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Gardens can be havens for soil animals in towns and cities
Nearly 1000 'citizen scientists' sent in their observations this year on Soil Animal Days 2019. And a surprisingly high number of people tried to do something in return for the vital services these soil creatures provide for us. -
Sun = power
Solar energy does not pollute and won’t run out any time soon. But how best to exploit its power? -
A living, breathing building
As sustainable as possible, in as many respects as possible: that was the imperative when the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) commissioned a new building. And we have done it! -
Looking for student(s) to work with me!
Research is always team work and thus, I am looking for more members to join our team! -
Potatoes are ready!
I set-up the main mesocosm experiment in the containers using sterile soil as background and 4 donor soils with varying levels and traits of fungi. -
Life as an academic researcher
Just realized I have not posted in a while and that I will be away this week as well. Things have not been standing still here and in past few weeks a lot has happened. -
Searching for the best soil in the Netherlands
What is a good soil? What is a healthy soil? People in different fields would answer very differently. -
Teabags and temperature data
Yesterday I digged out the teabags that have been buried in the ground (under the snow as well!) for 3 months to measure decomposition rates in a standardised way. -
Here we go!
'My' project called ‘Learning from nature– towards sustainable crop production using soil fungi’ officially starts today and I cannot wait to start the experiments! -
(Still) searching for the best soil in the Netherlands – search expanded to be Europe-wide
I described my ideal soil and launched the search for the best soils in the Netherlands. I’ve got quite some good nominations so far.