Franciska de Vries 🟥
@frantecol.bsky.social
Prof. Earth Surface Science | climate/global change impacts on ecosystems | ❤️ soil biodiversity | nuchtere Fries & nearly English | columnist De Levende Natuur | runner | mum | she/her
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Hi Blueskye! I’m not new but spending more time here now. My research focusses on how ecosystems respond to #climatechange and the consequences for their functioning, focussing on the role of plant-microbe interactions and C cycling.
This is me taking soil cores in ancient Estonian grassland!
This is me taking soil cores in ancient Estonian grassland!
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Je must read voor het weekend
Ik gaf een nogal deprimerend eindejaarsinterview aan @markla94.bsky.social van het NRC Handelsblad.
Cas Mudde: ‘Mensen worden opgesloten in detentiekampen. Daar ben ik panisch voor’
Populisme: Zijn hele leven schreef politicoloog Cas Mudde, die al zeventien jaar in de VS woont en werkt, over radicaal-rechts populisme. Maar nu dat om hem heen de realiteit is, is hij stilgevallen. ...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Je must read voor het weekend
Er is toch een nadeel aan een serie dezelfde tupperware bakjes hebben: dochter had gisteren een gesneden ui mee naar school in plaats van fruit 😅
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Er is toch een nadeel aan een serie dezelfde tupperware bakjes hebben: dochter had gisteren een gesneden ui mee naar school in plaats van fruit 😅
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Gisteren werd de 11e voortgangsrapportage natuur gepubliceerd. Daarin wordt gerapporteerd hoe het staat met de omvang en kwaliteit van natuur in Nederland.
www.bij12.nl/onderwerp/na...
www.bij12.nl/onderwerp/na...
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Gisteren werd de 11e voortgangsrapportage natuur gepubliceerd. Daarin wordt gerapporteerd hoe het staat met de omvang en kwaliteit van natuur in Nederland.
www.bij12.nl/onderwerp/na...
www.bij12.nl/onderwerp/na...
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I asked participants for tips attending scientific conferences #BES2025 youtu.be/ow_ickvkvbA?...
Tips for attending scientific conferences
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I asked participants for tips attending scientific conferences #BES2025 youtu.be/ow_ickvkvbA?...
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
What an amazing opening keynote by Sandra Diaz at #BES2025 - from the global plant phenospace to human drivers and use, to our relationship with plant species.
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
What an amazing opening keynote by Sandra Diaz at #BES2025 - from the global plant phenospace to human drivers and use, to our relationship with plant species.
“The result is a world in which a tiny minority commands unprecedented financial power, while billions remain excluded from even basic economic stability”
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“The result is a world in which a tiny minority commands unprecedented financial power, while billions remain excluded from even basic economic stability”
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
Have you ever noticed that the Sustainable Development Goals are "Life *below* water" and "Life *on* land"? Totally crazy considering that soil is the home to 59% of global biodiversity!
Let's call it "Life under and on land"!
sdgs.un.org/goals
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Let's call it "Life under and on land"!
sdgs.un.org/goals
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Have you ever noticed that the Sustainable Development Goals are "Life *below* water" and "Life *on* land"? Totally crazy considering that soil is the home to 59% of global biodiversity!
Let's call it "Life under and on land"!
sdgs.un.org/goals
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Let's call it "Life under and on land"!
sdgs.un.org/goals
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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#NewResearch
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology
Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#NewResearch
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe."
My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com
My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe."
My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com
My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com
Ik zie dus veel brieven die noemen dat de kandidaat ervaring heeft met de specifieke dingen die in de vacaturetekst genoemd worden, en vervolgens blijkt dat nergens uit het CV.... 🤦♀️
nos.nl/artikel/2593...
nos.nl/artikel/2593...
Solliciteren met AI, handig voor inspiratie of leidt het tot eenheidsworst?
Minder taalfouten. Maar ook vaker dezelfde soort zinnen. Toch kan AI mensen ook helpen bij sollicitatieprocedures.
nos.nl
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ik zie dus veel brieven die noemen dat de kandidaat ervaring heeft met de specifieke dingen die in de vacaturetekst genoemd worden, en vervolgens blijkt dat nergens uit het CV.... 🤦♀️
nos.nl/artikel/2593...
nos.nl/artikel/2593...
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US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics
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Europe live – latest updates
The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.
The House of Commons rounded on Donald Trump’s national security strategy, which stated that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and vowed to help the continent “correct its current trajectory and promote patriotic European parties”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
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Vertrokken CDA-Kamerlid was doelwit van ernstige bedreigingen van FDF-achterban www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Vertrokken CDA-Kamerlid was doelwit van ernstige bedreigingen van FDF-achterban - Joop - BNNVARA
Eline Vedder, die anders dan het gemiddelde BBB-Kamerlid zelf wel boerin was, bepleitte een realistische koers.
www.bnnvara.nl
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Vertrokken CDA-Kamerlid was doelwit van ernstige bedreigingen van FDF-achterban www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
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Soilwatching #adventkalender door 11 🌟 www.instagram.com/soilwatching
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Soilwatching #adventkalender door 11 🌟 www.instagram.com/soilwatching
Ik denk dat ik dus echt niet meer naar Amerika zal gaan. Wel echt verdrietig want ik ken er veel mensen en werk samen met veel Amerikaanse wetenschappers.
VS willen het opgeven van sociale media-accounts verplichten voor toeristen
VS willen het opgeven van sociale media-accounts verplichten voor toeristen
De Amerikaanse douane wil dat toeristen die naar de VS willen reizen binnenkort bij aanvraag van een visum hun sociale media-accounts van de afgelopen vijf jaar gaan opgeven.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ik denk dat ik dus echt niet meer naar Amerika zal gaan. Wel echt verdrietig want ik ken er veel mensen en werk samen met veel Amerikaanse wetenschappers.
Throwback to our paper that came out a year ago, in which we show that across a climatic gradient, soil microbiomes respond highly consistently to extreme weather events, and that we can predict this response based on the climate and soil properties of their origin.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Throwback to our paper that came out a year ago, in which we show that across a climatic gradient, soil microbiomes respond highly consistently to extreme weather events, and that we can predict this response based on the climate and soil properties of their origin.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⏰Tomorrow!! Do not miss this opportunity hear from Dr. Lindo & Dr. Bardgett about this new book.
If you would like to check out the book, please find the link below:
academic.oup.com/book/61607?l...
You can also check out the webinar on the GSBI Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@globalsoilb...
If you would like to check out the book, please find the link below:
academic.oup.com/book/61607?l...
You can also check out the webinar on the GSBI Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@globalsoilb...
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
⏰Tomorrow!! Do not miss this opportunity hear from Dr. Lindo & Dr. Bardgett about this new book.
If you would like to check out the book, please find the link below:
academic.oup.com/book/61607?l...
You can also check out the webinar on the GSBI Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@globalsoilb...
If you would like to check out the book, please find the link below:
academic.oup.com/book/61607?l...
You can also check out the webinar on the GSBI Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@globalsoilb...
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This morning in Leiden, @frantecol.bsky.social opens the National 🇳🇱 Centre for Soil Ecology symposium, telling us about climate-friendly grassland soils.
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This morning in Leiden, @frantecol.bsky.social opens the National 🇳🇱 Centre for Soil Ecology symposium, telling us about climate-friendly grassland soils.
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“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.”
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.”
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
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Who runs the forest? Microbes. Our new paper shows soil microbiomes outweigh the effects of elevated CO2 on Scots pine growth, and differences in soil microbiomes influence how plants grow and respond to elevated CO2.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil microbial community differences drive variation in Pinus sylvestris physiology, productivity, and responses to elevated CO2 - Environmental Microbiome
Background Soil microbial communities can affect plant nutrient uptake, productivity, and may even confer resistance to global change. Elevated atmospheric CO2 is widely expected to stimulate plant pr...
link.springer.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Who runs the forest? Microbes. Our new paper shows soil microbiomes outweigh the effects of elevated CO2 on Scots pine growth, and differences in soil microbiomes influence how plants grow and respond to elevated CO2.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ik moet toegeven dat ik de afgelopen twee jaar gefascineerd ben geweest door de figuur van Eppo Bruins: minister van onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen in een kabinet dat onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen zo snel mogelijk wilde afschaffen.
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Onderzoekers die hun mening niet durven geven
Ik moet toegeven dat ik de afgelopen twee jaar gefascineerd ben geweest door de figuur van Eppo Bruins: minister van onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen in een kabinet dat onderwijs, cultuur en wet…
neerlandistiek.nl
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ik moet toegeven dat ik de afgelopen twee jaar gefascineerd ben geweest door de figuur van Eppo Bruins: minister van onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen in een kabinet dat onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen zo snel mogelijk wilde afschaffen.
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/onde...
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/onde...
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This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
us02web.zoom.us
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...