Our cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word! www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...

Why biodiversity science needs its own model intercomparison projects 👇. Lessons from climate science, applied to biodiversity & policy. 🌍🧬 by @geobon.org #EcoCode team @mark-urban.bsky.social @gretabocedi.bsky.social @sjevelazco.bsky.social

Invisible Actors: Over 257,000 viruses found in groundwater—99% of them previously unknown! 🦠 Our team discovered that these viruses act as "metabolic hackers," shaping essential ecosystem cycles deep underground. Read the feature via The Microbiologist ⤵️ www.the-microbiologist.com/news/previou...

Save the date! 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions 📅 13–16 October 2026 📍 Leysin, Switzerland www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps #PlantScience

Want to bring #geoscience #education to the next level⬆️? The EGU 2026 Education Fellowship offers €2500 for Early Career Scientists to develop innovative #teaching projects. 📆 Apply by 23 February 2026! 👉Learn more here: https://www.egu.eu/2D84CM 📸 Vladimir Shipilin on https://imaggeo.egu.eu

Der Emissionshandel sollte die marktwirtschaftliche Lösung der Klimakrise sein - und sie funktioniert. Nun soll Lobbydruck all die Firmen bestrafen, die entsprechend investiert haben, und die Versager belohnen. Das darf nicht wahr sein 🤯! www.taz.de/!6151799

Great Microbiology Colloquium at CMFI today! Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social) shared insights on the groundwater microbiome, plus Kyle Mason-Jones (@unituebingen.bsky.social) on soil bacteriophages. Thanks to all for great talks and discussions!

We are still looking for a PhD student to work on feedbacks between plant invasion and riverbank erosion, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org. In collaboration with geoscientists and modellers; cool combination of field work & experiments. Position is in the Tielbörger lab, in collab with our group.

Watch out for TRACEE, a new transdisciplinary MSc programm for climate, energy and the environment with 11 European Universities including @unituebingen.bsky.social @terra-cluster.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMKm...

📢 JOB ALERT: we have our first offer - a fantastic #PhD opportunity @unihohenheim.bsky.social with Christian Poll: You want to isotopically trace the fertilizer's N pool? Characterize #biochar quality? Assess the short-& long-term implications for #crop performance & #stress resistance? APPLY NOW!

Want to bring #geoscience #education to the next level⬆️? The EGU 2026 Education Fellowship offers €2500 for Early Career Scientists to develop innovative #teaching projects. 📆 Apply by 23 February 2026! 👉Learn more here: https://www.egu.eu/2D84CM 📸 Vladimir Shipilin on https://imaggeo.egu.eu

📷 EGU photo competition 2026 is NOW OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU26, you can submit up to 3 photos and 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 8 April 2026. 🏆 Winners will receive a free registration to the EGU 2027! 👉 Learn more and submit here: egu.eu/4AFZLG

Rocks beneath us are teeming with life! 🪨 Microbes attached to rock are 1,000x more abundant than in water & vital for carbon storage. A true hidden majority. 🌍 👇 www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/the-... 🤝@uni-jena.de & @kuesellab.bsky.social

ECRs in plant–microbe interactions: Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions. (We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)

Regular registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference ends on February 16th! Find the conference here: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org We cannot wait to see you in Victoria!

Do agricultural diversification practices pay off in the long run? Our new paper synthesizes 100+ years of evidence showing that diversification practices become more profitable over time and delivers growing benefits for soils, biodiversity, and carbon. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The paper concludes that limited use and careful siting of CDR can limit its negative biodiversity consequences and may even bring direct benefits to biodiversity – either through avoided warming or direct co-benefits.

The authors argue that climate refugia, areas relatively unaffected by climate change, and biodiversity hotspots are both at risk. The study also found that non-high income countries have a disproportionately high land allocation for forestation in climate refugia areas.

The study also reveals a similar tension in the opposite direction: under strict enforcement of the internationally agreed Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, more than 50% of land allocated for CDR deployment could become unavailable.

Countries' carbon dioxide removal plans pose substantial threats to biodiversity, new research reveals. Analysis by the scientists shows that up to 13% of global areas of high biodiversity importance are allocated for land-intensive CDR deployment. 🧵

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

On 27 January, IPBES Chair @davidobura.bsky.social presented a talk at the University of Cambridge, discussing the dynamic between nature, society and the economy in the lead up to #IPBES12 in Manchester, and the launch of the #BizBiodiversity assessment report. 📷 Andrea Rodriguez-Zepeda

Vom Meeresboden zum Mittelgebirge – die spannende Reise des Taunus | mit Wiebke Görke 👉https://ow.ly/MBPE50Y1JEE 📅 Sonntag, 8. Februar, 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr 📍Aha?! Forschungswerkstatt, Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt

#EcoFuture, an MWK-funded project headed by @michaeladippold.bsky.social of @unituebingen.bsky.social goes online on BlueSky We (Michael Weiß - Steinbeis Forschungszentrum, Christian Poll @unihohenheim.bsky.social, the Kastanienhof AIS & the @terra-cluster.org FutureLab) now start our joint journey

IPCC-Berichte, die viel zu optimistisch sind. Selbst die negativsten Sszenarien!

Reading to host major IPCC expert workshops shaping the future of climate science We are delighted that the IPCC will bring two major international workshops to University of Reading in collaboration with the UK Government and Met Office - weather and climate next month. 👉 https://rdg.ac/3ZaWg2K

Die #DFG ruft zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen für die Großgeräteinitiative 2027 auf. Vorschläge können aus allen Bereichen der Wissenschaft kommen. Ziel ist, besonders vielversprechende Technologie für die Forschung zugänglich zu machen. Einreichungen möglich bis 9.06. www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

#hiring again, #JobAlert, #AcadmicJobs: you are looking for a #postdoctoral position in the field of machine learning? You love #biogeoscience? You want to understand the impact of #fire on #ecosystem processes? Your chance to join #TeamTERRA! Find the full job ad at uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483 😀

#hiring again: you are looking for a postdoctoral position in the field of machine learning? You love Biogeoscience? Your chance to join #TeamTERRA! Find the full job ad at: www.terra-cluster.org -> career

Next option to join #TeamTERRA: You are looking for a postdoctoral position in the field of machine learning? You are interested in Biogeoscience? Than find your option with TERRA!

Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!

Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483. MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA

15 open PhD positions in our @terra-cluster.org @unituebingen.bsky.social (with @unihohenheim.bsky.social and @sgn.one). All on biosphere-geosphere interactions, from eco-evo to soil science, hydrology, geology and paleontology. Check FUN01 and FUN04 if you want to work with us (detailed ads follow)

An exciting PhD in plant invasion ecology, with lots of interdisciplinary collaboration, and a cool combination of field work & experiments? Check out this offer in the Tielbörger lab @unituebingen.bsky.social, with involvement of our group and several others, embedded in the @terra-cluster.org.

What a cool outcome of the @dfg.de SPP EarthShape - one of the cornerstones of #TERRA. In the first #TERRA FUNs (Focus Units), just approved, #wildfire will be targeted in South Africa #Fynbos Biome & in models on #savannah C4 ecosystems under global change: Let's generalize nutrient cycle impacts 😀

New research by Stewart, K., Venditti, C., Carmona, C.P. et al. highlights an urgent truth: protecting bird diversity requires both threat abatement & targeted recovery. Prioritizing unique species can save vital ecosystem functions. 🐦 💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z

Strong Changes in Soil Nutrient Stocks in Northern Forests Over Four Decades 🔗 buff.ly/FyGmbNY

🧒🪱 Wie bringt man hochbegabten Grundschulkindern #Bodenkunde bei – mit echten Schaufeln? In SC175 spricht Christoph @genzelicious.bsky.social mit Jennifer Raffler, Thomas Scholten & Steffen Seitz über „An die Schaufeln, fertig, los!“ #Soilcast

Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483. MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA

#hiring again: We are looking for a Science-Dialog Manager (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 50%). You like to built networks? You are interested in large scale initiatives? You can communicate science? Become part of our #TeamTERRA! Find the full application also at www.terra-cluster.org -> career

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Come work with us!!!

The global species extinction rate is 10 to 100 times higher than the historical average, accelerating due to human actions, as noted in the @‌ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🏭 Since 1500, at least 680 vertebrate species, like the Pinta Giant Tortoise, have been lost.🐢 Conservation is vital #ForNature.

Im Vorfeld des #Weltbodentag findet in Berlin die #KBU-Tagung „Faszination Mikrobiom“ statt. Im Fokus stehen Bodenmikrobiom, Bodengesundheit sowie die Zusammenhänge zwischen Boden, Pflanzen, Ernährung und menschlicher Gesundheit. #Bodenschutz #Mikrobiom #DBG #Umweltbundesamt

Wondering about what brilliant science we have published during November with the #EGUjournals? Check out the latest GeoRoundup, with all the #OpenAccess highlights on the #EGUblogs! 👉Discover more here: egu.eu/3JF707

🌱 Welches Potenzial bieten genomeditierte Pflanzen – und warum soll es auf EU-Ebene neue Regeln dazu geben? Wie moderne gentechnische Verfahren funktionieren und welche Rolle sie für Klimaresilienz, Ertragssicherung und nachhaltige Landwirtschaft spielen: www.leopoldina.org/gruene-gentechnik

What are the mechanisms behind terrestrial arthropod declines? @bmwildermuth.bsky.social and colleagues have some answers www.nature.com/articles/s41... @bexplo.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social @jena-experiment.bsky.social

🌱Happy International #Soil Day! We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.” 🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG 📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo

🌱💛 Happy #InternationalSoilDay! A little love today for the soils that feed us, ground us, and surprise us with how alive they are 🪱 From all of us at EGU SSS: keep exploring, keep caring, and keep your hands a little dirty. #SoilLove #SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS

❓Did you know that #soil is a dynamic #ecosystem that supports 95% of all the food we eat, filters every drop of our drinking water? Up to 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050😮. What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K