Good words „Science describes accurately from outside; poetry describes accurately from inside. Both celebrate what they describe. We need the languages of both to save us from stockpiling endless “information” that fails to inform our ignorance or our irresponsibility.“ Ursula K. Le Guin

Last Saturday, I hosted the reading group "Come into My Niche: On Microbes and Intimacy" 💚 @HKWBerlin. We unraveled concepts of #microbial niche separation, co-evolution of #microbiomes, violence of anti-microbial & colonial language and looked for a more (microbe)inclusive concept of the human self

🟢 We are looking for journalists reporting on #climate #disinformation 📝 Apply if you have research ideas on the threat of climate denialism, the relation between big tech & climate obstruction or similar 👇 eu.boell.org/en/climate-d... ⏳ Deadline: 9 Sept 2025, 23:59 CEST @zorasiebert.bsky.social

Over the past few years, our PlastChem team has worked tirelessly to map the chemical complexity of #plastics. Today, we publish the findings in @nature.com. We hope this evidence propels the development of safer plastics to protect human health and environment. 1/4 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Next weekend we will explore the microscopic water worlds of Panke river in the north of Berlin (Wedding). Join us on 21/22 June for the workshop and our microbial water parade on Sunday 22. June. With @artlaboratoryb.bsky.social and @berlinualliance.bsky.social

Klima-Appell von Wissenschaftler_innen in Deutschland an die Politik - jetzt noch bis Donnerstag, 13.03.2025, 10 Uhr mitzeichnen! www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...

Synthesis of 14C-Labeled #Polyethylene #Terephthalate and Generation of 14C- #Nanoparticles for Fate and Disposition Studies analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

What do plants have to do with politics? Where does art meet climate change? 🌱🐛 A very intriguing interdisciplinary and international Master program “MA Environment and Society” by LMU Munich and @carsoncenter.bsky.social is currently open for applications until Mar 10,2025.

Paper just out: Guo et al. Soil depth and fertilizer shape fungal community composition in a long-term fertilizer agricultural field Work funded by BMBF - BonaRes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Plastics are vital in farming, but what's the cost? Our blog reveals the growing problem of #plasticpollution in agricultural soils, impacting key organisms like bees & springtails. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hyzKb8 #agriculture #microplastics #soilhealth

Parallel zum WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfel sind mittlerweile Proteste angekündigt. Gut so. Hier gibt es die Infos dazu: /10 www.demokrateam.org/aktionen/rec...

Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Hague. For all of them.

Dinosaurs before the asteroid hit www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Science has provided increasing evidence of the sources, distribution & effects of #microplastics 🌎 Global action, reducing and rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical #PlasticsTreaty #INC5 Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Better than Christmas 🎄 I’m officially #PhDone with 5 years of research on the #soil #plastisphere. Thank you to all my friends and family, to helpful colleagues and everyone who supported me during this journey at @gfz.bsky.social

Excellent piece. Worth your time. 👇🏽

Paper out in @BioMedCentral 1/ 🌱 We did a first #metatranscriptome study on #biofilm succession in the #soil #plastisphere and tracked #polyethylene (PE) plastics in soil over 53 days. Insights into biofilm dynamics, #plasticdegradation, and nitrogen fixation ahead! 🧵

🛑 New study finds: #microplastic in 89% of the 36 blood samples (mean 4 MPs/mL) -mostly polystyrene & polypropylene -significantly higher levels in participants with a greater use of #plastic food containers -significant alterations in coagulation markers t.co/sqyoG9yUSh

~32,000 yrs ago a ground squirrel in Siberia stashed some fruit in a burrow, which was later buried & frozen. In the 2000s scientists unearthed the fruit & cultivated its tissue It grew into this: a Pleistocene ancestor of the narrow-leafed campion (Silene stenophylla) 📷/Study tinyurl.com/3esvztuv

Are you into plastic research? Here you go 👇🏾👇🏾 go.bsky.app/9EWeoqx

It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally out 🎉 Our #metatranscriptomics study on biofilm succession on #HDPE and functional genes in the #soil #plastisphere rdcu.be/d041E

Cool webinar on 22 Nov at 16:00 CET. Calling all #FEMSMicrobiolEcol enthusiasts! Join our webinar on Microbial Impacts of #ClimateChange with Max Häggblom & expert speakers Cornelia U Welte, Susanne Liebner, and Joel E Kostka on 22 Nov! Free registration here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Excited and smoking heads on our #microplastic pot experiment that is getting started for MINAGRIS Europe at @mrillig.bsky.social 168 plants 3 microplastic types and two agricultural pollutants