📣Don't forget this week appointment withthe Soil cluster!

Talk from Hans Lambers (Uni of West Australia) on 'Dirt-poor soils, pesky parasites and friendly fungi shape plant diversity in south-western Australia'
Wednesday 26th February
15:30-16:30 Gaia 1

See you there!

Nice article on 'Transformative soil science' course hold in November 2024 by WIMEK and led by PhD Wietse Wiersma (SOC), was published on 'The jester', written by Dienke Stomph (cultural geography) & Kate Foster (environmental artist). There will be another edition of the course, info will follow!

👁️With help from WUR-Library we have created an overview of the ca. 90 peer-reviewed papers published in 2024 by the Soil Science cluster (SBL, SGL, SOC and SLM), where the first author is or was part of the Soil Science Cluster. Look what we have bee found below!! The titles can be summarised into:

Save the date and join the 19th International RAMIRAN conference on managing organic resources in agriculture: opportunities and challenges! Wageningen (The Netherlands) from 15-17 October 2025. Check out the website with all the latest info: www.ramiran2025.nl

⁉️We asked a group of motivated students to assess the environmental impact of courses provided by Soil Science Cluster. They came up with a hands-on calculation tool, which can be adjusted to other courses! The tool, explaining manual & in-depth report can be downloaded: doi.org/10.5281/zeno....

📣 The SLM and SBL group are just starting this new adventure. SOILTRIBES is a EU funded project about soil literacy that will embark on a powerful journey of transition and transformation, bolstered by the nexus of science, technology, arts, and society! Contact Loes Van Schaik (SLM) for info

⁉️Did you know that the @soilclusterwur.bsky.social is directly involved in two soil literacy project focused on soil education? CURIOSOIL (curiosoil.eu) and SOILTRIBES (www.wur.nl/en/project/s...). Enhancing soil education is essectial to decrease pressures on this essential resource!🐌🍄🦠🌱

📣Next Soil science cluster seminar: Hans Lambers, Professor at the School of Biological Science (University of West Australia) will talk about: 'Dirt-poor soils, pesky parasites and friendly fungi shape plant diversity in south-western Australia'.
26th February in Gaia 1 (WUR) 15:30-16:30.

On the 17th January the Master Course from SLM – LAND FIRST, coordinated by Vera Silva took place in Brussel, and all the participants went to UNCCD, the European Commission, and European Environmental Bureau (EEB) to talk about land degradation neutrality and the soil monitoring law!

Naresh Kumar, Assistant Professor at the Soil Chemistry group @soc-wur.bsky.social is one of the recipient of the James Morgan early career award from ACS Environmental Chemistry Division together with Environmental Science &Technology & EST letters journals! More here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

New year, new @soilclusterwur.bsky.social coffee breaks series! Every month an informal moment where soil science cluster colleagues can meet, chat and get to know each other! Looking forward to the next February cofee break!☕☕

Good morning Bluesky community! The Soil Science cluster community from Wageningen University & Research is moving from X to this social media platform.

Looking forward to start interacting with you on soil!

For more information about the cluster visit our website: www.wur.nl/en/research-...