Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge

There is! Our arsenic life paper has has an editors note on it for nearly 15 yrs explaining that subsequent research had called our original results into question. That’s why the retraction seems both redundant and mean spirited.

If you're submitting an #AGU2025 abstract on #enhancedrockweathering biogeochemistry, microbiology, hydrology, modeling, MRV, public policy or social science, consider session B037, Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal & Improved Soil and Agronomic Properties -due 7/30!

We must defend science and environmental data - Point Reyes Light A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls,...

Here is an alternate take on my OpEd defending Science. As i mentioned last time there is a hunger from the public to hear from science experts. I encourage more of us to write to papers where you have roots on matters defending science, facts and democracy

www.ptreyeslight.com/opinion/we-m...

Precisely why a powerful editor should not be retracting peer-reviewed no-misconduct articles 15 yrs after the fact just to score political points and attention. science is messy, and even wrong ideas can help lead us to better ones.

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I had a great time at my first ever GRC this past week! I'll most definitely be attending Applied and Environmental Micro in 2027. Thanks @deniseakob.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social @thuls.bsky.social for organizing such a welcoming, fun, and scientifically stimulating conference!

UC Irvine keeps expanding its focus on microbial ecology and microbiome science - an exciting place to work for any early-career people on the hunt for a job!

Our new paper shows that soil cation exchange can delay CO₂ removal from enhanced weathering by years to decades. Lag varies by soil, climate, and land use—longest in high-CEC regions like the Corn Belt. Big implications for MRV, credit timing, and deployment strategy. Timing matters! 🪨🌾
Link below.

Read National Academy of Sciences (NAS) members -- economist Chuck Manski, astrophysicist Ray Weyman, & climate scientist Ben Santer -- calling for NAS to more pro-actively defend & advance American science & American interests broadly.
#econsky
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...

At a moment of rapid demand growth and a growing electricity affordability crisis, the Republican's One Big Horrible Bill will RAISE TAXES on wind & solar—the only new sources of electricity we are able to rapidly add to the US grid—in four different ways.

Major thanks to the whole team, including Tao Dai for his leadership and to @jeffinerca.bsky.social for fearless leadership of the original report.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job

What's the carbon footprint of a wind turbine? » Yale Climate Connections Wind energy is remarkably climate-friendly.

“One study put that payback time at seven months — not bad considering the typical 20- to 25-year lifespan of a wind turbine.” Paramount this took 1 minute to find, please forward my showrunner fee. yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/06/what...

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

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cowritten with a lot of amazing people (I tagged those I could find but there are so many more incredible folks)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@thepunkscientist.bsky.social @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social @drsueishaq.bsky.social

Inspiring closing of @Rhizosphere6 by @jeffinerca.bsky.social thank you!

Amazing last day at #rhizosphere6! Some wonderful talks, and I loved this quote from Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social: “Whatever discipline you come from, whichever goddess you relate to, be it physics, biology, poetry… you can be a rhizosphere researcher”.

Inspirational and very motivating talk by @jeffinerca.bsky.social at the closing remarks of #Rhizosphere6 emphasising the many research communities that fit in this meeting and "all the good that carbon does when it's in the soil"! Superb last talk! More people & friends in Vienna 2029!!

@royalsociety.org URF reunion at the #rhizo6 in Edinburgh. Beautiful dinner in the National Museum of Scotland.
From left: Carmen Sánchez
Cañizares, @iandealidbury.bsky.social, Laura Lehtovirta-
Morley, Cecile Gubry-Rangin, yours truly and in the front Siul Ruiz. #rhizo6
📸 @jeffinerca.bsky.social

The *Microbes Persist* project I lead is featured in LLNL’s new Science and Tech magazine. We’re trying to understand how genomes of tiny organisms control the creation & breakdown of soil organic matter— a critical ingredient in keeping our soils healthy and productive.
str.llnl.gov/str-march-20...

If you don’t pre-print, now’s the time to start. And here’s a great new place to do it 👇

CDRXIV CDRXIV is a new open access platform for sharing preprints and data related to carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

Like any preprint server, CDRXIV will only be useful to the extent that it’s adopted by the research community. We’re excited to see how it will evolve, and we want your help shaping it.

We hope you submit your research and share the news with others.
cdrxiv.org

Life-cycle carbon footprint and total production potential of cross-laminated timber from California’s wildland-urban interface – CDRXIV The frequency, scale, and severity of wildfires, driven by climate change, is steadily increasing in the Western United States. Sustainable forest management practices through forest thinning could re...

Very happy to support CDRXIV w/ our new papers 😁 This one is led by Baishakhi Bose on decade-scale C storage in building materials. Short version: CA can use some of its forest thinnings for CLT, mitigate wildfire risk, & storage C in the process. There's more than enough! cdrxiv.org/preprint/345

Quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) and cross-domain networks reveal bacterial-fungal interactions in the hyphosphere - Microbiome Background Interactions between fungi and bacteria have the potential to substantially influence soil carbon dynamics in soil, but we have yet to fully identify these interactions and partners in thei...

Interesting use of #qSIP to detect microbial partners incorporating labeled substrates, enhancing understanding of fungal-bacterial interactions in soil. @jeffinerca.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#soilmicrobiology

I was so delighted to see your face in the audience!

Spent some quality time in Half Moon Bay chatting with bioeconomy leaders in CA, sharing the stage with the unparalleled @jeffinerca.bsky.social There is so much room to move faster than we do. The wildfire mitigation benefits alone demand it. Glad to have this strong community to tap into.

Assemblies of long-read metagenomes suffer from diverse errors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.22.649783v1

it’s a small liberal arts school— they’re into the low tech solutions

Nothing quite like finding out your kiddo is learning about your life’s work in her Bio class. And enjoying it!!

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Come and work with me!

The Nature Micro team is expanding and we're looking for someone to champion microbial ecology, plant micro & related areas for the journal

Knowledge of microbial ecology/plant micro is desirable but we're open to applications from all microbiologists

Link below 👇