Soil Science Cluster WUR
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Soil Science cluster of Wageningen University and Research advancing understanding of interactions between soil properties and processes & the impacts of land use and management on soil. Visit our website: https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/chair-group
👏 👏 🎉 🎉 Congratulations to Wietse Wiersma who recently defended his thesis here at Soil Chemistry Group!
His work, led by Bert Jan van Groenenberg, explored soil geochemical constraints on Cd uptake in Cacao using multisurface modeling approach.
For further details lnkd.in/eeYAwxPB
His work, led by Bert Jan van Groenenberg, explored soil geochemical constraints on Cd uptake in Cacao using multisurface modeling approach.
For further details lnkd.in/eeYAwxPB
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
👏 👏 🎉 🎉 Congratulations to Wietse Wiersma who recently defended his thesis here at Soil Chemistry Group!
His work, led by Bert Jan van Groenenberg, explored soil geochemical constraints on Cd uptake in Cacao using multisurface modeling approach.
For further details lnkd.in/eeYAwxPB
His work, led by Bert Jan van Groenenberg, explored soil geochemical constraints on Cd uptake in Cacao using multisurface modeling approach.
For further details lnkd.in/eeYAwxPB
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📃🪱🪨 Have you ever thought about the role that not just living, but even dead earthworms play in carbon capture through mineral weathering? 🪱🪨
🧨Check out the newly fresh paper, published in Nature communications earth and environment led by our PhD student Tullia Calogiuri ➡️ lnkd.in/e5P8ucpc
🧨Check out the newly fresh paper, published in Nature communications earth and environment led by our PhD student Tullia Calogiuri ➡️ lnkd.in/e5P8ucpc
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📃🪱🪨 Have you ever thought about the role that not just living, but even dead earthworms play in carbon capture through mineral weathering? 🪱🪨
🧨Check out the newly fresh paper, published in Nature communications earth and environment led by our PhD student Tullia Calogiuri ➡️ lnkd.in/e5P8ucpc
🧨Check out the newly fresh paper, published in Nature communications earth and environment led by our PhD student Tullia Calogiuri ➡️ lnkd.in/e5P8ucpc
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📃Publication "Sustainable intensification: time to question the goal of ever-increasing agricultural production" Gabriel Moinet (SBL) et al.
Land use intensity effect on soil multifunctionality? Challenging the claims that productivity can increase without trade-offs
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Land use intensity effect on soil multifunctionality? Challenging the claims that productivity can increase without trade-offs
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📃Publication "Sustainable intensification: time to question the goal of ever-increasing agricultural production" Gabriel Moinet (SBL) et al.
Land use intensity effect on soil multifunctionality? Challenging the claims that productivity can increase without trade-offs
www.scopus.com/pages/public...
Land use intensity effect on soil multifunctionality? Challenging the claims that productivity can increase without trade-offs
www.scopus.com/pages/public...
🪱🪱Busy looking for earthworms today in the Earthworm Hotel CALIWORMIA!✨ The Hotel is a precious infrastructure that we use to look for earthworms for scientific experiments, a part than using it for outreach! 🥼📃
You can find more information here: www.wur.nl/en/show/hote... and the poster attached!
You can find more information here: www.wur.nl/en/show/hote... and the poster attached!
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🪱🪱Busy looking for earthworms today in the Earthworm Hotel CALIWORMIA!✨ The Hotel is a precious infrastructure that we use to look for earthworms for scientific experiments, a part than using it for outreach! 🥼📃
You can find more information here: www.wur.nl/en/show/hote... and the poster attached!
You can find more information here: www.wur.nl/en/show/hote... and the poster attached!
The project Benchmarks is calling all soil science experts in EU working on soil function models in agricultural, forest & urban systems🌾🌳🏙️
Help shape a science-based framework for soil health assessment by completing a questionnaire by 30 October 2025
👉 Questionnaire here lnkd.in/eDgkSJqF
Help shape a science-based framework for soil health assessment by completing a questionnaire by 30 October 2025
👉 Questionnaire here lnkd.in/eDgkSJqF
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The project Benchmarks is calling all soil science experts in EU working on soil function models in agricultural, forest & urban systems🌾🌳🏙️
Help shape a science-based framework for soil health assessment by completing a questionnaire by 30 October 2025
👉 Questionnaire here lnkd.in/eDgkSJqF
Help shape a science-based framework for soil health assessment by completing a questionnaire by 30 October 2025
👉 Questionnaire here lnkd.in/eDgkSJqF
Join us tomorrow for the soil cluster seminar of October! 10 o' clock in Orion B8020!
📣Dr. Noémie Janot, INRAE (France) & Dr. Sónia M. Rodrigues, Universidade de Aveiro and CESAM (Portugal) will guide us through the world of metal behaviour and availability in soil✨
See you there!
📣Dr. Noémie Janot, INRAE (France) & Dr. Sónia M. Rodrigues, Universidade de Aveiro and CESAM (Portugal) will guide us through the world of metal behaviour and availability in soil✨
See you there!
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join us tomorrow for the soil cluster seminar of October! 10 o' clock in Orion B8020!
📣Dr. Noémie Janot, INRAE (France) & Dr. Sónia M. Rodrigues, Universidade de Aveiro and CESAM (Portugal) will guide us through the world of metal behaviour and availability in soil✨
See you there!
📣Dr. Noémie Janot, INRAE (France) & Dr. Sónia M. Rodrigues, Universidade de Aveiro and CESAM (Portugal) will guide us through the world of metal behaviour and availability in soil✨
See you there!
📣Publication alert: "Impacts of Nano- and Microplastic Contamination on Soil Organisms and Soil-Plant Systems" By Davi Munhoz&Nicolas Beirot (SLM)
Nano- & microplastics have detrimental effects on soil organisms&plants that vary according to various factors.
More info: www.mdpi.com/2673-8929/4/...
Nano- & microplastics have detrimental effects on soil organisms&plants that vary according to various factors.
More info: www.mdpi.com/2673-8929/4/...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📣Publication alert: "Impacts of Nano- and Microplastic Contamination on Soil Organisms and Soil-Plant Systems" By Davi Munhoz&Nicolas Beirot (SLM)
Nano- & microplastics have detrimental effects on soil organisms&plants that vary according to various factors.
More info: www.mdpi.com/2673-8929/4/...
Nano- & microplastics have detrimental effects on soil organisms&plants that vary according to various factors.
More info: www.mdpi.com/2673-8929/4/...
⁉️Curious about the papers led by the Soil Science cluster people published in the last 3 months? Here an overview of the words in the titles, the bigger they are the more frequently a word is mentioned..✨
🧐See something useful or interesting for you? don't hesitate to contact us: soilcluster@wur.nl
🧐See something useful or interesting for you? don't hesitate to contact us: soilcluster@wur.nl
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
⁉️Curious about the papers led by the Soil Science cluster people published in the last 3 months? Here an overview of the words in the titles, the bigger they are the more frequently a word is mentioned..✨
🧐See something useful or interesting for you? don't hesitate to contact us: soilcluster@wur.nl
🧐See something useful or interesting for you? don't hesitate to contact us: soilcluster@wur.nl
📣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...
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...
October 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📣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...
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...
🎉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...
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...
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🎉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...
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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🎉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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September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎉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?
bodemdierendagen.nl/nl
bodemdierendagen.nl/nl
🎉📣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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September 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎉📣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...
📣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!
September 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📣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!
📢 🪱 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!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2
Submit yours by Jan 4 2026 and be part of this exciting scientific exchange!
September 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📢 🪱 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!
➡️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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✨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!🎉
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
✨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!🎉
🎉📣Amazing activity linking soil and music! don't miss it!
📣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
🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation
September 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🎉📣Amazing activity linking soil and music! don't miss it!
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📣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
🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
📣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
🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation
📣🎉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...
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...
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📣🎉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...
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...
📣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
📝 Apply by Sept 12 2025. More info lnkd.in/dYh4Ct7
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September 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
📣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
📝 Apply by Sept 12 2025. More info lnkd.in/dYh4Ct7
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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EARTHWORK dates Dutch earthworks with luminescence dating under the lead of SGL
www.project-earthwork.nl
Storymap:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b97a...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1898...
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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September 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b97a...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1898...
EARTHWORK dates Dutch earthworks with luminescence dating under the lead of SGL
www.project-earthwork.nl
Storymap:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b97a...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1898...
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🪱 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:
lnkd.in/eXW6VQzu
Have a nice read!
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:
lnkd.in/eXW6VQzu
Have a nice read!
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August 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🪱 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:
lnkd.in/eXW6VQzu
Have a nice read!
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:
lnkd.in/eXW6VQzu
Have a nice read!
📣Great job opportunity about Sustainable soil management practices with the Soil physics and land management group under the direction of Luuk Fleskens:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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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August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📣Great job opportunity about Sustainable soil management practices with the Soil physics and land management group under the direction of Luuk Fleskens:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
📢 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:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉 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:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
📢 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:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉 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:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎓Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Course
Human Induced Land Degradation: Problems – Challenges – Solutions
8 September 2025 (Wageningen)
3 – 11 October 2025 (Portugal)
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Please feel free to inscribe via wimek@wur.nl
Human Induced Land Degradation: Problems – Challenges – Solutions
8 September 2025 (Wageningen)
3 – 11 October 2025 (Portugal)
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Please feel free to inscribe via wimek@wur.nl
Human induced land degradation
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August 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🎓Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Course
Human Induced Land Degradation: Problems – Challenges – Solutions
8 September 2025 (Wageningen)
3 – 11 October 2025 (Portugal)
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Please feel free to inscribe via wimek@wur.nl
Human Induced Land Degradation: Problems – Challenges – Solutions
8 September 2025 (Wageningen)
3 – 11 October 2025 (Portugal)
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Please feel free to inscribe via wimek@wur.nl
📣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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August 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📣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...