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🪱📈 Expertise in #CommunityEcology, #SoilBiodiversity, #SoilEcology and #Statistics and experience in leading teams? We are looking for a group leader for our research group Community Ecology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... #ScienceJobs
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social
Our PhD student Nathan Wells presenting his final Milestone 3 thesis presentation:

‘Plant diversity as a driver of soil carbon stabilisation in mineral soils’ 🌱🧪🌏

…compressing 3.5 years of research into 30 minutes! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

#soilscience #soilcarbon #restoration
#soilecology
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
forestryjfr.bsky.social
🌧️ Mixed forests keep soil life thriving, even when rainfall shifts!
A JFR study shows that plant species mixtures boost springtail abundance and diversity, especially in drier conditions.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#JFR #ForestryResearch #SoilEcology #Biodiversity 🍁🌺🌱🌿
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
wslresearch.bsky.social
#Internship Alert! BSc or MSc in #EnvironmentalSciences or #chemistry? Interested in #SoilChemistry, #fieldwork and lab analyses🌱🧪? Our Soil Functions and Dynamics group offers a 6-month internship: apply.refline.ch/273855/1806/... #Intern #SoilEcology #ScienceJobs
Job offer: The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards. The Research Unit Forest and Soil Ecology investigates the functions of forests and soils under global environmental change. The Soil Functions and Dynamics group within the Unit is offering a six-month position starting on 1 January 2026 or by agreement as an Intern in Soil Chemistry 80-100% (f/m/d) Within the project DRYMET that seeks to quantify risks from heavy metals to drinking water quality, you will support the project leader in the development of methods for field experiments and in the analysis of soil samples. Your duties will include helping to set up experiments with soil and soil solutions, taking samples and preserving them for analysis, and conducting UV-Vis spectrophotometric analyses. Additionally, you will support field operations and installations at our research sites, mainly in southern Switzerland. Depending on your background and interests, there will be opportunities to gain knowledge on various aspects of soil functioning. For this internship, a bachelor’s or master’s degree in environmental sciences or chemistry is required along with basic experience working in a laboratory. Working proficiency in English or German is essential. The ability to learn quickly and work independently is highly valued.
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
wslresearch.bsky.social
🌱🌍 #PostDoc Alert! PhD in #SoilScience, #EnvironmentalSciences, or #geography? Good knowledge of physical and chemical processes in #soil and experience with geospatial modeling? We offer a PostDoc position in Soil Function Assessment: apply.refline.ch/273855/1805/... #SoilEcology #ScienceJobs
Job offer: The Research Unit Forest and Soil Ecology investigates the functions of forests and soils under global environmental change. The group Soil Functions and Dynamics within the Unit is offering a 2-year position as a PostDoc in Soil Function Assessment 80-100% (f/m/d) Forest soils perform various functions such as nutrient provision, carbon storage, and water filtration, which are essential to overall ecosystem functioning, especially in light of climate change. Assessing soil functions relies on field investigations; however, these have to be complemented with Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) approaches to provide meaningful soil information across scales. In this project, you will leverage the large soil database (>2000 profiles) hosted by the Soil Functions and Dynamics group, along with soil spatial modeling techniques, to assess soil functioning in Swiss forests. You will evaluate changes in soil properties over time and across spatial gradients, and provide interpretations for soil functioning. You will also specifically investigate the provision of nutrients coupled with vegetation data, using indicators such as base saturation (BS%) to infer nutrient status and acidification risk. As part of a team, you will communicate the results to the stakeholders and the scientific community via meetings, presentations, and publications. You hold a doctorate in soil science, environmental science, or geography, and have a fundamental understanding of physical and chemical processes in soils. You have experience with geospatial modeling and are proficient in a programming language relevant to data analysis (ideally R). Additionally, you demonstrate strong communication skills (oral and written), evidenced by a record of publication and presentation. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential; knowledge of German is highly valued.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
bexplo.bsky.social
🦠 Curious about who eats whom in #grassland #soils? New BE-study on the dynamics of #bacterivores across depths & seasons!

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌐 #SoilEcology #MicrobialEcology
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
mingming0105.bsky.social
Are you curious about the whether soil microbial distribution is predictable?🤔

The key takeaway:
Bacteria 🦠→ predictable! 😊
Fungi & Protists 🍄💧 → harder to predict 😭

#SoilEcology #Microbiome #CommunityAssembly #SoilScience #Microbes

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Soil bacterial, fungal, and protistan assembly processes across a 1300 km climate and land-use transect
Soil microbial diversity is crucial to ecosystem functioning, yet it is increasingly threatened by the climate change and intensified land use. While …
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November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
uwesoas.bsky.social
📢 For this week's (24 Oct 2025) Centre for Bioscience Research (CBR) talk we're delighted to have Dr. Sam Bonnett, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science here at UWE Bristol, present:

'Developing an acoustic method for monitoring soil health'

people.uwe.ac.uk/person/sambo...

#soil #soilecology
Dr Sam Bonnett - UWE Bristol
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October 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
mingming0105.bsky.social
After nearly two years, my early PhD work has finally been published! 🎉

The findings revealed that neither temperature variations nor air-drying significantly altered the bacterial taxa within 4 weeks😄

Read more about the study here: lnkd.in/gB9-MdDq

#soilecology #biology #microbes #bacteria
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October 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
wslresearch.bsky.social
🌱 ♻️ #JobAlert! PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences and in-depth knowledge of #SoilScience and biogeochemical cycles? Strong skills in analysing large datasets? Our Research Unit Forest and #SoilEcology offers a #TenureTrack position in #NutrientCycling: apply.refline.ch/273855/1778/... #ScienceJobs
Job offer: The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards. The Research Unit Forest and Soil Ecology studies the impact of environmental changes on biogeochemical cycles. Within the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) we offer a tenure track position as a Research Scientist in Nutrient Cycling 80% (f/m/d) You will be responsible for monitoring atmospheric deposition and soil solution chemistry across Switzerland. Your scientific responsibilities include the adequate sampling in the field and the analysis of samples in the laboratory. You will coordinate the involved technical staff, maintain the local database and forward the data to the European ICP Forests database. You will actively participate in the ICP Forests Expert Panels "Deposition" and "Soil and Soil Solution". By applying complex modelling, you will evaluate the data regarding the long-term development of nutrient fluxes and cycles. You will successfully acquire third-party funding for add-on studies, e.g. on nutrient dynamics in the rhizosphere or on gas exchange between soil and atmosphere. You hold a Ph.D. degree in environmental sciences with in-depth knowledge of soil science, biogeochemical cycles and analytical-chemical methods. You are efficient in dealing with large amounts of data and have good statistical knowledge as well as experience in modelling biogeochemical processes. Furthermore, you know how to publish your results in international journals and make them accessible to stakeholders in forestry practice, politics and the public. Your skills as a good team player are in demand both in the collaboration with the other scientific staff of the LWF and in the coordination of technical staff. In addition, you possess excellent English skills and a good command of German.
October 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
mingming0105.bsky.social
We delivered continental-scale predicted maps for the dominant bacterial genera across Australia🎉🎉🎉

The article now is published in the Molecular ecology.

#soil #microbiome #soilecology #ecology
#microbes #bacterial #digitalsoilmapping
#mapping

url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/UxpRCL7EwM...
Soil Microbial Blueprint: Predicting Soil Dominant Bacterial Genera Distribution Across Australia
Soil bacteria play a crucial role in soil processes, such as carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. While soil bacterial communities and their interactions with pedo-climatic factors have been we....
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October 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
globalecounit.bsky.social
🌱 In snowy subalpine forests, root chemistry strongly shapes decomposition by affecting nutrients, microbes & enzymes
🧩Key insight: root traits are central to carbon cycling
#CarbonCycle #SoilEcology
Yuzhi Ren @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
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September 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
How do active heat + drought shelters affect soil arthropods?
New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social

🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
mingming0105.bsky.social
I am at the Eurosoil 2025, Sevilla
Such a fantastic conference 👍👍👍
#eurosoil #soilscience #soilbiology #soilecology
September 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
cbiogeo.bsky.social
Using the groundbreaking Ecotron facility, we will simulate realistic past, present, and future climate scenarios to study soil and plant dynamics under changing conditions. This is a huge step toward predicting ecosystem resilience. #GlobalChange #SoilEcology
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
wslresearch.bsky.social
🦠 #PhDAlert! MSc in #Environmental Sciences or a related field? Interested in #Microbiology and #SoilScience? Our #Forest and #SoilEcology group is offering a 4-year #PhD position in #Soil #Biogeochemistry: apply.refline.ch/273855/1760/... #ScienceJobs #globalchange #radiocarbon
Job offer: The research unit Forest and Soil Ecology assess the impact of climate change and management on forests and their soils. The Soil Biogeochemistry group at the Birmensdorf site is looking for a candidate to start in January 2026 as a PhD student in Soil Biogeochemistry (f/m/d) You will be working within the "FutureForests Doctoral Network", an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) initiative, which aims to train the next generation of scientists in assessing the impacts of global change on European forests utilizing a unique network of European flagship field forest facilities. Based at WSL Birmensdorf, you will investigate the effects of drought on organic matter turnover and carbon storage in the soil in the VPDrought experiment (Valais, Switzerland). The research will involve measuring soil microbial communities, as well as carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes, using stable isotope and radiocarbon techniques. Complementary analysis will be conducted at selected manipulation facilities in Estonia (University of Tartu), Austria (University of Innsbruck) and Germany (Technical University of Munich) to compare the impacts of recurrent droughts on soil processes under global change. You hold a master’s degree in environmental science, soil science, microbiology, or a related discipline. You demonstrate strong communication skills, self-motivation, an aptitude for field research, and a commitment to collaborative, interdisciplinary work. Good written and spoken English skills are required. Moreover, you should comply with the MSCA mobility rules: you must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organization for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before your recruitment date (January 2026).
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
teraganix.bsky.social
Microorganisms in the soil play vastly different roles. Some are beneficial allies, while others can be major threats to crop health.
#SoilMicrobiology #PlantHealth #BeneficialMicrobes #SoilScience #SustainableFarming #AgKnowledge #SoilEcology #MicrobialDiversity #RegenerativeAgriculture
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
pedroblack42.bsky.social
Dr. Yamina Pressler is a soil ecologist. "Her ongoing research investigates the effects of fires and drought on soil food webs and how microbial-faunal trophic interactions lead to soil organic matter formation." - nres.calpoly.edu/dr-yamina-pr...

#WomeninSTEM #soil #soilecology #calpoly #Earth
Meet Dr. Yamina Pressler, a Soil Ecologist
YouTube video by Eugene Science Center
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June 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
kuesellab.bsky.social
Two of our researchers are in Helsinki this week for the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms conference — presenting their work and connecting with the global soil microbiology community. Have a great time and thank you @esmmicrobes.bsky.social‬! 🌱🦠✨
#SoilEcology #MicrobialEcology
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
bexplo.bsky.social
For over a year, the BE_BioMON project team has been regularly out in the grasslands, investigating how nitrogen is transformed in the soil and how this relates to biodiversity and land use.

📷 U. Schumacher

#BiodiversityExploratories #BioMON #NitrogenCycle #SoilEcology #Fieldwork #Schorfheide
June 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Dr. Elaine Ingham

Links
Website: www.soilfoodweb.com
Papers: scholar.google.com/citations?us... #microbiology #soilecology #science #scientists 🔬🍃
Home (new)
Dr. Elaine’s™ Soil Food Web Approach is the essence of soil regeneration. Learn how to help farmers restore their Soil Biology and increase their profits.
www.soilfoodweb.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
globalecounit.bsky.social
🪲🌱 Micronutrients like Na, K, and Mg shape tropical soil insect diversity more than N, P, or C. Tiny nutrients, big role!
#SoilEcology #Biodiversity #TropicalRainforest
Miquel Ferrin @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
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May 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
Big congratulations to Leo Lovesy who submitted his Honours thesis on soil respiration along a snow gum dieback gradient at @scienceanu.bsky.social. He has grown so much as a scientist over the past year and we're all proud of him completing this project!

🧪 #SoilEcology #CarbonFlux
Leo and Hilary Rose grin for a picture following Leo's thesis submission. Leo takes a soil respiration measurement with the Snowy Mountains in the background.
May 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
tam-doinglife.bsky.social
〰️ i bloody love soil… and soil needs roots… roots are: life, food for microorganisms, the structures holding soil together, & when they decompose they leave channels for moisture to penetrate the earth. plants are everything. go plant more things.
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#soil #soilecology #ecology #gardening #growstuff
May 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
reclean.bsky.social
Helena Vallicrosa will be presenting at #EGU25 on how plant-soil-microbe interactions shape nitrogen cycling under drought and warming in grasslands.
📍 More info: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
#NitrogenCycling #SoilEcology #Grasslands #ReCLEAN @vallicrosah.bsky.social
Abstract EGU25-2870
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April 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM