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Muhammad Riaz

@riazbiogeochem.bsky.social
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Professor of Environmental Science | Biogeochemistry | Nutrient cycling | Biochar | SOM | Soil pollution, quality and health indicators |

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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It was a great experience to present our @Leguminose_EU results from living labs across Pakistan at the 15th Congress of the Croatian Society of Soil Science in Vodice, Croatia. #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SustainableAgriculture #SoilHealth @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happening now! 15th Congress of the Croatian Society of Soil Science in Vodice, Croatia! #SoilManagement #GlobalChallenges #LEGUMINOSE #HorizonEurope @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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CRC TRR 341 "Plant Ecological Genetics" @trr341.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Applications are finally open! The CRC TRR341 is offering 10 doctoral researcher (PhD students) positions on projects surrounding Plant Ecological Genetics. Find the list of projects here: lnkd.in/e-aXUH9n And apply before Friday 10th of July here: lnkd.in/egC53z5h
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Our National and International Speakers! #LEGUMINOSE Workshop on Legume-Cereal Intercropping on April 28-29, 2026 at #GCUF, Pakistan. #AgriculturalSustainability #ClimateResilience #SoilHealth @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Event Alert! Workshop on Cereal-Legume Intercropping under #Leguminose_EU Project. 📅 April 28-29, 2026 📍 GCUF, Faisalabad, Pakistan #HorizonEurope #GCUF #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SoilHealth #Agriculture #Sustainability #Pakistan @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
What a beautiful day and landscape! Visited #WheatChickpea #LivingLabs of our #Leguminose_EU Project in Layyah and Bhakkar in Pakistan. Living labs are aimed to explore the potential of adopting #LegumeCereal #Inercropping on #CropProductivity and #SoilHealth under arid conditions.
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Wishing all my wonderful colleagues and friends around the world a happy, peaceful, and relaxing holiday season. To those celebrating, I wish you a joyful #Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous #NewYear. May 2026 bring peace, success, good health, and prosperity in our lives.
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Day-2 of #iNNet Project in Nairobi along side the #UNEA7! Policy Fellows & Non-Government Stakeholders are presenting their roles in bringing the #NitrogenPollution into the policy and community arenas. #ReduceNitrogenWaste #NitrogenAndClimate #PolicyDiscussion @in-net.bsky.social
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Happening in Nairobi along side the UNEA-7! iN-Net Annual Project Workshop on December 10-12, 2025. More than 60 colleagues are attending the workshop from nitrogen and climate, policy and data working groups. #ReduceNitrogenWaste #ClimateAction #SDGs @in-net.bsky.social
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
If any plant nerds want to come work with me on soil-plant interactions... we should chat :) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13/10/2025
While essential for life, excess nitrogen is turning fertile soil toxic, endangering marine life, and polluting the air we breathe. UNEP’s interactive explains what nitrogen pollution is, where it comes from, and how we can #BeatNitrogenPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
How can we measure the environmental effects of livestock systems? Our work with FAO provides the answers. Check out the new global guide: "Ecosystem Services Assessment in Livestock Agroecosystems”. #EcosystemServices #LivestockFarming #GlobalGuidance @fao.org @ipcc.bsky.social @ilri.org
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
#ReactiveNitrogen has a huge impact on our planet. We're proud to have contributed to new international guidance on how to assess it. The "INMS Guidance Document on Nitrogen Impact Assessment Methods" is out now. @towardsinms.bsky.social @in-net.bsky.social
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AI4SoilHealth @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Could you be @au.dk's next Professor in Soil Science? Find out more about the role in the Department of Agroecology and apply now! agro.au.dk/en/current-n... #UniversityJobs #SoilScienceJobs
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Professor in soil science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Soil Physics and Hydropedology, Aarhus University
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
3️⃣0️⃣Three decades of experimental nitrogen fertilization increases the frequency of a defensive plant morph 📷 © Mia M. Howard vist.ly/32rcz #ArchitecturalDefense #Galls #Herbivory #LongtermEcologicalResearch #Microevolution #RapidEvolution #ResourceAvailabilityHypothesis #Solidago
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Call for Abstracts International Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon: Drylands to Global Perspectives October 28–29, 2025 | Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan Submission email: soc2025@gcuf.edu.pk Submission deadline: September 25, 2025 #SOC #Drylands #GlobalAgroecosystems
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Riccardo Picone @riccardopicone.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I'm very happy to share that the first article of my PhD thesis was published in Plant and Soil. We propose an extension of the traditional plant-soil feedback theory by using legume-cereal intercropping systems as a case study @pathanshamina.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The contemporary plant-soil feedback in legume-cereal intercropping systems: a review of carbon, nutrient, and microbial dynamics - Plant and Soil
Background Crop diversification practices, such as legume-cereal intercropping, are receiving increasing attention for the large-scale implementation because of crop yield advantages while simultaneou...
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Call for Abstracts International Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon: Drylands to Global Perspectives October 28–29, 2025 | Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan Submission email: soc2025@gcuf.edu.pk Submission deadline: September 25, 2025 #SOC #Drylands #GlobalAgroecosystems
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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Two great 3-year #postdocs to work on synergies/trade-offs of cocoa 🍫/coffee ☕ #agroforestry 🌳 for #people, #biodiversity and #carbon, one in Brazil, one in the US @nature.org @susancookpatton.bsky.social Deadline: 31/07. Go 🏃🏃‍♀️!!! careers.tnc.org/us/en/job/JR... trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
#LEGUMINOSE #SummerSchool on #LegumeCereal #InterCropping & its effects on #CropProductivity & #SoilQuality conducted on June 23-27, 2025 at #GCUF. Great invited talks, #SWOT analysis and group work and presentations by participants. #SustainableAgriculture @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📢 Great postdoc (3 years) opportunity in our group @cirad.bsky.social in the FairCarboN #ALAMOD project to coordinate a modeling excercice @agmip.bsky.social on #soilorganicmatter and nitrogen dynamics in tropical cropping systems. Deadline: 08/05/25 recrutement.cirad.fr/job/job-rese...
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Cirad - Chercheur.e en modélisation de la matière organique dans les systèmes de culture tropicaux
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Applications are invited for the “LEGUMINOSE Summer School on Crop Productivity & Soil Quality under Cereal-Legume Intercropping” organized within our Horizon Europe LEGUMINOSE Project. Dates: June 23-27, 2025 Location: GCUF, Pakistan Deadline: May 11, 2025 Seats: 25 @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Delivered a keynote talk on #soilquality #indicators in #ricewheat #croppingsystems at #CimateChangeCoference at #UniversityOfSwabi. Soil health is crucial for #foodsecurity and should be integrated in #farm #managementtools and #education.
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Delighted to join the #Nitrogen & #Climate #WG of @in-net.bsky.social project. #iN.Net bridges together international networks aiming to #HalveNitrogenWaste by 2030. Excited for working with global leaders of #NitrogenScience. #InternationalNitrogenNetwork #ReduceNirogenWaste #NICCEE
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Our dedicated #LEGUMINOSE Project team participated in a #FarmersDay & collected soil and grain samples from #WheatPea #Intercropping #LivingLabs at farmers' fields. Our #LEGUMINOSE team included PhD students, MS/MPhil student and undergraduate internees. @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Water is intrinsically linked to food security, health, and well-being. 🌍💙 Water scarcity impacts food production & livelihoods. Water is vital for food prep & hygiene. Water insecurity fuels distress & depression. This #WorldWaterDay, let’s recognise these interdisciplinary links 🔎 bit.ly/3CXYFBv
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HWISE: A novel tool for the assessment of household-level water insecurity: scale refinement, validation, and manual development
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Our #LEGUMINOSE team participated in a #FarmerDay and also visited #WheatPeaLivingLabs to record data and took soil and plant samples. #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SustainableAgriculture #SoilHealth #HorizonEurope #EuropeanCommission #AgroEcology @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Soil organic carbon is at risk in a large part of European agricultural 🧑‍🌾🌱🌿 land. The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK🧪🔬. A new study published by @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 06/03/2025
If we can’t live without water, why are we poisoning our rivers? If we can’t live without forests, why are we cutting them down? If we can’t live without soil, why are we stripping it of life? We depend on nature—not the other way around. So why are we pushing our best ally to the brink?
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The text, “Humanity’s survival depends on nature,” is positioned on the left in white, bold font. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) logo is placed in the top right corner for branding.
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
What a lovely day to be in the field! Visit to our wheat-pea #livinglabs under #Leguminose_EU Project at famers' fields across various locations. #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #Nitrogen #SoilHealth #HorizonEurope @pathanshamina.bsky.social
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Soil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🌍😷 Excess nitrogen pollutes our rivers, oceans, air, wildlife and climate. 🚜💚🌍 But farmers could improve their environmental impact and save costs by adopting best practice from organic farms, where farmers use nature-based solutions instead of artificial fertilisers youtube.com/shorts/oz9Vq...
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#Nitrogen pollutes our #rivers, oceans, air, #biodiversity and #climate. So what can we do about it?
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Tom Shimizu @thomasshimizu.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
+Our paper now out in @nature.com. We designed and built at AMOLF a robot that maps & tracks fungal networks as they trade nutrients with plants. We discovered how fungi build and operate hyper-efficient 'supply chains' for underground ecosystems. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Paper out: Li et al. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests
Knowledge about arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is crucial for understanding nutrient limitations on primary productivity and soil organic carbon (…
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy to share that my paper on creativity in research labs is out in the "Ten Simply Rules" article series. Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs I hope you find it to be useful. #AcademicSky journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs
Research lab groups are hotspots for the education of the next generation of scientists, and making these units work as creatively as possible is essential for solving pressing issues in biology, the ...
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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This special issue includes our article "The Positive Effects of Soil Organic Carbon on European Cereal Yields Level Off at 1.4%" led by @acampos-caliz.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Positive Effects of Soil Organic Carbon on European Cereal Yields Level Off at 1.4%
Introduction Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands is a natural climate mitigation effort that can also enhance crop yields. However, there is a lack of comprehensive field studies exami...
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Sebastian Manhart @sebastianmanhart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🇪🇺 Should biochar carbon removal (#BCR) be integrated into the EU Emission Trading System (#EUETS)? 🇪🇺 🔥 This is one of the hottest CDR topics currently being debated in Brussels and beyond. And its impact goes way beyond BCR and the EU ETS. 1/8 🧵
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 05/02/2025
Potential mangrove #restoration would necessitate an investment of $40.0–52.1 billion, yielding net gains in ESV of $231–725 billion. An estimated of 19.4 Tg C can be sequestrated in #mangrove soils, generating $68.6–$236 million via blue C trading. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Getting the best of carbon bang for mangrove restoration buck - Nature Communications
Potential mangrove restoration would necessitate an investment of $40.0–52.1 billion, yielding net gains in ESV of $231–725 billion. An estimated of 19.4 Tg C can be sequestrated in mangrove soils, ge...
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
#Nitrogen: A double-edged sword in agriculture. Nitrogen fertilisers have transformed #foodproduction, but improper use is harming #soil, #water, #air, #biodiversity & #humanhealth. #ReduceNWaste www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
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Nitrogen use efficiency must be improved to reduce harm to human and environmental health
FAO publishes comprehensive report on Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agrifood Systems
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dilemmas in Linking Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency With Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs
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Dilemmas in Linking Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency With Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics
There are still large uncertainties on the relationships between microbial carbon use efficiency and soil organic carbon across (1) different carbon use efficiency estimation methods, (2) various tem...
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Soil Use and Management @handle.invalid · 22/01/2025
***NEW*** Integrating plant growth microorganisms in potato farming to reduce #soil CO2 emissions and improve crop quality Ollio, González Rosado, Lloret, Martínez-Martínez, Egea-Gilabert et al. #soils #soilscience doi.org/10.1111/sum....
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Mohamed El Mazlouzi, PhD @melmazlouzi.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Excited to share our latest article published in Soil Use and Management! It explores nitrogen budgets and soil and crop fertility parameters in sandy soils under an arid climate🌾 Big thanks you to all colleagues! #SoilScience
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Nitrogen budget and barley response to organic amendments in a sandy soil under simulated arid climate
Besides their potential for carbon sequestration, compost and biochar application in agriculture may constitute an alternative to mineral fertilizers by improving soil fertility and productivity in c....
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Soil Use and Management @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025
***NEW*** Ammonia emissions and nitrogen use efficiency of untreated and plasma treated liquid organic materials. Rollett, Williams & Priest #soil #soilscience @adasgroup.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/sum....
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Dr. Dirk N. Karger @dirknkarger.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵
The map shows 500 of those events that happend over the last 40 years.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 08/01/2025
✍ Just over two more weeks to apply! 🧠 Do you have in-depth technical and scientific knowledge on #biodiversity in #food and #agriculture? 📣 Answer our #CallForExperts before 25 January: ecostandard.org/expert/call-...
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Wishing everyone a very happy, peaceful, prosperous, healthy and productive 2025. Let’s welcome 2025 with open arms and aim to make this world a better place for humanity 🎉🥳🎊🎍🎉
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Tom Sizmur @handle.invalid · 28/12/2024
I'm delighted to be a co-supervisor on three PhD studentships that are currently open for applications as part of the BBSRC FoodBioSystems DTP research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
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PhD Opportunities - FoodBioSystems
Four-year funded PhD projects are available in areas that span the food chain from farm to fork. Closing date: 3 February 2024 (10:00 GMT)
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Muhammad Riaz @riazbiogeochem.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and a Very Happy Christmas to all celebrating. Also, best wishes for New Year.
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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Microplastics in soil PhD project combining soil physics and microbiology - applications due by 17 January. Working with a multidisciplinary supervisory team including @micecoevo.bsky.social . www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"How to monitor the ‘success’ of agricultural sustainability: A perspective", by Loekie Schreefel, our own @rachelcreamer.bsky.social, Hannah van Zanten, Imke de Boer, @rogierschulte.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1016/j.gf... #OpenAccess.
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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Full professor in #Climatology at TU Berlin - would be great to welcome a new colleague in our Institute for Ecology, who is strong in science and up for some cool future collaborations @tuberlin.bsky.social #Berlin #Klimatologie #FullProfessor www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
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