After the last Translating SoilBiodiversity #Soil #Biodiversity formatting day, we have 157 translations 4 #kids published. 8 new: #Portuguese 2️⃣ #Finnish1️⃣ #French 1️⃣ #German1️⃣ #Italian1️⃣ #Croation1️⃣ #Urdu1️⃣ All translations: idiv.de/en/young-minds… Frontiers for Young Minds iDiv Biodiversity Research UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg

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Yesterday was Translating SoilBiodiversity formatting day & we have 4 new translations of #soil #biodiversity articles for #kids published: - 1 in #Urdu - 2 in #Croatian - 1 in #Finnish (new language!) idiv.de/en/young-minds… iDiv Biodiversity Research Eisenhauer Lab Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG

Link to the collection iDiv Biodiversity Research: idiv.de/de/young-minds… Link to the English articles Frontiers for Young Minds: kids.frontiersin.org/collections/11…

With the decline of biodiversity nitrogen and phosphorus cycling might become less efficient → ecosystems will be less capable of keeping and recycling nitrogen and phosphorus Link to the article: idiv.de/de/young-minds…

... to understand how the ecosystems we live in work ⚙️. The Problem: With continued global changes, more species will be lost 💀 from ecosystems and biodiversity will continue to decline 📉.

Another favorite: Elisabeth Bönisch 📃Does plant biodiversity influence nutrient cycles? 🔎Why: Every organism needs nutrients to live - plants, animals & humans. To understand how these nutrients (for example nitrogen and phosphorus) travel through our ecosystems is important...

Link to the full collection iDiv Biodiversity Research : idiv.de/de/young-minds… Link to the original article collection Frontiers for Young Minds : kids.frontiersin.org/collections/11…

A single gram of soil can contain up to 90 metres of mycelium 😮 and he total length of mycorrhizal mycelium in the top 10 cm of soil is around 450 quadrillion kilometres: around half the width of our galaxy. 🌌🚀 Link to the article: idiv.de/de/young-minds… [6/6]

Nearly all plants on Earth form a symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi grow into large networks of tubular cells, known as mycelium, that forage for nutrients in the soil and exchange them with their plant partners. [5/6]

The trees give the fungi sweet sugars, like yummy treats 🍬, and in return, the fungi bring water 🫧 and important nutrients to the tree's roots. Also this symbiosis is diverse, as multiple fungal and plant identities can be friends 🫂 with each other. [4/6]

This is how the belowground friendship can look like! In the picture you see the fungus Lactarius camphoratus that forms a white sheath around the roots of an oak tree 🌳. [3/6]

Trees and special fungi 🍄are like best buddies 🫂 and can form a symbiosis, called mycorrhiza, where they help each other out 🤝, and that's just so nice. [2/6]

More favorites! From Amelie: 📃 The Soil Fungi: A Web of Life That Protects Trees and Fight Climate Change 🔎 Why: This article not only shows how cool fungi are but also nicely illustrates a secret friendship happening underground! [1/6]

#soil #biodiversity iDiv Biodiversity Research Frontiers for Young Minds Elisabeth Bönisch Romy Zeiss Malte Jochum Link to the article collection: idiv.de/de/young-minds…

Translation day! We have - 13 new articles published - in 7 languages (Arabic, French, Russian, Nepali, Croatian, German, Spanish) - 1 entirely new language: Nepali (2📄) - 40 new translations registered - 6 happy colleagues working hard to communicate soil biodiversity to kids🌐

Link to the article: idiv.de/de/young-minds… Link to the full collection iDiv Biodiversity Research : idiv.de/de/young-minds… Link to the English articles Frontiers for Young Minds : kids.frontiersin.org/collections/11…

Scientists believe that microbial mats can prosper on rocky planets like Earth 🪨, so they are studying mats in different terrestrial environments to help them to recognize evidence indicating the presence of mats on other worlds.

🧐Therefore, the study of modern mats helps us to understand microbial life in the past, and how they might help to regulate the Earth’s climate 🌦️.

The study of fossils indicates that microbial mats were a common form of life on early Earth, and they have persisted on our planet ever since! 🏋️