Did you know that Soil BON has a ✨YouTube channel✨? 🤩 We do! Check out the channel for instructional videos of sampling protocols and COMING SOON... behind the scenes at Soil BON with our talented staff! @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@SoilBONGlobal

Julia Seeber and Michael Steinwandter found a way to protect their wood decompostion sticks for the Soil BON project from curious bovines by using poultry wire boxes. Brilliant! ✨🌱🐄✨ @jseeber.bsky.social @msteinwandter.bsky.social

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Protection of the woodsticks from nosy cows 🐮

What a day to kick of this seasons @soilbon.bsky.social sampling ! So nice to be back in the field after a long winter at the desk. Collaborative effort by @maynoothuniversity.ie and @UCD making sure 🇮🇪 is represented as part of this Global initiative! #teamwork 💪 #soilbon #soilbonfoodweb #soil

Fieldwork DONE! ✅ #LTERSlovenia partners (Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU & @tularcavelab.bsky.social) successfully completed soil sampling for the #SoilBON project! @soilbon.bsky.social tracks soil biodiversity & ecosystem changes, with triennial sampling. Next up: 2028! @elter-ri.eu

Start of #SoilBON sampling in our alpine grassland sites ⛰️ @soilbon.bsky.social, @euracalpenv.bsky.social, @msteinwandter.bsky.social

Sampling soils and soil fauna for the SoilBON initiative @soilbon.bsky.social in the Swiss National Park with @chrisrossi90.bsky.social and other extremely helful collaborators! #soil #biodiversity #collaboration #alpine_grasslands 🍄🦠🐛🕷🪱 😃

📢 Welcome to the beginning of Soil Organisms ✨ONLINE FIRST✨! Articles made available online before tri-yearly issues! 🪱🐜 TODAY! Karin Hohberg tells us about the status of soil biodiversity in Germany! soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO... @christianristok.bsky.social @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

So glad to see the strong showing from the parties at the finance meeting of CBD COP16! environment.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-welc...

EU welcomes positive COP16 biodiversity negotiations outcome

Talks restarted in Rome this week after a failure to reach an agreement in Cali, Colombia, last year.

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Hi to our new followers! Welcome to the official Soil BON website. We endeavour to share news and inprotant information important to our partners and their colleagues. 🌱🪱🍄

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Co-coordinator Lise Thouvenot @lisethouvenot.bsky.social takes point on all MTAs and lab protocols used in Soil BON! Her work is VITAL to the progress & success of the campaign by making sure samples enter the country legally & abide by soil provider country regulations WE 💚 LISE!

Hello! This is the official account for the Global Soil BON project housed @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @ the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig Germany. Plz let your colleagues know to follow us for all updates on the project. PARTNERS: msg us with pics to share!🪱🌱

Please vote for the Giant Springtail for the New Zealand #BugoftheYear! bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-20... You don't need to be in or from New Zealand to vote!

Frank Ashwood@frankashwood.bsky.social · 2y ago

He's right, you know. Let's make Giant Springtails NZ's bug of the year, it only takes a moment to vote: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-20... #Invertebrate #TeamGiantSpringtail 🧪

Hey there, Bluesky! Follow us for cool highlights & pertinent information about the Soil BON project & its AWESOME contributors & lab partners! ✨🪱✨🌱🤎✨

Hey Soil BON! Sampling kits are now being shipped to your destination! The most awesome Felix Zeh checks that you all receive the correct # of kits, confirms shipping addresses, & alloquats returning soils for analysis. We heart Felix! 🪱🍄🤎

Hey soil critter & soil biodiversity enthusiasts! Vote for #BugoftheYear! Our colleague & macrophotographer @frankashwood.bsky.social entered a #GiantSpringtail up for vote! Check it out 🪱🐜 bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe... #soilbiodiversity #soilcritters #BugoftheYearPoetry #nzpoetrysociety

Frank Ashwood@frankashwood.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did you know there's a poetry competition for the #BugoftheYear contest? Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails! More info here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe... #BugoftheYearPoetry2025 #nzpoetrysociety 🧪

Good evening Bluesky! This is the official account for Soil BON Global. We are a global soil monitoring project in it's 4th year looking to grow the community of researchers across the globe to share their sampling, publications, & training experiences from the project. Stay tuned!