Marleen Pallandt

Reminder! The #HoliSoils webinar on the integration of microbial processes into SOC models starts today at 2 pm CEST.

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

🔬 Microbial communities are the main drivers of #soil carbon decomposition, but modelling their interactions remains a major challenge!

📣 On 17 September join the first session of the #HoliSoils webinar series with @iufro.bsky.social Task Force T58!

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HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

🦠🌱 Join us for the first #HoliSoils webinar: Challenges in Modelling Microbial Interaction in SOC Decomposition. #SoilHealth

📅 17 Sept, 14:00–15:30 CEST

Explore cutting-edge insights from leading experts on soil C models & microbial dynamics. Free & open to all! 👉 holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

Really pleased to see this work published. The study was led by Elisa Bruni as a collaborative result from the #HoliSoils project. Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Elisa found that respiration rates scale as the product of organic carbon and microbial biomass, with minimal effects of microbial diversity. This is a cool result, supporting the use of nonlinear kinetics to interpret data at small scales (lab incubation). Great @holisoils.bsky.social team effort!

Did you hear of this nice book that recently came out describing the large variety of Dutch dandelions? floravannederland.nl/home//gast_b....

I really wish I could join you Ana! Unfortunately my talk is scheduled at the exact same time. Hope to bump into you at another session.

Highlighted event: Opening up about Mental Health across Career Stages in the Geosciences EGU 2025 is almost upon us! While a highlight of the year for many scientists, a big conference like this can also come with feelings of stress or anxiety for many. (If that’s you – you are not alone!...

Attending #EGU @egu.eu & care about mental health & diversity in academia? Join our Union Symposium Monday, 16:15–18:00 in Room E1. Co-organized with @polarocean.bsky.social @geocarolina.bsky.social Sabine Hörnig and Anita Di Chiara. Read more on @lucialayr.bsky.social blog post @egubg.bsky.social

Key message on management of drained forested peatlands from the @holisoils.bsky.social‬ policy brief below: "Avoiding clearcutting and applying continuous cover forestry on peatlands allows timber production with a higher water level [...], which can reduce GHG emissions"

@mpallandt.bsky.social and I were awarded financial support through the new EGU EDI Participation Support Scheme, to bring our child to #EGU25. This enables EC scientists to attend without monetary punishment for having children and no local support system. I hope more such initiatives will follow!

Text and university logos on a white and orange background: Ecological forecasting of tree resistance to pathogens 2-year postdoc (possible +2 year extension, funding secured) Eligibility: PhD in ecology, geosciences, environmental science, or a similar relevant subject; experience in using and/or developing vegetation or land surface models; programming experience (e.g. R, Python, Matlab, Fortran); at least one first author peer-reviewed publication (preprint ok) Start date: March 2025 or as soon as possible, no later than September Deadline: 3rd of March 17.00 GMT

photo of research group around a table, with Christmas decorations in the background, three women and two men, all youngish, all smiling

Come and work with us! 2+2 year postdoc at Trinity College Dublin on modelling plant defence and resistance to pathogens. Going from first principles to near term forecasts and decision tools.

Deadline 3rd of March, start date as soon as possible. 🧪🌏🌾
plantecomodelling.org/downloads/E-...

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden

Researcher on land surface model calibration | FINN.no About the positionSummary: CICERO is expanding our research on land surface modeling, which is essential to address societal questions regarding climate

We have a *permanent* position open at
@ciceroclimate.bsky.social
, working on calibration and general awesome-ification of the CLM-FATES model, across a fun set of projects www.finn.no/job/fulltime... Flexible wrt career stage and the balance of science/technical work. Tell all your friends!

Super nice to see Martijn's work featured as editor's highlight on EOS!

Does anyone else have problems submitting an abstract for #EGU25? I contacted the Copernicus Office for support, but am curious if it's just me or a larger issue...

Best wishes for 2025! Ours started great with fresh snow and family fun 😄

Can I join? Great list!

Thanks Rosie, I'd like that 😊

So maybe a climate ecologist - is that even a thing? C cycle researcher? Maybe it's a small problem to have, but I feel like none of the above really covers it. Multidisciplinary Bluesky community, how would you answer this question? (2/2)

Scientific identity crisis: "So, what do you do?" A simple question, but I struggle to answer after changing fields several times. Am I a vegetation modeller? Soil modeller? Does that then make me a land surface modeller? But my postdoc isn't like that, I'm analysing soil respiration datasets (1/2)

Awesome! Glad to hear that 😊

Enjoy today's session! It looks amazing 🤩

🚨 #AGU2024 alert! Come check out work from the @manzonilab.bsky.social with #HoliSoils data. @danielaguasconi.bsky.social presents our joint work on the relationships between microbial diversity and soil respiration in managed forests. Starts at 4:10 pm in room 149A-B, session B34A. See you there!

Our lab made it to Bluesky! Welcome, and we hope to see some of you in Stockholm next year for the upcoming Swedish Oikos meeting. It's in the beautiful museum of natural history! More info 👇

Congratulations Jürgen! That's awesome news

This is a really important topic! My career path is highly nonlinear. Long-term illness forced me to take a break from academia. Add having a child and moving across Europe several times with my partner who's also in science, and those age restrictions for early career scientists seem laughable...

Supporting nonlinear careers to diversify science Those who follow non-linear career trajectories often face disadvantages in academia. This Perspective looks at why individuals might choose non-linear careers and how these benefit diversity in scien...

Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia.
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Registration for the #CESM tutotial (July 7-11th) is open! This s a great resource for all budding Earth system modelers (& there is no cost to apply or to attend the tutorial AND some travel support may be available to selected applicants....) www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/tutor...

Bolin days 2024: Can we disentangle climate and microbial diversity effects on soil respiration in managed forests?

Can we disentangle climate and microbial diversity effects on soil respiration? Daniela Guasconi and I showed our first insights from the #HoliSoils project at the #BolinDays organised by @bolincentre.bsky.social). Exciting two day event with climate scientists from different disciplines!

I'm learning about non-linear multiple regression and mixed effects models in #R. What are your preferred packages and functions? Any recommended reading?