But seriously , what has nature ever done for us ? You know , apart from the air we breathe , the food we eat , making us healthier . . . Brilliant new ad from Zero Hour to promote their Climate & Nature Bill campaign , take action at zerohour.uk #EarthDay

You know what I'm really worried about right now as Israel and the US carry out ethnic cleansing in Gaza, expand illegal settlements, and further normalize violent occupation and dehumanization of all Palestinians... universities in the US 🥴 #Gaza 🇵🇸 💔

In soil some bacteria are over 10x smaller than their neighbors which influences their physiology and trophic interactions. Our new paper discusses how the size and #biodiversity of microbes determines carbon use efficiency in #soil. …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14….

It was so great presenting at #iusscentennial I almost forgot to post about it! My talk (though lacking final results) generated some great discussion regarding the microbiome's role in sustainable viticulture... more to come! 🍇🍷🦠🍄🇮🇹 #BioFunLab #FUNVINE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Happy to share a great collaboration led by Dongxue Tao, ManuDelgadoBaquerizo, Yingzhi Gao and others! IRNAS Sevilla BioFunLab We show that "intercropping can optimize crop use of phosphorus, and promote multiple important ecosystem services" shorturl.at/xooN9

Despite the sad reality that glaciers are and will continue to melt, this work shows (again) how monumentally important #soil #microbes are for the future! Beautiful stuff!

I LOVE love LoVE working in Spain. But I just rode my bike past a sign that said 47°C... And I had a moment 🥵 #Sevilla

New paper in the BioFunLab Maize-alfalfa intercropping alleviates the dependence of multiple ecosystem services on nonrenewable fertilization Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Led by @biofunlab PhD student Dongxue Tao

Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum rdcu.be/dOcOY Duan & co. explore nutrients transfer between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endobacteria and hyphospheric bacteria in the plant–fungus–bacterium continuum.

Join us in Liverpool for #BES2024! With over 1000 ecologists from across the world, our annual meeting is a place where you can: 💡Hear the latest research 🧠Deepen your understanding of current issues 🤝catch up with colleagues & make new connections britishecologicalsociety.org/events/bes-ann…

A big CHEERS 🍻 to anyone else who applied to multiple jobs today!

Vaya con dios #GenocideJoe

New paper in Nature Plants we discuss Harnessing co-evolutionary interactions between plants and Streptomyces to combat drought stress Led by Dr Hongwei Liu with contribution from Jiayu Li Full article can be found here rdcu.be/dONMn We propose that advancement in

New @Biofunlab paper Root traits regulate the capacity of the rhizosphere to support multiple ecosystem services under intercropping and phosphorus fertilization sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Led by @Biofunlab PhD Dongxue Tao w/Guiyao Zhou Daniel Revillini & more! IRNAS Sevilla

📜🌽📜🌾 New in AEE we show crop root strategies (structural v chemical) can differentially shape microbes and soil ecosystem functions + intercropping/trait complementarity was best under sustainable management! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Dongxue Tao w/ ManuDelgadoBaquerizo Guiyao Zhou +

Summer vibes engage!

Seeing all the #ICOM12 posts from Manchester when it is 40 degrees in southern Spain

Controversial opinion: These Sankey diagrams are way too cool from: nature.com/articles/s4146…

The great Camille Parmesan regarding the climate inaction of policymakers & natl govts: "Everyone [at IPCC] was at the end of their rope, asking: what the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?" theguardian.com/environment/ng…

Love a bit of zinc spiking :) #nodulemagic