Je must read voor het weekend

Er is toch een nadeel aan een serie dezelfde tupperware bakjes hebben: dochter had gisteren een gesneden ui mee naar school in plaats van fruit 😅

Gisteren werd de 11e voortgangsrapportage natuur gepubliceerd. Daarin wordt gerapporteerd hoe het staat met de omvang en kwaliteit van natuur in Nederland. www.bij12.nl/onderwerp/na...

I asked participants for tips attending scientific conferences #BES2025 youtu.be/ow_ickvkvbA?...

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

What an amazing opening keynote by Sandra Diaz at #BES2025 - from the global plant phenospace to human drivers and use, to our relationship with plant species.

“The result is a world in which a tiny minority commands unprecedented financial power, while billions remain excluded from even basic economic stability” www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.

It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄

Have you ever noticed that the Sustainable Development Goals are "Life *below* water" and "Life *on* land"? Totally crazy considering that soil is the home to 59% of global biodiversity! Let's call it "Life under and on land"! sdgs.un.org/goals www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#NewResearch Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration. @kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe." My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com

Ik zie dus veel brieven die noemen dat de kandidaat ervaring heeft met de specifieke dingen die in de vacaturetekst genoemd worden, en vervolgens blijkt dat nergens uit het CV.... 🤦‍♀️ nos.nl/artikel/2593...

US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn

Vertrokken CDA-Kamerlid was doelwit van ernstige bedreigingen van FDF-achterban www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

Soilwatching #adventkalender door 11 🌟 www.instagram.com/soilwatching

Ik denk dat ik dus echt niet meer naar Amerika zal gaan. Wel echt verdrietig want ik ken er veel mensen en werk samen met veel Amerikaanse wetenschappers.

Throwback to our paper that came out a year ago, in which we show that across a climatic gradient, soil microbiomes respond highly consistently to extreme weather events, and that we can predict this response based on the climate and soil properties of their origin. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⏰Tomorrow!! Do not miss this opportunity hear from Dr. Lindo & Dr. Bardgett about this new book. If you would like to check out the book, please find the link below: academic.oup.com/book/61607?l... You can also check out the webinar on the GSBI Youtube page: www.youtube.com/@globalsoilb...

This morning in Leiden, @frantecol.bsky.social opens the National 🇳🇱 Centre for Soil Ecology symposium, telling us about climate-friendly grassland soils.

“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.” Happy #WorldSoilDay! www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...

Who runs the forest? Microbes. Our new paper shows soil microbiomes outweigh the effects of elevated CO2 on Scots pine growth, and differences in soil microbiomes influence how plants grow and respond to elevated CO2. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ik moet toegeven dat ik de afgelopen twee jaar gefascineerd ben geweest door de figuur van Eppo Bruins: minister van onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen in een kabinet dat onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen zo snel mogelijk wilde afschaffen. neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/onde...

This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Er is toch ook echt wel een soort wanneer-stuur-je-een-reminder-email-etiquette hè?

UK's media connection to facts and speaking truth to power is increasingly tenuous. Latest example: line saying Trump is corrupt was censored from the Reith lecture by @rutgerbregman.com and BBC journalists aren't allowed to quote the line. Bunch of cowards. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

That jumper you're wearing? It was probably made by a woman who gets threatened for asking to be paid fairly. Amnesty reveals the unholy alliance of brands, factory owners, and governments profiting from keeping millions of women workers silent. 👉Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Dat geloof je toch niet, dat Minister Keizer de cijfers van Jan van de Beek verkiest boven die van het CBS? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Ja, we moeten zeker het koolstofgehalte (=organische stof) van onze landbouwbodems vergroten, of op z'n minst op peil houden. Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik. Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...

Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Franciska de Vries over het inzoomen🔎 op het klimaatmitigatie-potentieel van koolstofopslag in landbouwbodems vs de bredere benadering🔭 van slim landgebruik met het landschap als kompas.✨️

Ja, we moeten zeker het koolstofgehalte (=organische stof) van onze landbouwbodems vergroten, of op z'n minst op peil houden. Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik. Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...

Uitstekend artikel en pleidooi. Ook interessant voor @gijskaper.bsky.social #landbouw #klimaat

Klimaatmitigatie door landbouwbodems? We moeten vooral kijken naar ons landgebruik. Bodems staan in de spotlight op de klimaattop. En terecht, want bodems slaan meer koolstof op, in de vorm van bodemorganische stof, dan de atmosfeer en vegetatie samen (Fig. 1). Het beschermen, en vergroten, van…

“Even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target…major changes in how food is produced [and consumed] are needed…”

"Dus om de academische vrijheid te redden van de politiek correcte gedachtepolitie laten we voortaan parlementariërs de inhoud van het wetenschappelijk onderzoek bepalen. Dat klinkt als een uitstekend plan! (In Noord-Korea.)"

En dit is, kortom, precies waarom de KNAW en alle universiteiten politieke inmenging als het grootste risico benoemen. Interne bias is vervelend, maar externe sturing, vanuit de politiek, is dodelijk voor de academische vrijheid en dient alleen een politiek doel: controle.

Replies be totally sane and not at all alarming.

"Long-term research carries an intrinsic paradox: its true value emerges only after decades, whereas political agendas often demand short-term results. This mismatch makes sustained monitoring one of the easiest targets when public budgets come under pressure." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 One month away from the end of the early-bird! Register now: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration! Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...

Fantastic opportunities here in a wonderful group! bsky.app/profile/kati...

🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄 I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

I've just registered for @gsb2026.bsky.social conference in Victoria, Canada!! My first overseas trip since before COVID 😱 Of course I'm very excited about four days of soil organisms, but.... WHO ELSE IS GOING ON THE WHALE WATCHING TRIP?! 🎉 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org

Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers go.nature.com/4hNDvuN

The Soil Ecology Group, previously known as Plants-Soils-Ecosystems, is back!!! And they are looking for a communications rep! Apply here to be part of this great group, including @nataliejoram.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan...

Incredible Arctic heat in October. Highest average temperature on record for land and seas north of 60ºN. In Canada, Yukon Territory and Nunavut second warmest, Northwest Territories third warmest. Alaska and Svalbard fourth warmest. Data courtesy ERA5. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate