Kate Scow
@kmscow.bsky.social
Subterranean biodiversity and elemental companions, soil--> aquifers | Microbes in (One) Health and remediation | Nordeste Brasil | cinema, literature and art too.
Professor emerita Soil Microbial Ecology-University of California Davis (still kicking)
Professor emerita Soil Microbial Ecology-University of California Davis (still kicking)
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🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me.
We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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This week, United Nations SG António Guterres met with Brazil’s President Lula to accelerate global climate plans ahead of #COP30.
Leaders were urged to:
- Submit strong climate plans in 2025
- Support transitions in developing countries
More on #COP30 in Belém: cop30.br/en
Leaders were urged to:
- Submit strong climate plans in 2025
- Support transitions in developing countries
More on #COP30 in Belém: cop30.br/en
May 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This week, United Nations SG António Guterres met with Brazil’s President Lula to accelerate global climate plans ahead of #COP30.
Leaders were urged to:
- Submit strong climate plans in 2025
- Support transitions in developing countries
More on #COP30 in Belém: cop30.br/en
Leaders were urged to:
- Submit strong climate plans in 2025
- Support transitions in developing countries
More on #COP30 in Belém: cop30.br/en
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“@theguardian.com is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch #The89Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action.”
Story by @dpcarrington.bsky.social ⤵️
Story by @dpcarrington.bsky.social ⤵️
The ‘spiral of silence’ blocking climate action and how to end it
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“@theguardian.com is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch #The89Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action.”
Story by @dpcarrington.bsky.social ⤵️
Story by @dpcarrington.bsky.social ⤵️
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Thirstwaves also intensify non-linear in a warmer climate
One example from last year and the exceptional drop of the Yangtze river
"Thirstwaves:Prolonged Periods of Agricultural Exposure to Extreme Atmospheric Evaporative Demand for Water"; agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate
One example from last year and the exceptional drop of the Yangtze river
"Thirstwaves:Prolonged Periods of Agricultural Exposure to Extreme Atmospheric Evaporative Demand for Water"; agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thirstwaves also intensify non-linear in a warmer climate
One example from last year and the exceptional drop of the Yangtze river
"Thirstwaves:Prolonged Periods of Agricultural Exposure to Extreme Atmospheric Evaporative Demand for Water"; agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate
One example from last year and the exceptional drop of the Yangtze river
"Thirstwaves:Prolonged Periods of Agricultural Exposure to Extreme Atmospheric Evaporative Demand for Water"; agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate
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Guess which animal made @theguardian.com's INVERTEBRATE OF THE YEAR!
The amazing Milnesium #Tardigrade, which is the star of my up-and-coming documentary Antarctica Unearthed! 🦠🧪 #scicomm
The amazing Milnesium #Tardigrade, which is the star of my up-and-coming documentary Antarctica Unearthed! 🦠🧪 #scicomm
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Guess which animal made @theguardian.com's INVERTEBRATE OF THE YEAR!
The amazing Milnesium #Tardigrade, which is the star of my up-and-coming documentary Antarctica Unearthed! 🦠🧪 #scicomm
The amazing Milnesium #Tardigrade, which is the star of my up-and-coming documentary Antarctica Unearthed! 🦠🧪 #scicomm
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I offer you these reasons for very modest hope not because I want you to deny the awfulness of what’s occurring, but because I want you to see we are not necessarily doomed.
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Even more reasons for very modest optimism
Ten more.
robertreich.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I offer you these reasons for very modest hope not because I want you to deny the awfulness of what’s occurring, but because I want you to see we are not necessarily doomed.
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
Here’s this week’s summary of 10 reasons for very modest optimism. robertreich.substack.com/p/even-more-...
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Stunning exhibition at Somerset House, London, reveals the world at our feet. Artists and thinkers unearth the soil’s secrets and connect the underground to the big issues facing our planet today.
Great to see our film playing at the exhibition. Watch it here: youtu.be/0-hS4HoW5fM?... #fungi
Great to see our film playing at the exhibition. Watch it here: youtu.be/0-hS4HoW5fM?... #fungi
Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Roots of Life on Land
YouTube video by SPUN
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Stunning exhibition at Somerset House, London, reveals the world at our feet. Artists and thinkers unearth the soil’s secrets and connect the underground to the big issues facing our planet today.
Great to see our film playing at the exhibition. Watch it here: youtu.be/0-hS4HoW5fM?... #fungi
Great to see our film playing at the exhibition. Watch it here: youtu.be/0-hS4HoW5fM?... #fungi
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March 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Every time I see a piece of Georgia O'Keefe's more geological art, I feel like she just *gets* rocks. Sediments, bedding, erosion, paleosols, anything in them. She gets it.
I went to The White Place.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...
March 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Every time I see a piece of Georgia O'Keefe's more geological art, I feel like she just *gets* rocks. Sediments, bedding, erosion, paleosols, anything in them. She gets it.
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With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on the Global Biodiversity Framework to conserve and restore biodiversity.
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.
theconversation.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on the Global Biodiversity Framework to conserve and restore biodiversity.
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
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If you do not know it already I would certainly recommend the channel of @mrillig.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@mrillig You will find there very helpful videos about life in academia. Topics include publishing, writing, reviewing, research strategy, rejections and success - and plenty of advice
Life in academia
Hi there! I am a professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In this channel I'm talking about life in academia from graduate student to running a lab and everything in between. Topics ...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
If you do not know it already I would certainly recommend the channel of @mrillig.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@mrillig You will find there very helpful videos about life in academia. Topics include publishing, writing, reviewing, research strategy, rejections and success - and plenty of advice
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I keep recommending this website for multivariate analyses for microbial ecology: sites.google.com/site/mb3gust...
GUSTA ME
Welcome to the GUide to STatistical Analysis in Microbial Ecology (GUSTA ME)!
This guide contains descriptions of a range of analysis techniques used in microbial ecology. Before exploring our content...
sites.google.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I keep recommending this website for multivariate analyses for microbial ecology: sites.google.com/site/mb3gust...
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Are you a post-doc interested in monitoring soil health and other dimensions of regenerative agriculture? We have a 4.5 yr position to lead a monitoring programme at 1000 farms across the Netherlands. This is part of a large project on regenerative agriculture. For more details see the link below.
Post-doctoral Researcher (ReGeNL line 3): Monitoring outcomes of regenerative agriculture
www.wur.nl
January 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Are you a post-doc interested in monitoring soil health and other dimensions of regenerative agriculture? We have a 4.5 yr position to lead a monitoring programme at 1000 farms across the Netherlands. This is part of a large project on regenerative agriculture. For more details see the link below.
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It's official: I'm writing a book. Should be out early fall 2026. Thrilled to be working with MIT Press.
January 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's official: I'm writing a book. Should be out early fall 2026. Thrilled to be working with MIT Press.
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The third video in the 'Life in the Soil' channel is out, and it deals with soils under threat, specifically the effects of microplastic pollution.
Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :)
youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ
Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :)
youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ
Life in the Soil: Microplastic effects on soil
YouTube video by Life in the Soil
youtu.be
January 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The third video in the 'Life in the Soil' channel is out, and it deals with soils under threat, specifically the effects of microplastic pollution.
Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :)
youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ
Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :)
youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ
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The gut microbiome signature from different diets in 20,000 individuals. Red meat intake correlated with reduced cardiometabolic health; the opposite for plant-based foods or in omnivores with enriched plant-based intake
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The gut microbiome signature from different diets in 20,000 individuals. Red meat intake correlated with reduced cardiometabolic health; the opposite for plant-based foods or in omnivores with enriched plant-based intake
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper out in Soil Ecology Letters:
The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions
Led by PhD student Huiying Li, together with PhD students Rebecca and Yanjie, and postdocs Bo and Anika in the team.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions
Led by PhD student Huiying Li, together with PhD students Rebecca and Yanjie, and postdocs Bo and Anika in the team.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions - Soil Ecology Letters
Higher dissimilarity between restoration factors boosted soil microbial activities when multiple factors jointly applied. More diverse management practices enhanced soil aggregate stability and improv...
link.springer.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New paper out in Soil Ecology Letters:
The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions
Led by PhD student Huiying Li, together with PhD students Rebecca and Yanjie, and postdocs Bo and Anika in the team.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions
Led by PhD student Huiying Li, together with PhD students Rebecca and Yanjie, and postdocs Bo and Anika in the team.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Enter your location & track it thru geologic time. It's sooooo awesome ⚒️ www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years
The interactive tool enables users to home in on a specific location and visualize how it has evolved between the Cryogenian period and the present
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Enter your location & track it thru geologic time. It's sooooo awesome ⚒️ www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
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New in Geoderma: "Soil carbon change in intensive agriculture after 25 years of conservation management" by S Carolina Córdova, Alexandra N Kravchenko, Jessica R Miesel & G Philip Robertson. https://buff.ly/3BPCbqv
December 23, 2024 at 4:21 PM
New in Geoderma: "Soil carbon change in intensive agriculture after 25 years of conservation management" by S Carolina Córdova, Alexandra N Kravchenko, Jessica R Miesel & G Philip Robertson. https://buff.ly/3BPCbqv
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Great summary by Lehmann & @mrillig.bsky.social of evidence base for CMNs in AM systems. Some big data gaps revealed. Despite all the hype/buzz, CMN studies make up <2% of mycorrhizal research. Sensible recommendations provided to move forward. 👍
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza
Common mycorrhizal networks (CMN) capture the imagination of researchers and the public alike and have played a large role in communicating about mycorrhiza in general. With many of the claims about ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Great summary by Lehmann & @mrillig.bsky.social of evidence base for CMNs in AM systems. Some big data gaps revealed. Despite all the hype/buzz, CMN studies make up <2% of mycorrhizal research. Sensible recommendations provided to move forward. 👍
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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It's the end of the year! Here are some of my favorite things I worked on in 2024. Coming in at number 1, this piece I reported on saving the world's fungi: atmos.earth/saving-the-w...
Saving the World’s Fungi Might Save Us, Too | Atmos
Mycological advocates and researchers are racing the clock to protect fungi before they go extinct.
atmos.earth
December 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
It's the end of the year! Here are some of my favorite things I worked on in 2024. Coming in at number 1, this piece I reported on saving the world's fungi: atmos.earth/saving-the-w...
Reposted by Kate Scow
NEW – IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
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🔗 Read here ⬇️
✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
🔗 Read here ⬇️
IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate - Carbon Brief
“Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those...
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December 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
NEW – IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
🔗 Read here ⬇️
✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
🔗 Read here ⬇️