter “Soil biology, health and ecosystem services: an overview”. We detail the process of selecting indicators to assess soil health in agricultural systems, applied to four key soil functions.

📂 Open access link:
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Have a nice read!

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 30

📣Great job opportunity about Sustainable soil management practices with the Soil physics and land management group under the direction of Luuk Fleskens:

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Wageningen University & Research hiring Postdoc Co-Creation and Impact Monitoring of Digital Support for Sustainable Farming Practices in Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands | LinkedIn

Posted 11:11:03 AM. Your jobAre you a transdisciplinary researcher with an interest in the role of digitalization to…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 30

📢 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 📚
🎉 Exploring the relationship between land abandonment and landscape identity in traditional cultural landscapes: the case of Castelsaraceno, Italy

Interesting collaboration co-authored by Soil physics and land management group:
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Exploring the relationship between land abandonment and landscape identity in traditional cultural landscapes: the case of Castelsaraceno, Italy

Traditional cultural landscapes are often valued for their multifunctionality and are increasingly being viewed as models for informing sustainable la…

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎓Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Course

Human Induced Land Degradation: Problems – Challenges – Solutions

8 September 2025 (Wageningen)

3 – 11 October 2025 (Portugal)

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Please feel free to inscribe via [email protected]

Human induced land degradation

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 24

📣Philip Minderhoud, Associate Professor Coastal-deltaic Land Subsidence and Relative Sea-Level Rise in the Soil Science Cluster (SGL), is being interviewed in a podcast about Sinking Cities by ABC national radio Australia: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Sinking Cities - ABC listen

Cities across the world are beginning to sink — some by as much as 10 centimetres a year. A recent study suggests that more than a third of urban Chinese resident now live in a sinking city. The cause...

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣Soil cluster seminar: "Disentangling the soil-plant microbiome nexus for beneficial solutions: from biostimulants to xenobiotics degradation" 🦠 from Prof. Eduardo Puglisi

☑️9th September
☑️10 to 11 am
☑️GAIA building room B001

For joining on Teams:
Meeting ID: 326 610 433 473 8
Passcode: Hy9Kp9Pf

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 Exciting opportunity to get your ideas and activities about soil granted and going 💡 ! Have a look at the possibilities offered by the SoilTribes project! ✨

Find them here: soiltribes.eu/grants/ and more info here: www.linkedin.com/company/soil...

SoilTribes.eu

Establishing, activating, and empowering glocal ecosystems to restore soil values, roles, and connectivity through science, technology, and creative expression.

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interesting paper about nematode-based indices led by PhD student Doina Mani (SBL and SGL)! Have a nice read!

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣Paper alert! "Drivers of the geographical distribution of nematode-based indices across Europe" led by the PhD student Doina Mani working between SBL and SGL.

Have a nice read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Drivers of the geographical distribution of nematode-based indices across Europe

Nematode-based indices (NBIs) are widely used as indicators of soil health, reflecting key aspects of soil functioning. However, their spatial variabi…

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 18

📣We are hiring a PhD candidate to work on modeling soil processes in regenerative agriculture 🌱
If you have experience in process-based modeling and a background in agriculture, we invite you to apply.
Deadline, September 30, 2025.

More info here:

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jul 21

📢 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 📚 📚 📚
🌟🎉Dynamic soil water retention properties: Exploring the interplay of moisture states and soil structure dynamics in a compacted Andosol

This is an OpenAccess publication led by the SLM group:
👉🔗 lnkd.in/evVByn2F

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jul 15

📣Publication alert:

“Can University Campuses Be Urban Living Labs? Case Study of Soil and Tree Functions at Wageningen University Green Area” 🌱

congratulations to the student Robin van Velthuijsen and the team from SOC and SGL!

Find here the article: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss...

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jul 7

✨Artist Annabel Quick filmed researchers at the Netherlands Centre for Luminescence dating (NCL-SGL) working with soil samples to date sand grains. The video is now part of the installation 'Standfast, landfast, lightfast'

Pulchri Studio, The Hague, 21 June-13 July: www.pulchri.nl/nl/tentoonst...

Jaar van de Jonge Kunst - Cows at a Puddle | Tentoonstelling | Pulchri Studio | Galerie Den Haag

Pulchri Studio opent haar deuren voor de toekomst van de kunst! Met Het Jaar van de Jonge Kunst 2025-2026 zetten …

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