The Soil & Landscape Science Lab

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...

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...

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...

Erosion-Driven Vertical Decoupling: Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter and Microbial Coevolution in Subsoil Hotspots #EST #MassSpec pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

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

Soil System Sciences A blog hosted by the European Geosciences Union

🌱 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

Fig. 1 Schematic representation of plant–microbe interactions and microbial metabolism that influence root development and nutrient uptake.

✨ 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.

interesting- we would be interested in testing the device in our Western Australian soils and we'd also like to look at the data produced by the sensor. Would this be possible?

looks super interesting but the page is missing. could you please re-post the link?

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 __________________________________________________ Letter to AN...

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.

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.

📣 Excited to share our new study in @geoderma.bsky.social with @ravr19.bsky.social

📄 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million

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

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…

📢 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...

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.

426.62 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The best foods for healthy ageing ― and the worst Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your veggies.

Advice to ‘eat your fruits and veggies’ is sound

https://go.nature.com/43qUeyQ

📢 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...

Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review - Communications Earth & Environment Australia experiences meteorological droughts due to insufficient moisture transport and heavy precipitation, which are influenced by climate variability and land processes, and are expected to become...

Just out - incredibly important analysis led by Dr Chiara Holgate with @raindrop-herder.bsky.social @climatenerilie.bsky.social and a very large impressive team on causes of Australian droughts. A timely read in SA and WA for sure...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

An orchid on the cover of the March issue of Nature Plants.

The March issue is now fully online:
www.nature.com/nplants/volu...

Soil Physics Lab at UC Merced, T.A. Ghezzehei Motivated by the demand to sustainably provide for a growing world population, we study the physical underpinnings that make soils habitable environments.

👋 Hello Bluesky! Ghezzehei Soil Physics lab at UC Merced is here. We combine computational modeling with experimental soil science, mainly focused on sustainable agricultural solutions. Here are selected recent papers from our group.

#SoilScience #ComputationalModeling #SustainableAgriculture

Hordeum I genome unlocks adaptive evolution and genetic potential for crop improvement - Nature Plants The authors present a reference genome for Hordeum I-genome species. This work unravels genomic features that drive adaptation to salt and alkali environments and could aid in improving crop resilienc...

#Research alert:
Members of our group at the Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University, contributed to a new @natureplants.bsky.social paper entitled “Hordeum I genome unlocks adaptive evolution and genetic potential for crop improvement”.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This cheeky little fella waddled up to me and scuttled into a building. Rescued him and released him back to the #CurtinUniversity wild🦎 😜 🌏🌱🧪

NEWS This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.

Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy

Looking beyond the trees for carbon storage Nonliving organic matter could create more stable carbon reservoirs

Commentary on a recent article:

Looking beyond the trees for carbon storage | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Natural regeneration in Australian forests (e.g., eucalypt woodlands) boosts biodiversity, but monoculture bias limits multi-trophic recovery. Soil health—key to ecosystem function—needs focus, alongside clear metrics, monitoring, & funding to tackle fragmentation and megafires
#AusEcology #soil 🧪🌱🌏