Johan Six

Glad to contribute to this new Horizon Europe project @ec.europa.eu to develop a continental African Union Soil Observatory (AUSO) ! @cirad.bsky.social @saegroupethz.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social and many others

More details here:
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Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

Can soil-crop models mostly tested in temperate conditions be relevant under tropical conditions to simulate long-term #soilorganiccarbon #yields? A study based on 4 trials in Kenya 🇰🇪 @mcorbeels.bsky.social @gatienfalconnier.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social

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DRC’s plan for the world’s largest tropical forest reserve would be good for the planet: can it succeed? Setting up the world’s biggest giant tropical forest reserve in the Congo Basin is a step towards conserving the area and creating jobs for local communities.

In this new commentary for The Conversation Africa, @johansix.bsky.social, Matti Barthel, Glenn Bush, and I discuss what the new "green corridor" law means for the Congo Basin and what might impede its success @saegroupethz.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

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Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know? Managing soils to increase organic carbon presents a potential opportunity to mitigate and adapt to global change challenges. However, soils differ widely in their biophysical limits for carbon accum...

Great paper 👏 @globalchangebio.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @angersd.bsky.social @sebdoetterl.bsky.social @stuartsoil.bsky.social @lugatoe.bsky.social @thuenen-som.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @schweizer.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social
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YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Soil Inoculation: Does it work?

If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!

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Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...

Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper!

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📣GSBI Speaks is back in one week! Join us to learn about remote sensing and sensing to measure soil biodiversity 📸🎥🐛🐜🦠🪱

Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 MST, 11:00 EST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET

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Transforming lives: Supporting sustainable sanitation at South African schools The RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South Africa primary schools. The devised state-of-the-art system improves sanitation facilities and also offers ...

Julukandoda Primary School in South Africa, serving 768 students, faced major sanitation issues. 🚸

Thanks to a collaboration between multiple organizations, the school now has eco-friendly low-flush toilets and a decentralized wastewater treatment system. 🌱

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Some great news from the Flagship Project "Enhancing #Resilience in #FoodSystems" 🌱

YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich Transforming Lives: Sustainable Sanitation at Julukandoda Primary School - RUNRES project 🌍💧🌱

Sharing a great story on the power of transdisciplinary collaboration 🤝
🏫 The #RUNRES team reports on a successful innovation for improving sanitation systems in South African.
🎥 Check how this transformative journey for the students of Julukandoda Primary School : www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVG...

YouTube video by SAE ETH Zürich The Sustainable Agroecosystems Group - ETH Zürich

🌱More on the research and objectives of the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group in ETH Zürich by the lead Prof. @johansix.bsky.social

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GSBI Speaks is back tomorrow! Join us to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉

Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET

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PhD Position in Soil Biogeochemistry of Enhanced Rock Weathering

🚨 New Ph.D. opening! 🚨 We seek a Ph.D. student in soil (bio)geochemistry as it relates to ERW, particularly in the tropics. Position is part of a very multi-disciplinary group split between @ethzurich.bsky.social EAPS and USYS depts @usyseth.bsky.social. Please share!

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Was a very nice meeting!!

It's almost a tradition: @erichfischer.bsky.social, Nicolas Gruber, @retoknutti.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and Johan Six are among this year's "Highly Cited Researchers". Congratulations! 🙌🎉https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2024/11/highly-cited-researchers-2024.html