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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 13d

Can soil-crop models mostly tested in temperate conditions be relevant under tropical conditions to simulate long-term #soilorganiccarbon #yields? A study based on 4 trials in Kenya 🇰🇪 @mcorbeels.bsky.social @gatienfalconnier.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · 17d

Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · Sep 4

Glad to contribute to this new Horizon Europe project @ec.europa.eu to develop a continental African Union Soil Observatory (AUSO) ! @cirad.bsky.social @saegroupethz.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social and many others

More details here:
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

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Travis Drake @draketw.bsky.social · Nov 21

5th Annual Congo Biogeochemical Observatory meeting, this time hosted in a fancy old Belgian castle, is in full swing!

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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · May 13

Great paper 👏 @globalchangebio.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @angersd.bsky.social @sebdoetterl.bsky.social @stuartsoil.bsky.social @lugatoe.bsky.social @thuenen-som.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @schweizer.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?

Managing soils to increase organic carbon presents a potential opportunity to mitigate and adapt to global change challenges. However, soils differ widely in their biophysical limits for carbon accum...

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...

Soil Inoculation: Does it work?

YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

www.youtube.com

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Mar 18

Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour

Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Feb 14

📣GSBI Speaks is back in one week! Join us to learn about remote sensing and sensing to measure soil biodiversity 📸🎥🐛🐜🦠🪱

Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 MST, 11:00 EST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET

Register 👇

https://buff.ly/4h4Vuf4

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · Feb 1

Julukandoda Primary School in South Africa, serving 768 students, faced major sanitation issues. 🚸

Thanks to a collaboration between multiple organizations, the school now has eco-friendly low-flush toilets and a decentralized wastewater treatment system. 🌱

worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...

Transforming lives: Supporting sustainable sanitation at South African schools

The RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South Africa primary schools. The devised state-of-the-art system improves sanitation facilities and also offers ...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Jan 27

🌟 Exciting updates from ETH Zurich’s World Food System Center! New team members, innovative research, and impactful projects. Join us in driving sustainable food systems forward! 🌍 Read more in our newsletter: bit.ly/4gei3fV
#ETHZurich #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodSystems

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Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zürich @saegroupethz.bsky.social · Jan 22

Sharing a great story on the power of transdisciplinary collaboration 🤝
🏫 The #RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South African.
🎥 Check how this transformative journey for the students of Julukandoda Primary School : www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVG...

Transforming Lives: Sustainable Sanitation at Julukandoda Primary School - RUNRES project 🌍💧🌱

YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich

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Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zürich @saegroupethz.bsky.social · Jan 21

🌱More on the research and objectives of the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group in ETH Zürich by the lead Prof. @johansix.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIA...

The Sustainable Agroecosystems Group - ETH Zürich

YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich

www.youtube.com

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Dec 11

GSBI Speaks is back tomorrow! Join us to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉

Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET

Register 👇

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Johan Six @johansix.bsky.social · Nov 22

Was a very nice meeting!!

Travis Drake @draketw.bsky.social · Nov 21

5th Annual Congo Biogeochemical Observatory meeting, this time hosted in a fancy old Belgian castle, is in full swing!

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · Nov 20

It's almost a tradition: @erichfischer.bsky.social, Nicolas Gruber, @retoknutti.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and Johan Six are among this year's "Highly Cited Researchers". Congratulations! 🙌🎉https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2024/11/highly-cited-researchers-2024.html

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · Nov 18

🚨 New Ph.D. opening! 🚨 We seek a Ph.D. student in soil (bio)geochemistry as it relates to ERW, particularly in the tropics. Position is part of a very multi-disciplinary group split between @ethzurich.bsky.social EAPS and USYS depts @usyseth.bsky.social. Please share!

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

PhD Position in Soil Biogeochemistry of Enhanced Rock Weathering

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