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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-23 at 12:35

Do we need global change refugia.

My newsletter post based on the recent paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity.

[#]conservation #ecology #climatechange #globalchange

https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/do-we-need-global-change-refugia?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-22 at 11:34

Sharing a new paper on tire wear particle pollution:

Tire Wear Particles Exposure Enhances Denitrification in Soil by Enriching Labile DOM and Shaping the Microbial Community

Collab with the lab of Jun Shan, CAS Nanjing

[#]soil #pollution #environment #microplastics

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c09766

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Shared by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-22 at 08:30 (original by Dr. Melanie Bergmann)

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-21 at 20:53

Very happy to share a new paper, just out in New Phytologist:

Concurrent common fungal networks formed by different guilds of fungi

Open access

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20418

[#]fungi #fungus #mycelium #ecology #plants #mycorrhiza

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-20 at 08:00

Climate change refugia are places to which species can migrate as the climate changes. But there is more to anthropogenic effects than climate change, giving rise to the idea of global change refugia.

Find out more in my recent paper in Nature Review Biodiversity

[#]climatechange #globalchange #environment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-024-00002-z

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-16 at 14:21

New video out:

How to initiate collaborations in science (aka how to write that first email....)

[#]collaboration #science #research #academia

https://youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?si=09n9bQOa8ZRCzGRZ

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-16 at 08:45

This week’s newsletter talks about why science is so hard, or at least one reason….this was something I struggled with at the beginning of my PhD.

I wonder if other people feel or felt the same way? Let me know….

[#]academia #metalhealth #PhD #postdoc #science #research

https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/why-science-is-hard-or-at-least-one?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-15 at 16:24

Check out my new video, my first soil ecology walk.

The topic is on decomposition and the special role of fungi in this process.

It's a short video and I hope you enjoy it....please share! :)

[#]fungi #decomposition #environment #ecology #fungus

https://youtu.be/qjQNhNCyqgw?si=b8q8pdFgdN0rrbs1

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-15 at 16:09

Very excited to share my new paper, just out in Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats

[#]globalchange #climatechange #environment #ecology

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-024-00002-z

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-14 at 18:41

News article in Nature:

Scientists focus on a few bacteria for their research, while the majority of species is ignored.

My guess: this won't be different for fungi.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00038-x

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-14 at 15:11

In case you missed it:

a video about the fascinating life in the soil!

[#]soil #biodiversity #ecology #environment #SoilBiodiversity #soilhealth

https://youtu.be/qtd_TeBYy8s

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-09 at 20:03

Our new paper in PNAS just came out!

Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions

Another very nice collaboration with the group of Yong-Guan Zhu at the CAS in Beijing

[#]pesticides #soil #soilhealth #pollution #environment

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419917122

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-09 at 15:06

The third video in the 'Life in the Soil' channel is out, and it deals with soils under threat, specifically the effects of microplastic pollution.

Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :)

[#]microplastic #environment #plasticpollution

https://youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-09 at 09:21

The stories behind out research are mostly hidden, since they are typically not part of the papers we write.

Could we include these creative background stories in a section of the research paper format, maybe just as online supplements?

What do you think?

[#]science #research #creativity

https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/the-stories-behind-our-research?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-06 at 16:36

In case you missed it; check out the first video on Life in the Soil, dealing with the biodiversity inhabiting this substrate.

The third video will go live later this week, on Thursday!

[#]soil #biodiversity

https://youtu.be/qtd_TeBYy8s

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-05 at 12:02

New paper out in Soil Ecology Letters:

The dissimilarity between multiple management practices drives the impact on soil properties and functions

Led by PhD student Huiying Li, together with PhD students Rebecca and Yanjie, and postdocs Bo and Anika in the team.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42832-024-0278-7

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-03 at 17:06

Preparing one of my next newsletters, I was thinking what specifically could be gained by enriching journal articles with a brief section (maybe even in the supplementary materials) that conveys how the ideas for the study came about.

Thoughts?

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-03 at 13:51

New paper online first at Journal of Ecology

Lozano et al.

Plastic particles and their additives promote plant invasion through physicochemical mechanisms on seed germination

[#]microplastics #plasticpollution #environment

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14476

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-02 at 16:21

Paper just out in One Earth

Legume-rice rotations increase rice yields and carbon sequestration potential globally

Collaboration with Huadong Zang at China Agricultural University and others

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332224006006

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Written by Matthias C. Rillig on 2025-01-02 at 11:39

'Starting new research lines' is the topic of my first substack post for 2025.

In this post, I recount my experience with microplastic research in soil, and the general lessons that can be learned (and that I am applying now).

[#]research #science #creativity #environment

https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/starting-new-research-lines?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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