Europe takes a decisive step to protect one of our most precious resources. Today, the first-ever Soil Monitoring Law enters into force. It improves soil health, strengthens food security and enhances resilience to natural disasters. More: link.europa.eu/MfJ3GP

Do you work on #STEC #VTEC #EHEC #Ecoli for #publichealth #foodsafety #datascience #farming or in #biosciences 🧪 Want to join the community for the triannual conference in Aberdeen (UK) next year? The #VTEC2026 conference website has all the info you need. Just head to www.vtec2026.org

Ever want to learn more about quantifying microoganisms such as mycorrhizal fungi by qPCR? Check out this video by out #Roots2Res partners FIBL www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4a...

What do all these people have in common? They all take part in #NewYearPlantHunt! Do you? Join us at 7pm this evening to find out about all the ways we can help you take your 1st Hunt! Or if you're a seasoned Plant Hunter, join us to celebrate your contribution! www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

Great event today and full house to celebrate #WorldSoilDay and the conclusion of our #SoilHealth citizen science project #Groundtruth. We were delighted to launch our new farming for soil health handbook teagasc.ie/wp-content/u...

🔔Only two weeks until December's GSBI Speaks!🔔 Don't miss Dr. Zoë Lindo chat with Dr. Richard Bardgett about his new book, "The Ecology of Soil: From Communities to Ecosystems", followed by a Q&A. December 9, 2025 at 6:00 MST, 8:00 EST, 12:00 GMT, 13:00 CET Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Big day for us yesterday with the opening of our new research facility at Johnstown Castle www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #WaterQuality #Climate

Still time to enter our 'Soils In Focus' photography competition to win some great prizes. Closing date 1st Nov. #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

A big day for European Soils www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #SoilHealth

We're excited to share our new paper in the European Journal of Soil Science on protein quantification in soil and how to correct for interference bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The basics of soil chemistry explained - our animated video youtu.be/H3mUEXEoKiA?... #SoilHealthWeek #Groundtruth

Get that Friday feeling with 3 great events for our final day of #SoilHealthWeek #Groundtruth

Great new video on what Airfield Estate are doing to enhance #soilhealth youtu.be/hP40HMcgk2c?... #SoilHealthWeek #GroundTruth

We're all set to go here in Ballacolla for our #SoilHealthWeek event. Kicking off at 11am

Tomorrow #SoilHealthWeek continues with a walk on the farm of Pat and Tony Dunne in Ballacolla in Laois. We'll be demonstrating simple and quick #SoilHealth assessment methods that anyone can do on the farm or in the garden, and talking about the best way to manage soils well.Bígí linn #Groundtruth

Great new video featuring Colm Flynn, a Tillage farmer from Kildare, talking about the #SoilHealth journey on his farm #Soilhealthweek #groundtruth youtu.be/2Hk-Uqf291k?...

As part of #SoilHealthWeek we're happy to launch our 'Soil in Focus' photography competition with some great prizes up for grabs #SoilHealth #GroundTruth teagasc.ie/environment/...

Great organic farm walk today as part of #SoilHealthweek #Groundtruth

Great new episode of the Environmental Edge podcast on #ArbuscularMycorrhizalFungi #AMF #Fungi #Endobacteria in Soil by Olga Lastovetsky @ucdresearch.bsky.social kicking off #SoilHealthWeek #SoilHealth open.spotify.com/episode/09eO...

#SoilHealthWeek 22nd-26th of September teagasc.ie/environment/... #SoilHealth #GroundTruth

Proud to share our paper: Drought intensity shapes soil legacy effects on grassland plant and soil microbial communities and their responses to future drought, out now in @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... (1/n)

#SoilHealthWeek 22nd-26th of September teagasc.ie/environment/... #SoilHealth #GroundTruth

As part of #SoilHealthWeek next week we'll have 3 farm walks: Tuesday - organic farm walk in Longford, Thursday - mixed farm walk in Laois and Friday - mixed farm walk in Wicklow. All welcome #Groundtruth #SoilHealth

Got a soils question? Have it answered by our panel of experts at our free online webinar on Monday 22nd of September at 7pm to kick start #SoilHealthWeek. For details of this and the many other #SoilHealth events check out teagasc.ie/environment/... @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Come talk to the #GroundTruth team about #SoilHealth this weekend at Airfield Estate in Dundrum @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

The #GroundTruth team are delighted to be at Airfield Estate in Dundrum talking about #SoilHealth for the harvest festival. Come and talk to us about simple tests you can do in your garden or farm in advance of #SoilHealthWeek

We were delighted to join the Environmental Edge podcast to talk about our citizen science project on #SoilHealth #GroundTruth @researchireland.ie @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social youtu.be/XvD3HC-Q1Xs?...

📢 Date for the diary #SoilHealthWeek is coming soon to Ireland with events all over the country! Bígí linn 🤗 #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

A microscopic Tardigrade (water bear), walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient, they can survive decades without food or water and can survive in direct exposure to space.

What can your underwear tell you about the health of the soil? A lot! 2 garden areas ca. 3m apart - one compacted by machinery damage one not. Spot the difference #GroundTruth @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

A lot can be learned about #SoilHealth by looking 👀- check out our simple guide here to simple visual assessment of grassland soil youtu.be/9S01Y7XUWDo?... #GroundTruth @vistamilk.bsky.social

Linking #SoilHealth and #SoilBiodiversity with human wellbeing has always been tricky. The #Soilguard project has developed a new framework for linking these led by Salva LIadó www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interested in doing some simple #SoilHealth assessments on your soils? Check out our new video on counting earthworms youtu.be/ejiXLF0SgTw with a how-to guide available here teagasc.ie/environment/... @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

Hey #soil #taxonomists! Have you described a species in the last 5 years? Tell us about in our Free + Open Submission event Name Drop! New species unveiled faster than you can say Linnaeus www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/gsb4 #soilbiodiversity @thegsbi.bsky.social

📢 New paper - Cattle slurry application increases soil ecosystem resistance to flooding www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

📣 GSBI's latest blog has just been published 🎉 In this blog, Dr. Laura Van Galen discusses the mystery of dark taxa in ectomycorrhizal fungi 🍄 Read it here 👇 www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...

Interesting: New fungal primers reveal the diversity of Mucoromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to nitrogen application environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

New paper alert! 📢 Some new insight into the soil environment related to leatherjacket pest populations! Interesting links with soil microbial communities and texture 🌱 #IPM #Soil

Great to see this article led by @aislingmoffat.bsky.social published on the soil factors affecting Tipula (Leatherjacket) larvea in Ireland and Scotland bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... Take home points: 1. LJ occurrence correlated with silt content 2. Larval pops

The nice weather is a great opportunity to get out and about, and spend some time in nature. Why not join our #GroundTruth citizen scientists & do a 10 min FIT count to monitor pollinators in your area. Easy and fun for all ages and takes only 10 min. youtu.be/lrKqKm3dRV8?... #SoilHealth

Met éireann indicating #SoilWaterDeficits elevated in South and East of the country. A good reminder of the importance of building #SoilOrganicMatter in soils. Soils with higher OM retain moisture for longer in dry periods and enhance infiltration in wet periods #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

Some of the #GroundTruth team pictured at a recent open day in @teagasc.bsky.social Moorepark. Great to talk to so many farmers about #SoilHealth and DIY methods for soil health assessments with @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Following on from the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh the other week there are opportunities to publish your research in special issues in Frontiers in Soil Science, Plant and Soil and European Journal of Soil Science www.rhizo6.org/special-issues

What are #Soil pores and why are they important? Luis Lopez Sangil explains @teagasc.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social #SoilHealth #GroundTruth

What are the visual indicators of good and poor #soil structural health? Veronica Nyhan of the #GroundTruth team @teagasccrops.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social talks about some features to look for.

The #groundtruth team are at the crops open day in Teagasc - come down to the #Soil village and talk to us about #SoilHealth #SoilBiology #SoilCompaction #CoverCrops @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

How #SoilCompaction impacts soil processes #SoilHealth @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

The #GroundTruth team are all set for @teagasccrops.bsky.social open day in Carlow on Wednesday. We'll be talking all things #SoilHealth #SoilBiology. Drop in & see us there youtube.com/shorts/0ew9r.... @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!