The Soil & Landscape Science Lab
@slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social
You can find out more about us and our research here: https://research.curtin.edu.au/scieng/research/soil-and-landscape-science-lab/
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🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @CurtinUni!
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
🌏 PhD proposal presentation by Tashi Tshering of the @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social: “Iron Oxides and SOC Stabilisation in Australia’s Semi-Arid Ecosystems” – fascinating research and soil science insights!
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#PhDProposal #SoilScience #IronOxides
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#PhDProposal #SoilScience #IronOxides
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🌏 PhD proposal presentation by Tashi Tshering of the @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social: “Iron Oxides and SOC Stabilisation in Australia’s Semi-Arid Ecosystems” – fascinating research and soil science insights!
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#PhDProposal #SoilScience #IronOxides
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#PhDProposal #SoilScience #IronOxides
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @MurdochUni! Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study microbe-soil-plant interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @MurdochUni! Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study microbe-soil-plant interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @CurtinUni!
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @CurtinUni!
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems.
Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well…
🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬
#SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
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PNAS highlights Johannes Lehmann’s pioneering soil science—from revealing the secrets of Amazonian dark earths to advancing biochar for fertility and climate solutions. His work is reshaping sustainable agriculture. Read the PNAS Profile: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
PNAS highlights Johannes Lehmann’s pioneering soil science—from revealing the secrets of Amazonian dark earths to advancing biochar for fertility and climate solutions. His work is reshaping sustainable agriculture. Read the PNAS Profile: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thank you @PawseyCentre for showcasing our work! High-res soil carbon maps (27.6 Gt) powered by supercomputing & ML guide Australia’s climate action & sustainable land management. 🧪🔬🌏 #SoilScience #ClimateChange @lewis-walden.bsky.social @williamzhope.bsky.social @ravr19.bsky.social
Case study: Modelling Australia’s Carbon Treasure
Researchers have produced the first high-res map of Australia's soil organic carbon stores, a vital resource in climate change management.
Research by @ravr19.bsky.social and @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social
Read more 🔗: pawsey.org.au/case_studies...
Researchers have produced the first high-res map of Australia's soil organic carbon stores, a vital resource in climate change management.
Research by @ravr19.bsky.social and @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social
Read more 🔗: pawsey.org.au/case_studies...
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Thank you @PawseyCentre for showcasing our work! High-res soil carbon maps (27.6 Gt) powered by supercomputing & ML guide Australia’s climate action & sustainable land management. 🧪🔬🌏 #SoilScience #ClimateChange @lewis-walden.bsky.social @williamzhope.bsky.social @ravr19.bsky.social
Sadichhya Adhikari from the @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social presented part of her research on soil organic carbon and clay mineralogy at the 2nd Global Conference on Sandy Soils (sandysoils.org), Perth July 21–24, 2025.
🧪🌏🌱🔬 #SoilScience #Soil
Read more about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/curtin...
🧪🌏🌱🔬 #SoilScience #Soil
Read more about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/curtin...
We are proud to share that Curtin PhD student—Sadichhya Adhikari from the Soil & Landscape Science Lab—has successfully presented part of her research at the 2nd Global Conference on Sandy Soils… ...
We are proud to share that Curtin PhD student—Sadichhya Adhikari from the Soil & Landscape Science Lab—has successfully presented part of her research at the 2nd Global Conference on Sandy Soils, "Shi...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Sadichhya Adhikari from the @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social presented part of her research on soil organic carbon and clay mineralogy at the 2nd Global Conference on Sandy Soils (sandysoils.org), Perth July 21–24, 2025.
🧪🌏🌱🔬 #SoilScience #Soil
Read more about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/curtin...
🧪🌏🌱🔬 #SoilScience #Soil
Read more about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/curtin...
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Erosion-Driven Vertical Decoupling: Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter and Microbial Coevolution in Subsoil Hotspots #EST #MassSpec pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Erosion-Driven Vertical Decoupling: Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter and Microbial Coevolution in Subsoil Hotspots
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is crucial to agricultural biogeochemical cycles, yet its molecule characteristics and interactions with microbial communities in eroding landscapes─particularly subsoil...
pubs.acs.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Erosion-Driven Vertical Decoupling: Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter and Microbial Coevolution in Subsoil Hotspots #EST #MassSpec pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Student travel awards are available for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference #GSB2026 in Victoria BC. Don't wait -submit your abstract and apply! @thegsbi.bsky.social More information can be found on the GSBI webpages (www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org) #soilbiodiversity #soil #biodiversity #YYJ
Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Student travel awards are available for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference #GSB2026 in Victoria BC. Don't wait -submit your abstract and apply! @thegsbi.bsky.social More information can be found on the GSBI webpages (www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org) #soilbiodiversity #soil #biodiversity #YYJ
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🌱 Meet the SSS ECS Team! 🌍
We’re excited to introduce the ECS Team of the EGU SSS Division!
They’re shaping the future of soil science through research, community building & outreach.
👉 Learn more in our first blog post!
🔗 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sss/
#SoilScience #EGU_SSS #ECS #ScienceCommunity
We’re excited to introduce the ECS Team of the EGU SSS Division!
They’re shaping the future of soil science through research, community building & outreach.
👉 Learn more in our first blog post!
🔗 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sss/
#SoilScience #EGU_SSS #ECS #ScienceCommunity
Soil System Sciences
A blog hosted by the European Geosciences Union
blogs.egu.eu
July 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🌱 Meet the SSS ECS Team! 🌍
We’re excited to introduce the ECS Team of the EGU SSS Division!
They’re shaping the future of soil science through research, community building & outreach.
👉 Learn more in our first blog post!
🔗 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sss/
#SoilScience #EGU_SSS #ECS #ScienceCommunity
We’re excited to introduce the ECS Team of the EGU SSS Division!
They’re shaping the future of soil science through research, community building & outreach.
👉 Learn more in our first blog post!
🔗 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sss/
#SoilScience #EGU_SSS #ECS #ScienceCommunity
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
Microbial drivers of root plasticity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
(🧵 1/6) Plant roots have evolved mechanisms to adjust their development within the highly heterogeneous soil matrix, integrating local environmental conditions into their endogenous developmental programs.
Microbial drivers of root plasticity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
(🧵 1/6) Plant roots have evolved mechanisms to adjust their development within the highly heterogeneous soil matrix, integrating local environmental conditions into their endogenous developmental programs.
July 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
Microbial drivers of root plasticity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
(🧵 1/6) Plant roots have evolved mechanisms to adjust their development within the highly heterogeneous soil matrix, integrating local environmental conditions into their endogenous developmental programs.
Microbial drivers of root plasticity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
(🧵 1/6) Plant roots have evolved mechanisms to adjust their development within the highly heterogeneous soil matrix, integrating local environmental conditions into their endogenous developmental programs.
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Open letter: The ANU executive is planning a new round of unnecessary and damaging cuts and forced redundancies. We are asking staff to sign this open letter calling on the executive to cancel planned CMPs and to be transparent about ANU’s finances.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
Open letter: Staff call on the ANU executive to stop these unnecessary cuts
Fact sheet on 'Renew ANU so far': https://shorturl.at/iYVjc
Open Letter PDF for print with QR codes to sign: https://shorturl.at/5KYs3
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Letter to AN...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Open letter: The ANU executive is planning a new round of unnecessary and damaging cuts and forced redundancies. We are asking staff to sign this open letter calling on the executive to cancel planned CMPs and to be transparent about ANU’s finances.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
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Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
May 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
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📣 Excited to share our new study in @geoderma.bsky.social with @ravr19.bsky.social
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
May 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📣 Excited to share our new study in @geoderma.bsky.social with @ravr19.bsky.social
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
📣 New study by the #SLSL integrates mid-IR & thermal ramp to identify plant-derived compounds & biochar in soil. Links spectral & thermal signatures to quantify SOC composition.
🌍🧪🌱 @lewis-walden.bsky.social & @ravr19.bsky.social
📣 Read about it here:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🌍🧪🌱 @lewis-walden.bsky.social & @ravr19.bsky.social
📣 Read about it here:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
📣 New study by the #SLSL integrates mid-IR & thermal ramp to identify plant-derived compounds & biochar in soil. Links spectral & thermal signatures to quantify SOC composition.
🌍🧪🌱 @lewis-walden.bsky.social & @ravr19.bsky.social
📣 Read about it here:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🌍🧪🌱 @lewis-walden.bsky.social & @ravr19.bsky.social
📣 Read about it here:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Had the fantastic opportunity to present some of my PhD research at EGU25 in Vienna. Learnt so much and met some amazing researchers!
Nathan Wells shares his PhD research at #EGU2025, linking Australian native plant diversity to enhanced soil carbon storage. Vital insights for landscape #restoration! 🌱🧪🌏 #SLSL #CurtinUniversity #Soilscience #Soil
May 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Had the fantastic opportunity to present some of my PhD research at EGU25 in Vienna. Learnt so much and met some amazing researchers!
Andrea Bravo-Escobar presents innovative research at #EGU2025, advancing methods to measure microbial biomass. Key to unlocking soil carbon dynamics and enhancing climate models! 🌱🧪🌏 #SLSL #CurtinUniversity #SoilScience #Soil #HealingCountry
April 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Andrea Bravo-Escobar presents innovative research at #EGU2025, advancing methods to measure microbial biomass. Key to unlocking soil carbon dynamics and enhancing climate models! 🌱🧪🌏 #SLSL #CurtinUniversity #SoilScience #Soil #HealingCountry
Nathan Wells shares his PhD research at #EGU2025, linking Australian native plant diversity to enhanced soil carbon storage. Vital insights for landscape #restoration! 🌱🧪🌏 #SLSL #CurtinUniversity #Soilscience #Soil
April 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nathan Wells shares his PhD research at #EGU2025, linking Australian native plant diversity to enhanced soil carbon storage. Vital insights for landscape #restoration! 🌱🧪🌏 #SLSL #CurtinUniversity #Soilscience #Soil
🌱 SLSL’s Nathan Wells & Andrea Bravo-Escobar shine at #EGU2025! Presenting their research on soil carbon + native plant diversity and a new, practical method to measure soil microbial carbon. Boosting soil health for a sustainable future! 🌍 #SoilScience #ClimateSolutions
April 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🌱 SLSL’s Nathan Wells & Andrea Bravo-Escobar shine at #EGU2025! Presenting their research on soil carbon + native plant diversity and a new, practical method to measure soil microbial carbon. Boosting soil health for a sustainable future! 🌍 #SoilScience #ClimateSolutions
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our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications - Nature Communications
Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge gaps, call for standardizatio...
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We apply a multiscale framework to quantify SOC in Australia’s rangelands, showing how veg, clim, mineralogy, & plant diversity influence SOC variation in surface and sub-surface layers—providing an evidence base to guide land management, biodiversity conservation, and C sequestration.
📢 New research identifies the main environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in Australia’s rangelands—an extensive and ecologically significant part of the continent.
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in the Australian rangelands
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vital for maintaining healthy ecosystems and providing benefits beyond climate change mitigation. The Australian rangelan…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We apply a multiscale framework to quantify SOC in Australia’s rangelands, showing how veg, clim, mineralogy, & plant diversity influence SOC variation in surface and sub-surface layers—providing an evidence base to guide land management, biodiversity conservation, and C sequestration.
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Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
📢 New research identifies the main environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in Australia’s rangelands—an extensive and ecologically significant part of the continent.
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in the Australian rangelands
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vital for maintaining healthy ecosystems and providing benefits beyond climate change mitigation. The Australian rangelan…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
📢 New research identifies the main environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in Australia’s rangelands—an extensive and ecologically significant part of the continent.
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@williamzhope.bsky.social @LewisWalden @ravr19.bsky.social
🧪🌱🌏 #Soil #SoilScience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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426.62 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
March 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
426.62 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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📢 In the framework of #HoliSoils, ISRIC has released 100 m resolution #soil property maps to support #ForestManagement and policy development across Europe 🌱🌍🌲
Have a look at this blog post by @niels-batjes.bsky.social to learn more about how the maps were developed 👉 holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
Have a look at this blog post by @niels-batjes.bsky.social to learn more about how the maps were developed 👉 holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution released by ISRIC - World Soil Information in the framework of the EU HoliSoils project to inform forest management and policies.
holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
🧪🌍👇🌲🌳
#soilscience #soilhealth #soilmapping #forestsoil
holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
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#soilscience #soilhealth #soilmapping #forestsoil
Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution will inform forest management and policies - HoliSoils
Forest soils provide important ecosystem services, such as biodiversity support, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, water regulation and erosion control.
holisoils.eu
March 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📢 In the framework of #HoliSoils, ISRIC has released 100 m resolution #soil property maps to support #ForestManagement and policy development across Europe 🌱🌍🌲
Have a look at this blog post by @niels-batjes.bsky.social to learn more about how the maps were developed 👉 holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
Have a look at this blog post by @niels-batjes.bsky.social to learn more about how the maps were developed 👉 holisoils.eu/soil-propert...