Art is a way of life & tool to communicate about science, soils & soil organisms 🪱🐜🍄🌱 The new SO column celebrates this! 🎉 Svenja Meyer @fminifera.bsky.social is inspired by & spreads the love of soil organisms though her art. Read more here: soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO... 📢 Please repost!

Are #collembola #bioluminescent? They sure are!! 🤩 Can you capture this with a smart phone? You can! 😍 Atsuko Ohira & Taizo Nakamori show us in their latest paper in Soil Organisms. Check it out below! soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO... 📢 Please repost 💚

📢 Another ✨ONLINE FIRST✨ article today in Soil Organisms! Hayden Bock & colleagues examine the effects of urbanization on the trophic niches of some common soil-dwelling taxa. Please repost!! 🕷️🕷️🕷️ #mites #collembola #soilbiodiversity @cornellcals.bsky.social soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

📢 Welcome to the beginning of Soil Organisms ✨ONLINE FIRST✨! Articles made available online before tri-yearly issues! 🪱🐜 TODAY! Karin Hohberg tells us about the status of soil biodiversity in Germany! soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO... @christianristok.bsky.social @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

🌱🪱🐌 How DOES the biodiversity crisis manifest in Germany and what are its effects? Christian Wirth of @idiv-research.bsky.social & @unileipzig.bsky.social & colleagues focus on this in their latest article. CHECK IT OUT! Please repost. soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

📢 The APRIL 2025 issue of Soil Organisms is OUT! New articles. New types of articles. Soil biodiversity and science communication. CHECK IT OUT NOW! ⬇️ soil-organisms.org

We are hiring a PhD student / 75% postdoc to explore recent trends of #soil #biodiversity in Germany. The job is in a collaborative project TrenDiv across multiple institutions with the working place at our department of Soil Zoology in Görlitz. www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

The GSBI is looking for a new home 🏠 by April 2026. We encourage individuals, institutions, and organizations to submit a bid to host the GSBI by March 1st 2025! See the full call 👇 www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/apply-to-hos...

Thank you to all our hard-working reviewers, staff, and authors who have made 2024 a wonderful year at Soil Organisms ✨🪱 We look forward to seeing you all in 2025!! ✨⏳✨ @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @antoncollembola.bsky.social @sgn.one

Soil fauna #traits and #soil organic matter transformation concept paper is out in @funecology.bsky.social. Fully collaborative work, out just before Christmas! Happy holidays to everyone! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

This, this, 100 times this. My job consists of battling to keep some time free for thinking - the entire system seems to be designed to stop me doing so. bsky.app/profile/rrit...

I’m thrilled to share that my ERC Consolidator grant proposal “CARBONWEB” was funded 😱 ! I the next five years you will hear more about global #soil fauna #macroecology, #foodwebs and carbon cycling 🚴🏽. The project is liked to our global soil biodiversity monitoring initiative, Soil BON

Hey #BES2024 - if you are into Soils or SciComm or BOTH, we have a free resource for you! We have 33 English articles about all kinds of topics re. Soil Biodiversity: kids.frontiersin.org/collections/... AND we have 174 translated articles to 26 languages: idiv-biodiversity.de/en/young-min...

Diana Wall was a leader in #soilecology & #soilbiodiversity across the globe. She mentored many scientists & policy-makers around the world. Read about & SO's new column in honor of Diana #TheWallReview. PLZ repost! soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

The latest issue of Soil Organisms is out! Read it here: soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

Happy #WorldSoilDay2024! Soil is the home to more than 59% of the biodiversity on Earth and home to the greatest organisms – Soil Organisms! 🐌🪱🦠 #soilbiodiversity #soilecology #soilorganisms #Soil

What is a „functional trait“ in soil invertebrate ecology? A big mess revealed in scientific literature and researcher heads🥸. Check our paper where we tried to clean this mess 🧹🧹🧹

Lepidocyrtus fimicolus found beneath/in damp rotting wood in my garden 🤩🌈

I’ve been gaining some new followers recently, so it’s time for a reintroduction! I’m a scientist & macrophotographer, fascinated by all the amazing creatures that live in the soil. I use my photos for SciComm to spread love for soil biodiversity, and I’m writing a book on the subject too! 🧪

Welcome to the official Soil Organisms journal Bluesky account! So happy to be here. 🪱🌱🍄 📢 Check out the latest issue of Soil Organisms published TODAY!!! soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO

📣GSBI Speaks is back this December. Join us in the second of the series to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉 Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET Register 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Brand-new translated Soil Biodiversity articles for kids!🐜 🐞 🌏 🕸️ 🌲 Arabic: + 1️⃣ French: + 1️⃣ German: + 1️⃣ Serbian: + 1️⃣ We now have 1️⃣ 7️⃣ 4️⃣ translations to 2️⃣ 6️⃣ languages! Check them out here: idiv-biodiversity.de/en/young-min... And the English originals here: kids.frontiersin.org/collections/...

Who eats whom in soil and why we care? www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...