Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge

Soilwatching Dive into the wonders of the world below your feet with the researchers of the SoilChip group at @LundUniversity! We want to share unique footage from our cyborg soils, transparent labyrinths that me...

We're having this very fun science outreach project where we want to create awareness of the wonders of the world beneath our feet. The soil is alive!! You find us on our youtube channel at
www.youtube.com/@Soilwatching
#soilchip #microworld #biodiversity #microscopy #underground #hiddenworld

Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry. Ac...

Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Awesome, thx!!

Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution Long-term research projects are essential for predicting the ecological and evolutionary responses of species to global change, yet their continuity is often threatened by uncertainties over funding. ...

"Long-term research carries an intrinsic paradox: its true value emerges only after decades, whereas political agendas often demand short-term results. This mismatch makes sustained monitoring one of the easiest targets when public budgets come under pressure."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

More exceptions than rules: Variable effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on leaf litter decomposition in temperate pine forests The results add to a growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N-poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described and is often invoked. Further...

"A growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N‐poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described"

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That’s hilarious!

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

The NYTimes article on Mamdani at Bowdoin is "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it. It certainly is instructive." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Three people standing in an agricultural field in front of raised pink-hued solar panels, titled towards the sun

people standing in an agricultural field in front of raised solar panels, titled towards the sun

A researcher gesturing toward vertical rows of solar panels arranged like fences over an agricultural field

What a beautiful agrivoltaics facility Majdi Abou Najm and @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues have built. Thanks for the fantastic workshop and tour!

Why is it always so tough to log into Editorial Manager to do a peer review. If journals want me to do a peer review, they should make the process as seamless as possible. I shouldn't have to track down a login that was created for me despite already having four for the same website...

Ho Ho Ho

Are you an earth or environmental scientist with an interest in climate change mitigation? Join our upcoming scientific meeting looking at enhanced weathering as leading researchers discuss the scientific and societal challenges ahead:
royalsociety.org/science-even...

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

A great opportunity to Join Harvard Forest as a Senior Scientist to lead eddy flux work with your very own towers in a place that is deeply connected to ecosystem ecology!
@fluxnet.bsky.social @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @cznews.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social

Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.

My colleague @sarahhird.bsky.social has been fighting for family care leave for over a year now. So impressed with her leadership!

ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...

The white house, a gaping wound in the east wing. It looks like a ruin or a mound of garbage

No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...

New paper: Dried soil bacteria enter dormancy with "frozen" RNA & metabolite profiles—but water vapor alone can wake them up!

#Microbiology #SoilScience #Dormancy #ClimateChange #MicroSky

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Soil scientist previously named in citation scandal appointed to editor role at Elsevier journal Artemi Cerdà A soil scientist who resigned from several journals in 2017 after being linked to manipulated citations has been appointed to the editorial board of a journal copublished by Elsevier a…

As authoritarianism takes over, I guess this make sense 🙃 retractionwatch.com/2025/10/10/s...

The team at our research site in the alps

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

We are looking for photos or videos of microscopy images and microbial ecologists at work! The winning photos and videos will be used to promote the ISME Society and our publications. Submit your entry by 11 November! More information: isme-microbes.org/call-for-mic...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU

My life changed when I first read "The Sea Around Us." Rachel Carson's words captured my 13-yr old sense of wonder for a place I barely knew but felt for so deeply, the ocean. Honored to speak to her legacy @agu.org and grateful to my colleagues for the nomination 🌊💙

www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...

Chris Topp Puts Down Roots at MSU, Joins PRI Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and he will soon bring his root biology expertise to Michigan State University and the Plant Resilience Institute.

Very excited to announce that Chris Topp will be joining us here at MSU in the Plant Resilience Institute (@msupri.bsky.social) and Plant Biology Department in 2026. Dr. Topp was hired along with Dr. Andrea Glassimire in the most recent PRI search. plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

Was great to share “The music of soil” with the IU Biology Dept EEB seminar. I had so many wonderful conversations... Thanks for hosting me!
@richphillipslab.bsky.social @jaytlennon.bsky.social Jake McKinlay Jen Lau Heather Reynolds Andre Franco Kim Novick and many wonderful students.