Glad to contribute to this new Horizon Europe project @ec.europa.eu to develop a continental African Union Soil Observatory (AUSO) ! @cirad.bsky.social @saegroupethz.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social and many others More details here: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

Can soil-crop models mostly tested in temperate conditions be relevant under tropical conditions to simulate long-term #soilorganiccarbon #yields? A study based on 4 trials in Kenya 🇰🇪 @mcorbeels.bsky.social @gatienfalconnier.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

In this new commentary for The Conversation Africa, @johansix.bsky.social, Matti Barthel, Glenn Bush, and I discuss what the new "green corridor" law means for the Congo Basin and what might impede its success @saegroupethz.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social theconversation.com/drcs-plan-fo...

Great paper 👏 @globalchangebio.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @angersd.bsky.social @sebdoetterl.bsky.social @stuartsoil.bsky.social @lugatoe.bsky.social @thuenen-som.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @schweizer.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...

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...

📣GSBI Speaks is back in one week! Join us to learn about remote sensing and sensing to measure soil biodiversity 📸🎥🐛🐜🦠🪱 Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 MST, 11:00 EST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET Register 👇 https://buff.ly/4h4Vuf4

Julukandoda Primary School in South Africa, serving 768 students, faced major sanitation issues. 🚸 Thanks to a collaboration between multiple organizations, the school now has eco-friendly low-flush toilets and a decentralized wastewater treatment system. 🌱 worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...

Some great news from the Flagship Project "Enhancing #Resilience in #FoodSystems" 🌱

Sharing a great story on the power of transdisciplinary collaboration 🤝 🏫 The #RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South African. 🎥 Check how this transformative journey for the students of Julukandoda Primary School : www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVG...

🌱More on the research and objectives of the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group in ETH Zürich by the lead Prof. @johansix.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIA...

GSBI Speaks is back tomorrow! Join us 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...

🚨 New Ph.D. opening! 🚨 We seek a Ph.D. student in soil (bio)geochemistry as it relates to ERW, particularly in the tropics. Position is part of a very multi-disciplinary group split between @ethzurich.bsky.social EAPS and USYS depts @usyseth.bsky.social. Please share! jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Was a very nice meeting!!

It's almost a tradition: @erichfischer.bsky.social, Nicolas Gruber, @retoknutti.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and Johan Six are among this year's "Highly Cited Researchers". Congratulations! 🙌🎉https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2024/11/highly-cited-researchers-2024.html