Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I know every company is trying to hop on the AI hype train. Maybe AI could be useful here, but I doubt it. This just seems more like marketing copy than journalism (5/9) 320
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The article is essentially unpaid advertising touting their microbial inoculants (see text). I realize this is not a science article, but big claims require big evidence. Same goes for their website (www.oathsoillife.com/pages/scienc...) - inoculants led to a 50% increase in SOC??? (3/9) 210
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I was excited to read this paper until I got to this section describing their Methods. Big claims require better evidence. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 050
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Both the porcupine and I enjoyed the powder today 2421
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Yet another reminder that RNA levels are not necessarily predictive of growth rate in mixed microbial communities (from this paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...) 1257
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Lucky to be able to spend the morning skiing in Rocky Mt Natl Park 1440
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Yikes - large earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Wonderful people and beautiful place (spent 2 weeks there in 2023). Hoping for the best... 010
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Basically every ecology paper: "We found a strong link between X and Y at this site, so this is how the world works." The plot. 1214418
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In recognition of World Soils Day, here are 3 kitties snuggling together on a Namibian soil 2462
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Thank you- this is awesome. My COI spreadsheet is challenging to put together... 010
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Finally got a photo of nearly everyone in the lab group! Using pizza as bait was the key. 2251
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 12/10/2023New job opening at CU Boulder: Asst. Professor of Environmental Data Science. A great opportunity at a great place jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... 14965
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Incredible weekend backpacking with kids in WY. Look at that sky! 070
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 15/09/2023At least half of the sports media in the US seems to be on the Boulder campus today 020
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 31/08/2023Once again - I beg microbial ecologists not to conflate 'absolute' abundance with 'relative' abundance. Just because the % of one group (from sequencing data) goes up, does not mean absolute abundances also go up. Exhibit A: 044
Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 24/08/2023I don't study bees, nor do I study flowers, but this seemed like a good metaphor for my first post on this site. 0180
