Finally, after more than 4 years of work, the main paper from my PhD thesis is out today in Nature Geoscience! We mapped the world’s largest tropical peatland, in the Congo Basin. A huge intact carbon store, BUT under direct threat from oil exploration nature.com/articles/s4156…

Interesting take! Our work at Plant-for-the-Planet 🌳 🌲 🌴 from minute 4:10. Regrowing forests is essential to address the climate crisis. But there are a lot more methods to bring back lost forests than planting trees! Which one is best, depends on the ecosystem and it's level of degradation

“We are concerned so heavily on the overground, we are literally missing half the picture,” says Dr. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist studying underground fungi. In her view, fungi can be vital in the era of climate change: nyti.ms/3PJDSaG

We're looking for a tropical forest restoration ecologist to advise some of our 200+ planting & restoration projects of our partner organisations. Your job would be to help community-led restoration efforts solve the problems they encounter. More here: a.plant-for-the-planet.org/careers/restor…

Postdoc Opportunity! Interested in working with Colin Averill and Leland Werden and leading two forest restoration experiments at our field site in Campeche, Mexico? a.plant-for-the-planet.org/careers/restor…

NEU: Podcastfolge ,,Wald für die Welt" – gibt es goldene Regeln bei der Aufforstung, Felix Finkbeiner? Hört die Antwort jetzt im corporAID #podcast! 🌳 corporaid.at/podcast

Want to help sample the Earth's mycorrhizal communities? Apply for a SPUN Underground Explorer grant. We prioritize projects in under-sampled regions, led by local applicants. Due 31 Oct. spun.earth/expeditions/ap…

Conserve, Restore & Manage: a guide to defending Earth's terrestrial #microbiome in Nature Microbiology "By taking these actions now, we may slow the extinction of Earth’s unseen, biological majority" Colin Averill Crowther Lab Thomas Crowther nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our new Nature Microbiology article shows how native, diverse microbiome inoculations can enhance natural ecosystem regeneration by 64% Microbial extinction rates are far higher than anticipated! We must turn these trends around. Colin Averill Crowther Lab shorturl.at/mn037

“Defending Earth’s Terrestrial Microbiome” is published in Nature Microbiology this week. We need to take microbial biodiversity seriously, incorporating microbial life into conservation, restoration, and managed landscapes. rdcu.be/cWPfE Thread!

Our new paper is out in @Bioscience today! We explain how an increased focus on social processes in ecosystem restoration can improve equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions ⚖️🌳 Why is this, and how can this be achieved? A thread:

Soil microbiome restoration has the potential to massively accelerate natural climate solutions, while also protecting invaluable soil biodiversity resources. I take the TED Talks stage to present the science and vision so many in our field are building. ted.com/talks/colin_av…

Thrilled to have Plant-for-the-Planet 🌳 🌲 🌴 Plant-for-the-Planet 🌲 🌳 🌴 featured in our new Ecopreneur series! Felix Finkbeiner Jad Daley 1t.org American Forests #generationrestoration

99% of the Indian population has access to electricity. In 2000, this was just 59%. Even in 2010, just 76%. A massive achievement over the last few decades. ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-…

Interested in improving restoration outcomes? We are looking for a Landscape Restoration expert to advise forest restoration projects around the world on strategy, site selection and restoration methodologies plant-for-the-planet.org/careers/landsc…

Evidence from Adriana Corrales and collaborators that: (i) tree communities changed from EM- to AM-dominated with increasing soil fertility (ii) Increasing AM tree dominance had an overall positive effect on tree diversity and a negative effect on biomass + more

Klaus #Töpfer ist gestorben. Wir trauern um einen verdienten Politiker und streitbaren Kämpfer für die Nachhaltigkeit, der die Umwelt- und Klimapolitik unseres Landes und international maßgeblich geprägt hat. Unsere Trauer und unser Mitgefühl gelten in diesen schweren Tagen der