🌍 📰 Our friend and #TERRAnaut Madelaine Böhme was featured in the Mediengruppe Allgäuer Zeitung. She talked about an excavation at the Hammerschmiede, an ancient antilope skull, its significance, and about our cluster #TERRA. 👀 Highly recommended to read!

Do you want to join #TERRA? You're in luck, because the @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! The complete offer can be found under shorturl.at/0Aju0 We're looking forward to work with you!

Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute! Please re-post!

🥳 The Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen has once again retained their status as a University of #Excellence under the Excellence Strategy of the German government. Congratulations! 🎉 These are amazing, downright Excellent (😉) news.

Die Universität Tübingen bleibt Exzellenzuniversität! 🎉 Dies hat eine Kommission aus Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern sowie Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Bund und Ländern am Abend bekannt gegeben: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…#ExStrar#Forschungn#UniTübingene#Exzellenzstrategieie

Our friend and #TERRA colleague Andreas Kappler and one of his PhD. students, Carolin Dreher, have published work on O2-producing Cyanobacteria and how they helped enriching the earths atmosphere with oxygen some 2,5 billion years ago. Amazing work!

🤝 25 experts from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Azerbaijan are at a workshop on IPBES assessments to strengthen the science-policy interface #ForNature. Thanks to the German Ministry of Environment, @bfn-de.bsky.social & Institute for Biodiversity Network for organizing!

How tiny bacteria made life on earth possible: New research by PhD candidate Carolin Dreher and #TERRAnaut Andreas Kappler reveals how Earth’s atmosphere became oxygen-rich some 2.5 billion years ago. uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...

Don't miss your chance to be at the Pan-Glass conference in #Stuttgart (July 6-9, 2026). #TERRA is going to have a Booth and fund prizes for the best Posters. You'll have to be quick and submit your Posters immediately. The Deadline is tomorrow, February, 28. www.gewexevents.org/meetings/gla...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch nach Potsdam! Und wir freuen uns über Bronze! Petra #Olschowski erreicht Platz 3 bei der Wahl zur Wissenschaftsministerin des Jahres. @regierungbw.bsky.social mwk-bw.de/m950

Business & biodiversity are intertwined. 🧪 From material dependencies to transition risks, the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report shows how companies can transform their relationships w/ nature. Addressing impacts & dependencies is a responsibility & path to innovation, efficiency & long-term resilience.

🚜🌍 Accelerated rock weathering shows promise for long term CO₂ removal — but major uncertainties remain. #ClimateScience #CarbonRemoval #ERW With @thuenen.de and @ethz.ch @mschiedung.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

New publication 🥳 I am very pleased to contribute with one of these dots, particularly as it is from an area overlooked for its many grassland habitats. #climate #biodiversity #grassland #carbon🌍🧪 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social rdcu.be/e0YLg

New Collaboration Opportunity with the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ): Funding for bi- to trilateral research projects within the Research Grants Programme (“Sachbeihilfe”). Proposals with the DFG as the Lead Agency can be submitted any time: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

The latest edition of our Six Americas segmentation is out today! We find that the group of people Alarmed about climate change have grown more than any other audience since 2015. Read more:

Bayer Foundation Fellowships 2026: Funding Opportunities Now Open The Bayer Foundation Fellowships 2026 are now open. Master’s, PhD, medical students, and STEM teachers can apply for up to €10,000 in funding for international research projects, internships, and educational initiatives. Apply…

❌ Wer Natur zerstört, gefährdet die eigene wirtschaftliche Basis. Wer sie schützt, sichert Innovationsfähigkeit, Resilienz & Wettbewerbsfähigkeit 🤝. Wie das konkret aussehen kann, schildert Daniel Rieger, NABU-Fachbereichsleiter Transformation, im Gastbeitrag. ⬇️ www.focus.de/earth/wer-di...

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

‼️ Mary Anning Conference applications open Mary Anning Conferences aim to promote novel and innovative research related to biogeochemical cycles in the Earth system and are named in honour of Mary Anning, an English palaeontologist and fossil collector. Submit by 15 May www.egu.eu/meetings/con...

Wissenschaftsfreiheit beschützen! Die Länder wollen gemeinsam die Widerstandskraft von #Wissenschaft und #Forschung stärken. Den Auftakt machte heute eine Veranstaltung in Mannheim. Mehr: mwk-bw.de/ym86 @regierungbw.bsky.social @amreibahr.bsky.social @hrkaktuell.bsky.social @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social

Are you attending the #EGU26 but facing financial barriers or special needs? No worries! The EGU #EDI Participation Support Scheme is here to help! 📆 Apply by 20 February 2026 to receive financial support! 👉 Learn more about the application requirements here: egu.eu/50E3NI

#Wetlands matter more than we think! They regulate the #climate, store significant amounts of #carbon and protect communities from floods. However, wetlands are disappearing faster than many other ecosystems. 👀 Read more here in our #GeoLog blog: egu.eu/9LMUTR

Scientists warn that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past millions of years. 47% say they have personally experienced its effects, underscoring how climate change is increasingly being felt. (Sources: Inside Climate News & YPCCC)

New online! Extreme events and river biodiversity under climate change

All Reforestation Methods Can Support Tropical Tree Diversity Recovery, but Drivers and Species Composition Vary 🔗 buff.ly/VB4ptsy

Cute, isn't it? Now it's clear, the spiny dormouse was also in Europ. The site Hammerschmiede hosts an incredible enigmatic biodiversity amongst them the rodent with the bushy, spiny tale TERRA will fund the ongoing journey with @sgn.one to unravel the geo-drivers for this high vertebrate diversity

Back from the ice! ❄️✨ Our group member @alexandrazuhr.bsky.social has safely returned from Antarctica after an intense field campaign. She drilled several firn cores that will be key to dating and interpreting airborne radar data collected with Polar6. Excited for the science to come!

📣🪱 The Global Soil Biodiversity conference is right around the corner! Check out this primer to Dr. Julia Köninger's presentation. Dr. Köninger discusses the importance of methodological considerations (morphological vs. molecular) in soil research! www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...

Congratulations to Madelaine Böhme on being named Geoscientist of the Month in January 2026! The #TERRA team congratulates Madelaine on this well deserved recognition. We are proud to have her in our scientific community! www.dvgeo.org/kommunikatio...

Come work with us! 🧪🌐🧑‍💻🌿🐸❄️ I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7 @ipcc.bsky.social

Don’t miss your chance to be part of #INQUA2027 in #Lucknow, India! We invite you to submit your abstract — especially for our scientific session on the #TERRA approach. 🗓 Submission deadline: February 15, 2026 🔗 Submit here: inquaindia2027.in/call-submissions Hurry up — time is running out!

⏰ 2 days left! Abstract submission for EGU 2026 is still open 🌱 🌍 14 SSS sessions covering soil–climate interactions, land restoration, sustainability & more 🗓️ Deadline: 15 Jan 2026, 13:00 CET 👉 Submit here: www.egu26.eu/pg/SSS Hope to see you in Vienna! #EGU26 #SoilScience #SSS #SoilHealth

Want to bring #geoscience to the public in a #creative way? Apply for the EGU Public Engagement Grants 2025! €1500 to be awarded for up to three #projects that communicate geoscience to wider #audiences. 🫣 Only 2 days left - apply NOW! 📆 Deadline: 17 June 2025. 👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/9A8PE8

👋 Meet the Soil System Sciences EGU Early Career Scientists Team! Get to know the #team behind General Planning, Blog Editors, Social Media & Newsletter, Campfire Meetings and Social Events. 🔗 Read more from the latest blog post of the Soil System Sciences Division: egu.eu/2WMRJM

🌱 Meet the #EGU #Biogeosciences Division Team 2025/26! From soil microbes to ocean carbon, our BG team brings together diverse voices from across the globe. Get to know the people behind the science: #ECS reps, division officers, policy leads & more 📖 Read more: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/bg...

Thinking about soil research? 🌱 Check out SOIL: an open access soil science journal covering everything from fundamentals to applications, great for publishing your work or finding quality papers 📖 🔗 www.soil-journal.net #EGU #EGUSSS #SoilScience #OpenAccess #publishing

❗ The new @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Report is released today! Businesses are central to halting and reversing biodiversity loss. 🟢 Press release: www.ipbes.net/node/97532 🟢 Summary: zenodo.org/records/1853... #NaturePositive #BizBiodiversity #IPBES12

Global public and private finance flows with directly negative impacts on nature = $7.3 trillion. In contrast, $220 billion in public and private finance flows were directed in 2023 to activities contributing to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity# @ipbes.net www.ipbes.net/node/97532

... and our TERRA FutureLab ( @unituebingen.bsky.social) is more than happy to be on board 🙂. We look forward to standing at the same place with the first students, school classes and hobby gardeners, repeating the pyrolysis-reactors functioning as explained to us today. More to come 🎉

there is another chance to #join #TeamTERRA! We have a nice longer than 3 years position in Frankfurt: #hiring Doctoral or postdoctoral position in Global Vegetation and Biome Modelling. For more information, see position 11-26003 at www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenan...

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!