Sunday reflection time could not be better: Picking raspberries in my thriving garden while listening to Robin Wall Kimmerer read her essay "Becoming Earth: An Experimental Theology" in Emergence Magazine https://pca.st/episode/6ef8aafc-aea8-436e-b25a-5bb8939df9d3. #trees #ecology #death #rebirth #emergence #plants #soil #humus #SoilScience #forest #OldGrowthForest #CarbonCycle #environment #science

Have you heard of the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest? It's like the Stanley Cup of Soils, and it teaches the next gen how to manage the soils that grow our food! #SoilScience #Agriculture

A Digital Twin Approach for #Soil Moisture Measurement with Physically Based Rendering Simulations and #MachineLearning
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14020395 via MDPI Agriculture
#PlantScience #soilscience

Dartmouth College: Dartmouth Team Launches Public Database on Soil Fungi. “In a new study published in Scientific Data, Dartmouth researchers present a comprehensive database that catalogues the spore traits of 344 mycorrhizal fungi species. By consolidating existing but neglected knowledge of mycorrhizal traits, the database will help scientists study how fungi—and the plants they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/dartmouth-college-dartmouth-team-launches-public-database-on-soil-fungi/

🔍 What are we studying when we talk about toposequences?

A recent article reviews 1,000+ papers and identifies three main approaches to the term, but only one aligns with its original meaning.

📖 Read the full discussion on the COLAPSO blog:
👉 https://colapso.ggf.br/en/toposequences-what-are-we-really-studying/

#SoilScience #Pedology #Geomorphology #Toposequence #OpenScience #AcademicMastodon

What really drives Luvisol formation in tropical drylands?
Not illuviation — but argillation, intensified by rainfall.
New findings from NE Brazil reveal how climate shapes soil mineralogy and structure.
With @gracebalves & team.
🔗 Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105197
📝 Blog (EN): https://colapso.ggf.br/en/rain-as-a-driver-of-soil-transformation-in-brazils-semiarid-region/
#SoilScience #Luvisols #Pedogenesis #Semiarid #ClimateAndSoils

Fertilisers and warmer soils are spiking invisible emissions that could destabilise global air quality and food systems. #ClimateCrisis #OzoneAlert #SoilScience

https://geekoo.news/invisible-threat-from-the-ground-up/

We’re in the midst of an inspiring second day at the ROOT-BENEFIT Symposium, hosted by ZALF in Müncheberg! 🌱👩‍🔬💡
This EU-funded COST Action research network connects international researchers in the field of root and soil systems.

https://www.root-benefit.eu/root-benefit-symposium-and-2nd-annual-meeting-of-root-benefit/

#soilscience #research #agriculture

🌿 Join us & dive into research on soil and plant processes! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

ZALF & Uni Bonn are hiring a W2 #Professor in matter & energy dynamics of agricultural landscapes. Apply by June 25, 2025
👉 More info: https://t1p.de/prof_matter_energy

#ScienceJobs #Agroecology #SoilScience #joboffer #PhenoRob

Tropical soils are releasing ancient carbon faster than we thought—fueling a hidden climate feedback that could reshape global warming predictions. #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCycle #SoilScience

https://geekoo.news/tropical-soils-may-be-turbocharging-global-warming/

Eeeeeeee!! My bokashi bins and Lactic Acid Bacteria inoculated medium have arrived!!

Can't wait to get home to set them up, explain the process to my wife and throw away* the manky food waste bin we put out for refuse collection every week. This time of year it was always a haven for flies and maggots and (I've been reliably informed) stank something rotten!!

#composting #SoilScience #ecology

*repurpose .. it's plastic so won't throw it out per se until such times it's useless and even ill dispose of it in an environmentally friendly manner.

Pedology (Pedology 🟤)

Pedology is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks for modeling soil bodies, often in the context of the natural environment. Pedology is often seen as one of two main branches of soil inquiry, the other being edaphology which is traditionally more agronomically oriented and focuses on ho...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedology

#Pedology #SoilScience #PhysicalGeography

How well does soil cope with tap water?

https://slrpnk.net/post/22050981

How can I analyse the chemical and biological composition of my soil with home methods?

https://slrpnk.net/post/22050408

I am looking for some general information on the variability of geochemistry & colour properties in soils. Anyone have any good resources for me to check out? To design a efficient soil sampling campaign its always good to have an idea of what the variability I should be expect. #soil #soilscience

If you're at #EGU25 next week and are curious about the new CZ-NoN project to explore how to integrate global Critical Zone science, please stop by my poster on Tuesday! #criticalzone #ecology #hydrology #soilscience #geology #earthscience

‘Heavy metals’ contaminate 17% of the world’s croplands, say scientists

https://slrpnk.net/post/21071806

Soils in our cities

https://mander.xyz/post/28210859