Johan Six
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Professor of Sustainable Agroecosystems at ETH Zurich
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Johan Six
Rémi Cardinael
3 months ago
Glad to contribute to this new Horizon Europe project
@ec.europa.eu
to develop a continental African Union Soil Observatory (AUSO) !
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and many others More details here:
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
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Jordon Hemingway
about 2 months ago
Very grateful to the
@snf-fns.ch
for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With
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Johan Six
Rémi Cardinael
about 2 months ago
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 🇰🇪
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Travis Drake
6 months ago
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
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theconversation.com/drcs-plan-fo...
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DRC’s plan for the world’s largest tropical forest reserve would be good for the planet: can it succeed?
Setting up the world’s biggest giant tropical forest reserve in the Congo Basin is a step towards conserving the area and creating jobs for local communities.
https://theconversation.com/drcs-plan-for-the-worlds-largest-tropical-forest-reserve-would-be-good-for-the-planet-can-it-succeed-254394
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Johan Six
Rémi Cardinael
7 months ago
Great paper 👏
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?
Managing soils to increase organic carbon presents a potential opportunity to mitigate and adapt to global change challenges. However, soils differ widely in their biophysical limits for carbon accum...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70197
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Johan Six
The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
8 months ago
If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...
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Soil Inoculation: Does it work?
YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cdwvSP1Es
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Mark A. Anthony
8 months ago
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...
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Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour
Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02114-8
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Johan Six
The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
10 months ago
📣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
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Johan Six
Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich
10 months ago
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...
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Transforming lives: Supporting sustainable sanitation at South African schools
The RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South Africa primary schools. The devised state-of-the-art system improves sanitation facilities and also offers ...
https://worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-news/2025/01/supporting-sustainable-sanitation.html
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Johan Six
Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zürich
10 months ago
Some great news from the Flagship Project "Enhancing
#Resilience
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#FoodSystems
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Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zürich
10 months ago
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...
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Transforming Lives: Sustainable Sanitation at Julukandoda Primary School - RUNRES project 🌍💧🌱
YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVGOuY3_lk&ab_channel=SAEETHZ%C3%BCrich
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Johan Six
Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zürich
10 months ago
🌱More on the research and objectives of the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group in ETH Zürich by the lead Prof.
@johansix.bsky.social
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The Sustainable Agroecosystems Group - ETH Zürich
YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIA1CHQBcU&ab_channel=SAEETHZ%C3%BCrich
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Johan Six
The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
12 months ago
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...
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Jordon Hemingway
about 1 year ago
🚨 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...
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PhD Position in Soil Biogeochemistry of Enhanced Rock Weathering
https://jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_ethz_Xj4J6UO74z3E2zwRjk
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Was a very nice meeting!!
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about 1 year ago
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Johan Six
Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich
about 1 year ago
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
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