New manuscript just published in Geoderma - the global #OA journal of soil science, led by Andrea Jilling: 'Wet-dry cycling influences the formation of mineral-associated organic matter and its sensitivity to simulated root exudates.'

With Stuart Grandy + Karen Morán-Rivera

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'Permanganate-oxidizable C' or 'POXC' is widely used as a measure of 'labile' or 'active' C. However, incorrect or simply unknowable redox assumptions prevents calculation of C oxidized by permanganate:
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Claims of 'mg C/kg soil' are not possible. A thread

Finally published - Review Article: From #Rhizosphere to #Detritusphere , #SoilStructure formation driven by #PlantRoots and the interactions with #SoilBiota funded by DFG public | @[email protected], Alix_Vidal TU Berlin UFZ ZALF Soil Biology Group - WUR @TUMsoil D-USYS@ETH tinyurl.com/must8nb7

Enhanced rock weathering is an approach to carbon removal based on natural processes. We took stock of the growing body of research results and found that carbon removal estimates are highly variable – there is still a lot to learn!

David versus Goliath: Early career researchers in an unethical publishing system - Receveur - 2024 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

We are still looking to hire a post-doc for this posting. Field-based soil biogeochemists looking for a postdoc (esp. with experience w soil C in working lands), please apply ASAP! Come work with an amazing team Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with amazing salary ($108K/yr) and benefits.

Out now and OA in Nature Microbiology

A trait-based approach harnesses the vast amount of microbial genomic data and enables integration with biogeochemical models, predicting soil microbial ecology and physiology (without the need for cultures? 🦠🤔)

nature.com/articles/s4156…

Out today in Nature Geoscience – 'Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions.'

A big effort led by Pablo García-Palacios, and with a team of great collaborators.

New Soil Biogeochem Postdoc posting w/m Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge Noah Sokol et al on soil-CDR for C mitigation. You’ll use 14C analysis and LC-MS/GC-MS to assess C fate and durability to help meet the grand challenges posed by climate change! Share widely! Apply here:
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Excited to share a paper where we lay out three climate accounting principles that are better suited to quantifying the impact of climate action on near-term climate change. w/ The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @SaraKuebbing Emma Fuller nature.org/en-us/newsroom… iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

LLNL is looking for Soil Biogeochemist - Postdoctoral Researcher. Go work with Noah Sokol and Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge and many others on an awesome soil carbon project...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LLNL/374399000… via SmartRecruiters

Thrilled to announce Roads to Removal, a bottom up analysis of USA #CDR capacity/cost. W *county-level* resolution! We can remove 1 billion tons of CO2/yr by 2050 (or more!)—every region has ways to contribute to our success.
Download at roads2removal.org a🧵 1/

Our manuscript is out in Global Change Biology: 'A stoichiometric approach to estimate sources of mineral-associated soil organic matter.'

Using stiochiometry, we estimate microbes account for 34-47% of the total MAOM pool.

Led by Fan Ding and Yi Chang.

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I’m hiring a soil biogeochemistry postdoc Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to study soil-based strategies for carbon removal in the field, esp. interactions between soil organic C cycling and enhanced weathering. Work with an amazing, collaborative team! Salary: $108K/yr.

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LLNL/374399000…

Great hosting Steffen Schweitzer (Steffen Schweizer) from @TUMsoil this week at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, through a Bavaria- California Science and Technology exchange grant, to discuss microscale interactions of minerals, microbes, and organic matter.

Excited to be part of this major effort – 'Terraforming Soil' – a new DOE Energy Earthshot Research Center based at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory focused on biological and geological solutions for soil-based carbon removal. And with a team of amazing collaborators!