📄 New paper out in @journalofecology.bsky.social ...where we show an unexpectedly high variation in litter decomposition rates within a 9-ha forest, despite keeping macroclimate, vegetation and litter quality constant! 🍃🍂🦠🪱🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.

📄 New paper out in @journalofecology.bsky.social ...where we show an unexpectedly high variation in litter decomposition rates within a 9-ha forest, despite keeping macroclimate, vegetation and litter quality constant! 🍃🍂🦠🪱🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌳 One of my dearest projects—with brilliant friends and colleagues—is out in @NatureComms We show that how you plant tree species (not just which) can significantly boost forest functioning. 🔗 rdcu.be/evtXs 👇 A short thread

Hi Bluesky! I'm Fabien, I'm an agronomist and soil scientist at INRAE. My current research digs into the impacts of agricultural systems on soil carbon storage. I like combining experimental and modelling approaches. Here, I'll mainly share news on my research. More info ⬇️ orcid.org/0000-0002-20...

🌴🌳 Tree species richness increases climate buffering 🌡️🥵 I am so happy to share our latest piece, now published in Ecology Letters! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 Our paper on the effect of microplastics on decomposition is out in Applied Soil Ecology: "No short-term response of microbial or isopod-driven litter decomposition to microplastics". ​ ⚠️ Spoiler: We do not report any significant effect, and yes it matters. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper in diamond open-access @peercomjournal.bsky.social Reducing mineral fertilizer use in mountain grasslands could improve the ability of their soil to maintain their multifunctionality during drought. Last chapter of my PhD 5 y latter. #NewPI never give up publish your science! #Soilscience

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣 Our paper on the effect of microplastics on decomposition is out in Applied Soil Ecology: "No short-term response of microbial or isopod-driven litter decomposition to microplastics". ​ ⚠️ Spoiler: We do not report any significant effect, and yes it matters. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Can you see the forest for the fungi? Check out our new research examining this in depth in Conservation Biology 💫 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523...

This gorgeous creature is the prickly stick insect (Acanthoxyla prasina), one of New Zealand's 23 species of stick insect. Huge thanks to @morganemerien.bsky.social for pointing this out on a recent University of Canterbury field trip - it's great fun teaching entomology! #Invertebrate 🧪

Dear colleagues, If you use "Greetings of the day!", "distinguished speaker", or "your valuable submission" in your emails, my new bespoke spam filter will mark is as read and delete it. Works like a charm for now. I eagerly await for your valuable spam-filtering term suggestions. 🙏⤵️

Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm! NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪

Notre unité a mis au point des scanners enterrés pour étudier la dynamique racinaire puis plus largement les interactions biologiques dans le sol. La chaine "écran de savoir" des universités de l’Occitanie-Est, présente en vidéo cette innovation technologique : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgDe...

We're all on tenterhooks waiting for the results to be announced tomorrow for the NZ Bug of the Year competition! Here's a few of my favourite contenders. Now voting is over I'll admit I have been quietly rooting for the velvet worm too - they're amazing animals! Good luck #TeamGiantSpringtail!

Science is under threat

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌 300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @elliotgould.bsky.social Hannah Fraser Tim Parker and co. Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️ We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late. Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

Beauty & the Feces. groundselbush #beetle #larva #Chrysomelidae #Trirhabda bacharidis (Raleigh, NC, USA)

Tough but essential debate for our labs. Aude Valade from our unit and Tamara Ben Ari, call for a convention on the environmental ethics of research: How do we decide what research to continue? What criteria to evaluate energy-consuming research? How can we distribute reductions? Paper in French 🇫🇷

Eco&Sols has now moved to bluesky! Our research unit works on functional ecology and biogeochemistry in agroecosystems, from the biodiversity in soil aggregates, to plant-soil interactions and global C cycle. This account will share publications, project updates, job opportunities and more.

Hi bluesky! I will only share news on my research here. My main topics are microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. My current research digs into the functioning of root-soil system in deep horizons of agroforestry systems and the global life history strategies of soil bacteria. Recent publications 👇

Interesting new paper on inference with observational data in ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What a great demonstration of the importance of permanent grasslands for soil carbon sequestration!

📣 Our paper on soil carbon response to tree planting is out in J. of Env. Management: 🌲 Temperate grassland conversion to conifer forest destabilises mineral soil carbon stocks Open access ➡️ tinyurl.com/3krerb92 A short thread ⤵️

It's finally happened. I've been saying for years that when lynx returned to the British Isles it would be illegally at first. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

New paper out! 🌳 🌲 (and this one is very special to me) ➡️ Diversity boosts forest productivity also (and especially?) through its effect on the number of trees within forests besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @journalofecology.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social More ⬇️ 1/7

Big name in climate/ecology leaving ETH Zurich after allegations: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimaforsche... and www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eth-hochschu... (in german)

No later than last week, colleagues and I were asking how effectively do some "biodegradable" materials actually degrade. Useful answers, albeit not what we'd hope.

*Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems* I am so glad to share our latest paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social led by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social and the @mebnetwork.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Curious how forest microclimate and soil microbes drive carbon cycling in a changing climate? 🌡️🌳🍄We're offering a 4-year PhD position at @mycopat.bsky.social, SLU-Uppsala. A cool new project in collaboration with @linegreis.bsky.social Apply now or help spread the word! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Slime molds may resemble fungi, but are in fact a distinct group of unrelated organisms. Although they're single-celled organisms, they'll also perform an astonishing feat of cooperation - gathering together as a collective ‘organism’ to form amazing fruiting bodies. Which is your favourite? 🧪🍄

Still time to apply for a PhD investigating soil carbon outcomes of agroforestry. With me, Yit Arn Teh (Newcastle, bsky.app/profile/newc...) and Stuart Smith (JHI, bsky.app/profile/hutt...). Deadline is 3rd of January, but get in touch sooner! More here: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

Starting a #CrossBorderRail adventure across the Iberian peninsula. As always, my intention is to show that rail travel in Europe is possible, over large distances - and where things could be improved. However, starting my trip from the #Diois to Aix-en-Provence, was already slightly complex... 1/

Nice to have some hill time. There’s something special about winter light. Beinn an Dòthaidh and Beinn Dòrain #Munros #ScotWinter

New Perspective: Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes - led by Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen @jeep4x4.bsky.social of @aarhusuni.bsky.social #soilcarbonstorage #climatecrisis #Arctic #naturebasedsolutions #herbivory #Permafrost www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Compared to EM trees, AM trees may be better adapted to thrive under the effects of global warming. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... Chari et al. November 2024 In Global Change Biology

Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests

More velvet worms! Unlike the previous post, this species (Peripatoides) gives live birth. BUT it gets weirder than that... During mating, males deposit sperm packages anywhere onto the female, which then DISSOLVE HOLES in her skin and travel throughout her body! And they say romance is dead. 🧪

Some people might say I am obsessed with harvestmen. But I don't know what they're talking about. Dicranopalpus ramosus Platybunus pinetorum Nemastoma bimaculatum Megabunus diadema #opiliones #ouropiliones #harvestmen #irishwildlife #wildlifephotography #irishbiodiversity

To people referring to soil invertebrates as 'insects', I have a visual for you. You could say this really bugs me. 🧪

Dear soil biodiversity enthusiasts: Welcome here (again)! Let's meet, let's talk, let's dig deep 🪱🪲🕷️🦠🧫 (The list is expandable, so please let me know of new people to add!) go.bsky.app/K2ZUfHY #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilIsLife #SoilIsAlive #SoilScience #SoilOrganisms

Embracing fine-root system complexity in terrestrial ecosystem modeling onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#Microplastics accumulate in agricultural #soils where urban waste #composts are used as amendment. #Waste treatment won't solve the global threat of #plastic pollution. Need to reduce the amount of plastic in our waste by reducing the plastic production and use www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨Welcome all new users! I am looking for a #PhD student to with on the #microbiome of #soil #fauna. #'omics, #isotopes, all that jazz. Please repost!

Want to learn more about the wonderful world of soil biodiversity? Well then here's the starter pack for you! If I've accidentally missed anyone off the list then please let me know in the comments. Also check out @msteinwandter.bsky.social who has been working on one too! go.bsky.app/UxXTyxD

One of the things we recently highlighted for making tree-planting a bad idea for climate mitigation at high latitudes was wildfires: phys.org/news/2024-11... This new study shows how this means unprecedented amounts of aerosol emissions, further enhancing warming 🔥 www.nature.com/articles/s41...