When the US govt terminated the National Nature Asst, @phillevin.bsky.social + the author team were determined not to let that stop them.
They re-organized, set up an advisory committee, found funding…and now the brand new Nature Record is open for public comment. 👏🌳👏🌲
Check it out (link below)!
This is good and could only be improved if all parentheses were (vampire bats)
Really enjoyed watching this paper unfold. The idea that selection operates at multiple levels is fascinating, controversial and difficult to test. But not untestable nor untested. César and colleagues show this well!
Furthermore, while we do our best to change global co2 levels we only have so much control. There’s the potential to completely change soil microbial communities in a given location.
Really happy to see this one live. The microbes matter a lot. Microbial composition explains more variation in productivity than a massive global change factor like co2 fertilization.
Really excited to host Dr. Susan Cook-Patton tomorrow. Susan is one of the top scientific voices on natural climate solutions, continuously pushing new analyses that help us understand the potential of natural climate solutions, as well as their limitations.
This webinar is free and open to all!
🚨 Last day to submit is THIS Wednesday, July 30, at 11:59pm Eastern Time (03:59 UTC)! 🚨
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Who lives underground?
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
Ecosystem Engineers at Risk: Underground Maps Reveal 90% of Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity Hotspots Lie Outside Protected Areas
Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
After a bit of a hiatus, Funga's speaker series is back, and we are so excited to be starting with The Nature Conservancy’s Lead Reforestation Scientist, Dr. Susan Cook-Patton!
Man speaking in front of a slide that says “can we manage the forest fungal microbiome”
Super cool talk by @colinaverill.bsky.social on the effect (and manipulation) of soil microbiome (mycobiome) on growth of forests.
Basically doing for forests what fecal transplants do for managing C diff
Y'all if you read a great scientific paper or see a great talk, consider writing the author and tell them you think it's awesome. It's really easy, it builds relationships, and you probably make their day.
If you're working in enhanced rock weathering and you hate your lysimeters... know that we hate them too. There is a better way! Reach out - we're happy to help folks deploy this new approach.
We're deploying this method at our microbiome restoration X ERW trial in Wales with @thecarboncom.bsky.social. It's probably the only way we can get weathering data at high enough resolution to properly model weathering rates and associated carbon removal.
Lysimeters only work if the soil has enough water. If you've ever tried, it seems like these instruments barely work. Jones et al. instead use an ultra centrifuge to measure alkalinity at any soil moisture level, and demonstrate this method is more effective for detecting changes in ERW projects.
Measuring enhanced rock weathering is hard, but essential for quantify its CDR potential. Best practice is to measure soil pore water alkalinity with lysimeters - and this is very hard.
New work by Gregory Jones and Bonnie Waring finds a much simpler way! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...
Earthshot Labs is hiring! If you are a remote sensing scientist with experience using satellite observations for advanced forestry applications, take a look and consider applying. It is a fantastic team on a mission to restore and protect forests worldwide.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in one week! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
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Didn’t know you rode an OPEN! Love these bikes
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
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Learn more here:
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We're hiring an early career data scientist at Funga @funga-pbc.bsky.social! Austin TX based. We use ML to integrate forestry observations and fungal microbiome datasets, to better understand how to restore forest fungal biodiversity.
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📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
Been reading up on the "super donor" framework in medical microbiology FMT work. So much relevance for soil transplant work that considers the provenance of donor ecosystems. This review has been particularly helpful.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
[1/3] The Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund was developed to invest in leaders and startups working to grow what's possible with trees. We are thrilled to share that ADF has partnered with Funga, to explore what is possible with soil biodiversity restoration!
www.arborday.org/news/arbor-d...
📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Are you a researcher exploring the underground? 🍄
Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts.
Help us spread the word.
🗓️ Deadline: 21 March
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Check out this great general review in Nature on “Fungal impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems - by the CIFAR consortium. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @microbita.bsky.social @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social
Love this so much 💙💙💙
Really enjoying this piece led by @DrSuzanneSimard pushing back on the criticisms of common mycorrhizal network research. Highly reccommend!
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This feels like some clutch your pearls attitude! Don’t know enough to evaluate, it’s not open access (so everyone who’s not at an academic institution can’t read, which seems to be self defeating in and of itself)
