Marcus Schiedung
@mschiedung.bsky.social
Biogeochemist and soil scientist working as PostDoc at Thünen Institute, Germany. Focus on soil-plant and climate interactions, soil spectroscopy and organic matter quality. Web: www.marcusschiedung.science
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🌱🔥 EGU GMPV/SSS Campfire coming up!
Join us on 17 Dec at 11:00 CET for “Mineralogy Meets Soil Science”
Great speakers, big topics: arsenate removal, mineral carbonation, enhanced rock weathering, and carbon persistence.
See you by the (virtual) campfire! 🔥
#campfire #EGU #mineralogy #Soilscience
Join us on 17 Dec at 11:00 CET for “Mineralogy Meets Soil Science”
Great speakers, big topics: arsenate removal, mineral carbonation, enhanced rock weathering, and carbon persistence.
See you by the (virtual) campfire! 🔥
#campfire #EGU #mineralogy #Soilscience
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🌱🔥 EGU GMPV/SSS Campfire coming up!
Join us on 17 Dec at 11:00 CET for “Mineralogy Meets Soil Science”
Great speakers, big topics: arsenate removal, mineral carbonation, enhanced rock weathering, and carbon persistence.
See you by the (virtual) campfire! 🔥
#campfire #EGU #mineralogy #Soilscience
Join us on 17 Dec at 11:00 CET for “Mineralogy Meets Soil Science”
Great speakers, big topics: arsenate removal, mineral carbonation, enhanced rock weathering, and carbon persistence.
See you by the (virtual) campfire! 🔥
#campfire #EGU #mineralogy #Soilscience
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Had the great opportunity of sharing our work, as part of the C-arouNd consortium, on C (& N) dynamics at the German soil science meeting @soilsdbg.bsky.social in Tübingen.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Had the great opportunity of sharing our work, as part of the C-arouNd consortium, on C (& N) dynamics at the German soil science meeting @soilsdbg.bsky.social in Tübingen.
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Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests - Communications Earth & Environment
A positive relationship between fine root carbon and soil organic carbon stocks is well established in grasslands, particularly at greater depths, but the relationship varies across forests, based on ...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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📢 New pub: Defining #soil science: Balancing fundamental research and societal needs, in Soil Science Society of America Journal doi.org/10.1002/saj2...
@teamrat.bsky.social & I argue, soil science, though crucial for solving environmental challanges, should not be defined solely by its applications
@teamrat.bsky.social & I argue, soil science, though crucial for solving environmental challanges, should not be defined solely by its applications
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📢 New pub: Defining #soil science: Balancing fundamental research and societal needs, in Soil Science Society of America Journal doi.org/10.1002/saj2...
@teamrat.bsky.social & I argue, soil science, though crucial for solving environmental challanges, should not be defined solely by its applications
@teamrat.bsky.social & I argue, soil science, though crucial for solving environmental challanges, should not be defined solely by its applications
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@Soil Scientist & Soil Lovers: Early bird deadline of the #DBG2025 @unituebingen.bsky.social is approaching: 4th May. Check our exciting programm about #HealthySoilsClimateProtection at www.dbg2025.de/en/programme... + many offered excursions www.dbg2025.de/en/excursion... by @soilsdbg.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@Soil Scientist & Soil Lovers: Early bird deadline of the #DBG2025 @unituebingen.bsky.social is approaching: 4th May. Check our exciting programm about #HealthySoilsClimateProtection at www.dbg2025.de/en/programme... + many offered excursions www.dbg2025.de/en/excursion... by @soilsdbg.bsky.social
Are you at #EGU25 next week?
Join our soil sessions and meet us there 😊
I will also present our first German Agricultural Soil Inventory results.
See you soon and I am looking forward to all the discussions.
Join our soil sessions and meet us there 😊
I will also present our first German Agricultural Soil Inventory results.
See you soon and I am looking forward to all the discussions.
April 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Are you at #EGU25 next week?
Join our soil sessions and meet us there 😊
I will also present our first German Agricultural Soil Inventory results.
See you soon and I am looking forward to all the discussions.
Join our soil sessions and meet us there 😊
I will also present our first German Agricultural Soil Inventory results.
See you soon and I am looking forward to all the discussions.
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Attending #EGU @egu.eu & care about mental health & diversity in academia? Join our Union Symposium Monday, 16:15–18:00 in Room E1. Co-organized with @polarocean.bsky.social @geocarolina.bsky.social Sabine Hörnig and Anita Di Chiara. Read more on @lucialayr.bsky.social blog post @egubg.bsky.social
Highlighted event: Opening up about Mental Health across Career Stages in the Geosciences
EGU 2025 is almost upon us! While a highlight of the year for many scientists, a big conference like this can also come with feelings of stress or anxiety for many. (If that’s you – you are not alone!...
blogs.egu.eu
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Attending #EGU @egu.eu & care about mental health & diversity in academia? Join our Union Symposium Monday, 16:15–18:00 in Room E1. Co-organized with @polarocean.bsky.social @geocarolina.bsky.social Sabine Hörnig and Anita Di Chiara. Read more on @lucialayr.bsky.social blog post @egubg.bsky.social
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I am looking forward #EGU25!
Join us on "Soil Carbon and Global Change" - Tue meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Discuss respiration rate pitfalls X4.191 - Wed meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Meet the editors! - Thu meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Join us on "Soil Carbon and Global Change" - Tue meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Discuss respiration rate pitfalls X4.191 - Wed meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Meet the editors! - Thu meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
April 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I am looking forward #EGU25!
Join us on "Soil Carbon and Global Change" - Tue meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Discuss respiration rate pitfalls X4.191 - Wed meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Meet the editors! - Thu meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Join us on "Soil Carbon and Global Change" - Tue meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Discuss respiration rate pitfalls X4.191 - Wed meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Meet the editors! - Thu meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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About two years ago I made a series of three videos about toxic workplaces in academia.
Consider the possibility that you might end up in such a place as real, plan accordingly, and do your research to avoid getting into such a situation.
Hope this helps someone...
youtu.be/VUXz9EJMAbo
Consider the possibility that you might end up in such a place as real, plan accordingly, and do your research to avoid getting into such a situation.
Hope this helps someone...
youtu.be/VUXz9EJMAbo
Toxic labs: what are they and why you should avoid them. #phdlife #academia #mentalhealth
YouTube video by Life in academia
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
About two years ago I made a series of three videos about toxic workplaces in academia.
Consider the possibility that you might end up in such a place as real, plan accordingly, and do your research to avoid getting into such a situation.
Hope this helps someone...
youtu.be/VUXz9EJMAbo
Consider the possibility that you might end up in such a place as real, plan accordingly, and do your research to avoid getting into such a situation.
Hope this helps someone...
youtu.be/VUXz9EJMAbo
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Finally, managed to get my bsky account online: looking forward to sharing exiting news - from cool publications and projects of our #GeoBioInt group @unituebingen.bsky.social up to the upcoming #DBG2025 of the @soilsdbg.bsky.social, taking place @unituebingen.bsky.social in Sept 25. Stay tuned!
April 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Finally, managed to get my bsky account online: looking forward to sharing exiting news - from cool publications and projects of our #GeoBioInt group @unituebingen.bsky.social up to the upcoming #DBG2025 of the @soilsdbg.bsky.social, taking place @unituebingen.bsky.social in Sept 25. Stay tuned!
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DWD-Fakten zur aktuellen #Trockenheit in #Deutschland: Noch nie seit Beginn der Auswertung 1931 war es in Deutschland im Zeitraum von Anfang Februar bis Mitte April so trocken wie 2025. Mehr Details auch zu #Europa in der heutigen Pressemitteilung unter www.dwd.de/presse
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
DWD-Fakten zur aktuellen #Trockenheit in #Deutschland: Noch nie seit Beginn der Auswertung 1931 war es in Deutschland im Zeitraum von Anfang Februar bis Mitte April so trocken wie 2025. Mehr Details auch zu #Europa in der heutigen Pressemitteilung unter www.dwd.de/presse
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Congratulations to Xavier Dupla, Ph.D. candidate in our institute, for successfully defending his thesis and coming up with the sentence "Soil fertility is like love: everyone knows what it means but no one can define what it is"
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Congratulations to Xavier Dupla, Ph.D. candidate in our institute, for successfully defending his thesis and coming up with the sentence "Soil fertility is like love: everyone knows what it means but no one can define what it is"
Yesterday was future day and it was great fun to show our work at @thuenen-som.bsky.social to the future generation of scientists.
We explored soil respiration before we went to a soil pit for soil characterisation. Finally, we counted our most important soil engineers, earthworms. 🪱🪱🪱
We explored soil respiration before we went to a soil pit for soil characterisation. Finally, we counted our most important soil engineers, earthworms. 🪱🪱🪱
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yesterday was future day and it was great fun to show our work at @thuenen-som.bsky.social to the future generation of scientists.
We explored soil respiration before we went to a soil pit for soil characterisation. Finally, we counted our most important soil engineers, earthworms. 🪱🪱🪱
We explored soil respiration before we went to a soil pit for soil characterisation. Finally, we counted our most important soil engineers, earthworms. 🪱🪱🪱
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NEW – Global soil moisture in ‘irreversible’ decline due to climate change, study says | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/rFU8bL3
Read here: buff.ly/rFU8bL3
March 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW – Global soil moisture in ‘irreversible’ decline due to climate change, study says | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/rFU8bL3
Read here: buff.ly/rFU8bL3
I joined with @sebdoetterl.bsky.social the AfroGrow kick-off meeting in Nairobi.
Exciting work on sustainable agroforestry in Africa to come. I am looking forward to being partially part of this after starting this adventure during my time at @eth-soilres.bsky.social
afrogrow-project.eu
Exciting work on sustainable agroforestry in Africa to come. I am looking forward to being partially part of this after starting this adventure during my time at @eth-soilres.bsky.social
afrogrow-project.eu
March 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I joined with @sebdoetterl.bsky.social the AfroGrow kick-off meeting in Nairobi.
Exciting work on sustainable agroforestry in Africa to come. I am looking forward to being partially part of this after starting this adventure during my time at @eth-soilres.bsky.social
afrogrow-project.eu
Exciting work on sustainable agroforestry in Africa to come. I am looking forward to being partially part of this after starting this adventure during my time at @eth-soilres.bsky.social
afrogrow-project.eu
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✨Meet the Soil Resources group! ⛏️✨
We study soil biogeochemical cycling in remote regions, the effects of enhanced rock weathering on soil health and impacts of management on soil functioning and crop production.
#SoilResourcesETH #ETHZurich #EnvironmentalSciences #SoilScience #Biogeochemistry
We study soil biogeochemical cycling in remote regions, the effects of enhanced rock weathering on soil health and impacts of management on soil functioning and crop production.
#SoilResourcesETH #ETHZurich #EnvironmentalSciences #SoilScience #Biogeochemistry
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
✨Meet the Soil Resources group! ⛏️✨
We study soil biogeochemical cycling in remote regions, the effects of enhanced rock weathering on soil health and impacts of management on soil functioning and crop production.
#SoilResourcesETH #ETHZurich #EnvironmentalSciences #SoilScience #Biogeochemistry
We study soil biogeochemical cycling in remote regions, the effects of enhanced rock weathering on soil health and impacts of management on soil functioning and crop production.
#SoilResourcesETH #ETHZurich #EnvironmentalSciences #SoilScience #Biogeochemistry
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It's #DarwinDay. He was a father of #soilscience #pedology, by combining his knowledge of #geology and #biology, he published “The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms.” In this book you can see one of the first #soilhorizon designation A,B,C.
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's #DarwinDay. He was a father of #soilscience #pedology, by combining his knowledge of #geology and #biology, he published “The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms.” In this book you can see one of the first #soilhorizon designation A,B,C.
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We are still looking for a #peatland researcher with experise at the interface of #GHG exchange, vegetation & remote sensing:
👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...
Collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Earth Observation Group (www.thuenen.de/en/thuenen-i...)
👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...
Collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Earth Observation Group (www.thuenen.de/en/thuenen-i...)
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are still looking for a #peatland researcher with experise at the interface of #GHG exchange, vegetation & remote sensing:
👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...
Collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Earth Observation Group (www.thuenen.de/en/thuenen-i...)
👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...
Collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Earth Observation Group (www.thuenen.de/en/thuenen-i...)
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We're recruiting a 10 month PDRA in spatial (GIS) modelling of soil carbon and water quality at the UK scale: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Environmental Modelling:Whiteknights Reading UK
jobs.reading.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We're recruiting a 10 month PDRA in spatial (GIS) modelling of soil carbon and water quality at the UK scale: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Job Available: Knowledge Transfer Associate in soil carbon analysis and accounting at Uni Edinburgh and Plan Vivo
To build a tool that combines model estimates and field data, provides outputs, and quantifies uncertainty in the voluntary carbon market.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
To build a tool that combines model estimates and field data, provides outputs, and quantifies uncertainty in the voluntary carbon market.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Knowledge Transfer Associate in soil carbon analysis and accounting
We are seeking a highly talented, independent and motivated candidate for a 21-month fixed term position. You will work as part of a team to build a simple but effective tool that combines model estim...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Job Available: Knowledge Transfer Associate in soil carbon analysis and accounting at Uni Edinburgh and Plan Vivo
To build a tool that combines model estimates and field data, provides outputs, and quantifies uncertainty in the voluntary carbon market.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
To build a tool that combines model estimates and field data, provides outputs, and quantifies uncertainty in the voluntary carbon market.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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📢workshop “Molecular modeling in soil science – achievements and perspectives”
Registration (by 07/18/25): members.cecam.org/workshops/pa...
Website: www.cecam.org/workshop-det...
Registration (by 07/18/25): members.cecam.org/workshops/pa...
Website: www.cecam.org/workshop-det...
CECAM-Members
members.cecam.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📢workshop “Molecular modeling in soil science – achievements and perspectives”
Registration (by 07/18/25): members.cecam.org/workshops/pa...
Website: www.cecam.org/workshop-det...
Registration (by 07/18/25): members.cecam.org/workshops/pa...
Website: www.cecam.org/workshop-det...
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New Perspective: Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes - led by Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen @jeep4x4.bsky.social of @aarhusuni.bsky.social #soilcarbonstorage #climatecrisis #Arctic #naturebasedsolutions #herbivory #Permafrost
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes - Nature Geoscience
Planting trees in high-latitude regions can be counterproductive to climate change mitigation, according to a synthesis of the biophysical and ecological impacts of planting trees.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM
New Perspective: Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes - led by Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen @jeep4x4.bsky.social of @aarhusuni.bsky.social #soilcarbonstorage #climatecrisis #Arctic #naturebasedsolutions #herbivory #Permafrost
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Highlights of recent paper:
1. Compost (here) and manure benefit soils. How many times do we need to show this?
2. Soil health matters, but is not a major yield factor. Organic farming often shows better soil health but lower yields, -21% here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002...
1. Compost (here) and manure benefit soils. How many times do we need to show this?
2. Soil health matters, but is not a major yield factor. Organic farming often shows better soil health but lower yields, -21% here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002...
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Highlights of recent paper:
1. Compost (here) and manure benefit soils. How many times do we need to show this?
2. Soil health matters, but is not a major yield factor. Organic farming often shows better soil health but lower yields, -21% here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002...
1. Compost (here) and manure benefit soils. How many times do we need to show this?
2. Soil health matters, but is not a major yield factor. Organic farming often shows better soil health but lower yields, -21% here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002...
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Wir trauern um unseren Präsidenten Prof. Dr. Folkhard Isermeyer.
Der langjährige Präsident des Thünen-Instituts verstarb am 14. Januar 2025. Wir sind sehr traurig. Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie.
Hier finden Sie unseren Nachruf sowie ein digitales Kondolenzbuch.
thuenen.de/Nachruf-Isermeyer
Der langjährige Präsident des Thünen-Instituts verstarb am 14. Januar 2025. Wir sind sehr traurig. Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie.
Hier finden Sie unseren Nachruf sowie ein digitales Kondolenzbuch.
thuenen.de/Nachruf-Isermeyer
January 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wir trauern um unseren Präsidenten Prof. Dr. Folkhard Isermeyer.
Der langjährige Präsident des Thünen-Instituts verstarb am 14. Januar 2025. Wir sind sehr traurig. Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie.
Hier finden Sie unseren Nachruf sowie ein digitales Kondolenzbuch.
thuenen.de/Nachruf-Isermeyer
Der langjährige Präsident des Thünen-Instituts verstarb am 14. Januar 2025. Wir sind sehr traurig. Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie.
Hier finden Sie unseren Nachruf sowie ein digitales Kondolenzbuch.
thuenen.de/Nachruf-Isermeyer
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Soil spectroscopy is a powerful tool for accurately estimating a set of soil properties, like organic carbon and particle size distribution. It is also cheaper, faster, and more scalable than conventional analysis methods, which can be a game changer for soil MRV.
Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement
Soil spectroscopy is a widely used method for estimating soil properties that are important to environmental and agricultural monitoring. However, a bottleneck to its more widespread adoption is the n...
journals.plos.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Soil spectroscopy is a powerful tool for accurately estimating a set of soil properties, like organic carbon and particle size distribution. It is also cheaper, faster, and more scalable than conventional analysis methods, which can be a game changer for soil MRV.