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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions
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Cluster of Excellence for Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World @Tuebingen University with University of Hohenheim and Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
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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...
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⏰ 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
January 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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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
June 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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👋 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
July 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🌱 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...
Meet your BG team 2025/2026
The Biogeoscience division team has changed over the last year, and in this blog post, we are delighted to introduce our new team of representatives and describe their roles and research interests so ...
blogs.egu.eu
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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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
SOIL - Home
www.soil-journal.net
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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❗ 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
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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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
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
... 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 🎉
#EcoFuture | First Joint #FarmTour 🌱

The #EcoFuture team visited #ReallaborKastanienhof (uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...) and #Kleinhohenheim agricultural experiment station (oeko.uni-hohenheim.de/en/66107) to officially launch the project.

💡 Stay tuned for updates and follow our journey!
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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...
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Our cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word!
www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
Scientific coordinator at the GreenRobust location Heidelberg (f/m/d) - Universität Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg looks for Scientific coordinator at the GreenRobust location Heidelberg (f/m/d) in Heidelberg - apply now!
www.academics.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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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
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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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...
Previously unknown viruses discovered in groundwater
Researchers have created a comprehensive picture of viral diversity and function in a groundwater system. They identified over 257,000 viral operational taxonomic units, i.e. viruses at species level,...
www.the-microbiologist.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Save the date!

48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions

📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland

www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps

#PlantScience
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
www.newphytologist.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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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
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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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
Geplante Lockerungen der EU: Emissionshandel hat als Klimaschutzinstrument versagt
Ökonomen schwärmten immer vom Emissionshandel als kapitalismusfreundliche Lösung für den Klimawandel. Nun ist klar: Das hat nicht funktioniert.
www.taz.de
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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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!
February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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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.
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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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...
Master's programme in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy
YouTube video by CIVIS: Europe's Civic University Alliance
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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📢 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!
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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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
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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📷 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
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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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
The invisible worlds beneath our feet
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. Th…
www.microverse-cluster.de
February 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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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 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬

Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.

APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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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!
Home - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 12 – 15 April, 2026 GSB 2026 Key Dates 15 Dec, 2025 Early-Bird Registration Deadline 30 Jan, 2026 Late Breaking Poster Abstract Submission Deadline February, 2026 Ac...
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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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...
Long-term agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: a second-order meta-analysis - Nature Communications
Feeding a growing population while protecting the environment is a major global challenge. This study suggests that agricultural diversification enhances long-term profitability, biodiversity, soil he...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 AM