Reposted by Erik SchwarzProf William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We invite everyone (nonscientists) to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Add your name and share widely. Endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. forms.gle/vAARd7mv2yS7... 39381
Reposted by Erik SchwarzRouskLab.bsky.social @rousklab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We (portal.research.lu.se/en/organisat...) are seeking a doctoral student whose mission it will be to investigate how microbial communities can adapt their traits to enhance their performance during and after cycles of drought. Join the adventure: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... 244
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026📢 #postdoc on terrestrial #carbon cycle under global change. Topic: interactions of ecological, biogeochemical, and physical processes that drive C cycle responses to global change Where: Department of Soil & Environment, SLU 🇸🇪 Apply by: September 10 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...slu.sePostdoc on terrestrial carbon cycle under global change | slu.seSLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life 0911
Reposted by Erik SchwarzMarleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · 02/08/2026(1/4) So proud of this group effort from the @manzonilab.bsky.social! @danielaguasconi.bsky.social and I co-led a book chapter on "Soil moisture controls on soil carbon and nutrient dynamics" The book is out now and completely open access 🤩: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...routledge.comRoutledge Handbook of Terrestrial EcohydrologyThis handbook provides a comprehensive overview of terrestrial ecohydrology, a rapidly evolving discipline focusing on the interactions of biota and water. Understanding these interactions is especial... 143
Erik Schwarz @erikschwarz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New paper out in Soil Biology and Biochemistry! “Eco-evolutionary controls of microbial extracellular enzyme production in soils” doi.org/10.1016/j.so... Work on this paper began 5 years ago when I first started my PhD and it has taken many turns since then. Very happy to see it out eventually! 😊doi.orgRedirecting 194
Reposted by Erik SchwarzResearchers' Desk @researchersdesk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Researchers and colleagues at universities, colleges and academic institutes are invited to sign a call from the academic community in support of the Climate Demonstration on 23 August in Stockholm, for which Researchers’ Desk is a co-organiser. enadeforklimatet.nuenadeforklimatet.nuEnade för KlimatetAkademin står enad för klimatet. Skriv under appellen och delta i Den stora klimatdemonstrationen. 1117
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Best way to start your #EGU26 week? Monday 8:30 ➡️ BG1.11 “Functional diversity in motion” chaired by @elsa-abs.bsky.social, @bopplaurent.bsky.social @lisawingate.bsky.social, @manzonilab.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026If your #EGU26 schedule is not full yet, have a look at these presentations from our group: - Eco-evolutionary models meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-... by @erikschwarz.bsky.social - C-N stoichiometry meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-... by @majasiegenthaler.bsky.socialmeetingorganizer.copernicus.orgAbstract EGU26-3995 253
Reposted by Erik Schwarztcamenzind.bsky.social @tcamenzind.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Come work with me at the Department of Soil Biology in Hohenheim, Postdoc position for three years. I am looking for someone who will support my current line of research and help establish novel methods of molecular soil ecology in the lab. Thanks for sharing. www.uni-hohenheim.de/stellenangeb...uni-hohenheim.deStellenangebote: Universität HohenheimAktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim. 01716
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026📢 3 #postdoc and 1 #PhD positions with Gustaf Hugelius @stockholm-uni.bsky.social (Department of Physical Geography) on permafrost and peatland mapping, funded via two new exciting collaborative projects, offering a chance to work with great international teams. See links below: 124
Erik Schwarz @erikschwarz.bsky.social · 02/03/20264.5 years came to an end - and it was an amazing journey :) Thanks to all who accompanied and supported me along the way. A special thanks to my supervisors Stefano @manzonilab.bsky.social and Salim Belyazid, and all colleagues and friends at the Dept. of Physical Geography at Stockholm University. 060
Reposted by Erik SchwarzJeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026New research showing a mismatch between projected spruce habitat suitability under climate change and current management practices in Sweden. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2166
Reposted by Erik SchwarzRebecca Varney @rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social · 06/02/2026New Nature Ecology & Evolution paper out today @natecoevo.nature.com! We find that models deviate from observations in the weighting of important soil processes. This mismatch has important implications for developing soil carbon models and improving predictions of soil carbon fate in the future 🌍 045
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Soil microbes grow, respire, die. Because their biomass eventually becomes necromass, and necromass can be stabilized in soil, growth rate emerges as a powerful predictor of soil carbon: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMicrobial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency - Nature Ecology & EvolutionMicrobial carbon use efficiency is a strong predictor of soil organic carbon stocks. Here the authors reveal that the microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor, and that model... 32812
Reposted by Erik Schwarztcamenzind.bsky.social @tcamenzind.bsky.social · 29/01/2026My colleague Christian Poll offers a PhD position in our group at University of Hohenheim, we would be glad if you share this opportunity with potential candidates. His project EcoFuture KAP4 is an interesting collaborative project with University of Tübingen. dbges.de/assets/Uploa... 058
Reposted by Erik SchwarzTERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 23/12/2025Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483. MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA 01612
Erik Schwarz @erikschwarz.bsky.social · 22/12/2025A great (pre-)christmas gift: our synthesis paper in Ecology Letters just got published! 😊 Thanks, @elsa-abs.bsky.social, @arjunchakrawal.bsky.social, @lucianachr.bsky.social, Pierre Quévreux, and @manzonilab.bsky.social for the great collaboration!! Open access article: doi.org/10.1111/ele.70278doi.orgEco‐Evolutionary Optimality in Soil Organic Matter ModelsOptimization approaches based on fundamental eco-evolutionary principles (EEO approaches) can increase the realism and generality of microbial-explicit soil organic matter (SOM) models—yet, these app.... 198
Reposted by Erik SchwarzManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 07/12/2025How do scientific ideas evolve and which paradigms in Earth system science deserve a fresh look? We welcome submissions to address these questions in our #EGU26 session “Re-examining Seminal Ideas in Earth System Science” www.egu26.eu/session/57516egu26.euSession ITS5.2/BG10.2 164
Reposted by Erik SchwarzRebecca Varney @rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social · 01/12/2025#EGU26 session on climate change emulation for impact projections. Please share with anyone who works on simple climate models, statistical / ML / hybrid approaches, pattern scaling, emulators, real-world impact studies 🌍 📩 Abstract submissions are open. 🔗 Session info: www.egu26.eu/session/56612egu26.euSession CL3.2.7 112
Reposted by Erik SchwarzPierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Published today in Earth System Science Data: The Global Carbon Budget 2025 essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...essd.copernicus.orgGlobal Carbon Budget 2025Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette... 213763
Reposted by Erik SchwarzBolin Centre for Climate Research @bolincentre.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Big congratulations to our deputy director Gustaf Hugelius, who was just awarded a ERC Syngergy Grant for the project “Northern Peatlands in the face of climate warming and abrupt changes (CLIMPEAT).” 👏 0205
Reposted by Erik SchwarzGuy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739... 110080
Reposted by Erik SchwarzStockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Varmare och torrare somrar gör skogarna mer sårbara för granbarkborrar. En ny studie av bl a Caroline Greiser, Stockholms univ, visar att angreppen höjer temperaturen i drabbade områden. Men lövträd pekas ut som lösningen på uppvärmningseffekten. @bolincentre.bsky.social www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...svt.seSkelettskogar breder ut sig – forskare ser lösning i blandskogSkelettskogar och värme – så påverkar granbarkborren skogen. Fler lövträd kan göra skogarna mer motståndskraftiga, visar ny forskning. 054
Reposted by Erik SchwarzFEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Latest at #FEMSMicrobiolLett: 🌱 Compost boosts fungal abundance in grassland soils, even under drought.💧 Microbial communities show resilience to reduced precipitation.📍 Site variation matters more than treatment! 🔗 buff.ly/lG7AK0y #SoilMicrobiology #ClimateResilience #MicrobialEcology 163
Reposted by Erik SchwarzRoey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025📣 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. 🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓 24745
Reposted by Erik SchwarzKyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025We are hiring! On the search for an ambitious post-doc with hot skills in metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and bioinformatics to join our EcoEnergeticS project with @michaeladippold.bsky.social Find the ad here: uni-tuebingen.de/zh/266340uni-tuebingen.deOpportunities 179
Reposted by Erik SchwarzBolin Centre for Climate Research @bolincentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The @ipcc.bsky.social has selected 3 Bolin Centre researchers as authors for the upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) – congratulations to deputy director Gustaf Hugelius, Ninis Rosqvist and Erik Kjellström! 👏 @stockholm-uni.bsky.socialsu.seThree Bolin Centre members selected as authors for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report - Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchThree Bolin Centre members selected as authors for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report - Bolin Centre for Climate Research 073
Reposted by Erik SchwarzOliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost! 262114
Reposted by Erik SchwarzHoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 08/09/2025🧵 2/2 🔬 On 17 September we will explore how to account for microbial communities in soil carbon models with Elisa Bruni from Ecole normale supérieure and @manzonilab.bsky.social & @erikschwarz.bsky.social from Stockholm University ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...holisoils.euHoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoilsJoin 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. 031
Reposted by Erik SchwarzRouskLab.bsky.social @rousklab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Our ability to predict how biology will feed back to climate change relies on our ability to convert biological insights into mathematica formulations that can be scaled up in structured ways, within the context of Earth System Models (ESMs)... 174
Reposted by Erik SchwarzAlbert Brangarí @albertbrangari.bsky.social · 21/08/2025📢 #PhDpositions🔥🚨! #PhD in microbial resource limitation and element cycling in soils. Lund University – University of Amsterdam @lunduniversity.bsky.social Details and apply (deadline 15/09) here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... 033
Erik Schwarz @erikschwarz.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Join @manzonilab.bsky.social, Elisa Bruni, and me to discuss "Challenges in modelling microbial interactions in SOC decomposition". Very excited to participate in this webinar series! 042
Erik Schwarz @erikschwarz.bsky.social · 19/08/2025PhD opportunity with the amazing @lucianachr.bsky.social ! :) 020
Reposted by Erik SchwarzHoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 30/07/2025🦠🌱 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...holisoils.euHoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoilsJoin 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. 0147
Reposted by Erik SchwarzGlobal Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Microbiome Adaptation Could Amplify Modeled Projections of Global Soil Carbon Loss With Climate Warming 🔗 buff.ly/iXsdg42 133
Reposted by Erik SchwarzDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 09/07/2025#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp 13521
Reposted by Erik SchwarzBolin Centre for Climate Research @bolincentre.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A huge thank you to everyone that joined us at the first day of the re-launch & 75th Anniversary of the journal #Tellus! 🫶 Brilliant presentations, and we are more than excited for what day two will bring tomorrow. 🌍 @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social 0145
Reposted by Erik SchwarzKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge. 666192045548
Reposted by Erik SchwarzArjun Chakrawal अर्जुन चक्रवाल @arjunchakrawal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024If interested in learning how I have been using eco-evolutionary optimization for understanding below ground carbon allocation do visit my session next week at #AGU24 #PNNL #EMSLScience #MONet 052
Reposted by Erik SchwarzElsa Abs @elsa-abs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024go.bsky.app/ACjNUuz Let me know if you want to join 🦠🌍🤗 479442