J. Prosser comes back to a requirement of understanding, i.e. #hypotheses formulation & testing ... too much meaningless data production these days?
Not only in microbial ecology?
Reminds us to thinking through a new question before doing a study...

New #SBB publication by my PhD Sanja Schwalb. N for necromass formation and N+K supports plant derived SOC. Further, insights on Mn and fungi. Evidence from the #Askov long term trial.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Please RT: Our 100 new Malengo Inc. students need mentors! You will support them in university applications and preparing for life abroad. Time commitment 2–5h/month. You can do this remotely, and German skills are NOT required. You'll be paid. Details: malengo.org/volunteer-with…

🌾NEW in Global Change Biology
Carbon footprint of synthetic #nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle-to-grave analysis
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17…
First complete #global analysis of #carbonfootprint
for: #Rice #wheat #maize 🌾
#agriculture #CO2 #N2O #CH4 #landuse #Fertilisers

📣A few spots left for our #PhD course on Resource Use Efficiency in #agriculture PE&RC Wageningen U&R. Focus: nitrogen and water across scale - plant/soil/field/farm➡️pe-rc.nl/resource-use-e…, with Katrin Descheemaeker, Florian Wichern Gerlinde De Deyn Francisco Pinto, Franca J. Bongers etc.

Day 1. Submitted a MS to Elsevier journal ‚Environmental Impact Assessment Review‘, IF 7.9.
Day 2. Received email from the editorial office asking to „Please cite some recent literature published in EIA Review“
Day 3. Out of office.
Day 4. Withdraw MS, submitted elsewhere.

It’s fun to work on manuscripts with the right company 🤩 Florian Wichern Ime Uwase☘️🌾🌍 TU Berlin

New publication on #covercrops and soil #microbiome effects on #potato yield and quality out now! Results from a long term trial under typical and realistic intensive farming conditions.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Hey SOIL science community 🌎we have an opening for an Assistant/Associate professor position in Soil Science. Trust me- it is a great and exciting opportunity to develop teaching and research in a vibrant community UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems with inspiring people all over British Columbia

📣Happy that our review on #soil structure formation in the #rhizosphere , led by Carsten W. Mueller, is out Soil Biology & Biochemistry Journal ! This has been a long journey, but we made it 😁!➡️sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

„Böden speichern bereits mehr als das doppelte an #Kohlenstoff , als in der Atmosphäre vorhanden ist und ihr Potential ist noch längst nicht ausgeschöpft“, erklärt Carsten W. Mueller, neuer Leiter des Fachgebiets #Bodenkunde an der TU Berlin, im Interview ➡️ tu.berlin/forschen/boede…

Finally out! You know about microbial biomass and how to measure it? link.springer.com/article/10.100…
The answer is not always 42.

Now published - Toward #SoilCarbonStorage : The influence of #ParentMaterial and vegetation on profile-scale microbial community structure and #Necromass accumulation - led by Yuzhu Li Soil Biology & Biochemistry Journal University of Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Copenhagen Research TU Berlin tinyurl.com/45m56f76

Great opportunity to join and develop further ZALFs biodiversity research

Now published: #CarbonLoading of #soil determines fate of fresh plant-derived #OrganicMatter , by Tianyi Wu @TUMsoil, she showed higher proportion of added C remained in soil with higher C loading, TU Berlin Florian Wichern Michaela A. Dippold Geoderma - the global #OA journal of soil science tinyurl.com/OCloading

Just published in 'Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems'! In this perspectives paper we argue that nutrient management in agri-food systems need to consider all of the 'three sisters' circularity, efficiency and sufficiency.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excellent talks at the 10th Rhine-Waal Soil and Plant Ecology Seminar in Kleve #hsrw . It was great fun again discussing science with so many kind people from various institutions in Germany and the Netherlands. See you again in 2025!

Also in 2024, the Soil Biology group of Wageningen University organizes the Soil Biology Lab Skills course. You will learn (& be trained) which measurements of soil biology are relevant for which of the 5 soil functions. Registration is open: biosisplatform.eu/services/train…

New publication on regional nutrient circularity out! What happens when you consider stakeholders' perspectives in scenario development? Among other findings, stakeholders are not good in predicting the outcome of the whole system upon proposed changes.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Die Transformation der deutschen #Landwirtschaft ist eine Herausforderung. Es gibt viele Spannungen, gleichzeitig der Wunsch nach #Nachhaltigkeit Was dafür auf dem Acker passieren muss, erzählt uns morgen der Landwirt Martin Krist MPIPZ Cologne Kommt vorbei👇Universität zu Köln César Plasencia