#soillife — Public Fediverse posts

"Albeit little-known, plant microbiota or holobionts are essential for plant health and sustainable agriculture. The work of Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse in discovering their role has earned this @cnrs ecologist international recognition." https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-super-powers-of-the-plant-microbiota

#science #plants #ecology #microbiota #soilLife #soil #agriculture #gardening #foodSecurity

@futurebird I love these cuties! Thank you for the link!

My first #springtail love came with the wonderful photos of @frankashwood and I'm already so curiously looking forward to his book 'The World Beneath Our Feet'.

#soil #soilLife #biodiversity

🌄Atacama Desert: Nematodes thrive in extreme conditions
A new study reveals that even under harsh and extremely dry conditions, stable and surprisingly diverse soil communities exist. An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne investigated tiny nematodes in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Read more ▶️ https://uni.koeln/UCRHL

📰 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67117-5

#uniköln #unicologne #AtacamaDesert #Nematodes #SoilLife #Ecology #ClimateChange

I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery: #SlowLooking. Here's my article how to do it, great for kids: steady.page/en/naturemat... #NatureMatchCuts #soilLife #soil #NaturePhotography #woodlouse #biodiversity #naturalist #reconnectWithNature

Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle...

🧵 1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/

For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*

#reconnectWithNature #biodiversity #soil #gardening #Naturephotography #macro #humus

My first #DevLog of #EarthenDirtSim , an upcoming #FOSS #OpenSource #IndieGame about #Solarpunk #Gardening & #SoilLife 🌱 TLDR: learned #Godot in a month, made #PeriodicTable from CSV, pan & zoom, #Landscape #Portrait #DarkMode #LightMode #GUI

🩷 Thanks for all the likes, comments, boosts & follows

https://vrtxd.wordpress.com/2024/05/17/earthen-devlog-may-2024/

#Earthen #EarthenGame #DirtSim #SoilLifeSim #GardenSim #SeriousGames #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #PixelArt #DigitalArt #LibreCulture #Earth #Sustainability

#WaterVapor #PixelArt #Infographic. Steamy! 🧖‍♂️

#ConceptArt for #EarthenDirtSim , an upcoming #FOSS #OpenSource game about #Solarpunk #Gardening & #SoilLife 🌱 https://gitlab.com/vrtxd1/Earthen

🌞 #LightMode
📱 #HandDrawn w/ #dotpict
🩷 Thanks for all the likes, comments, boosts & follows
🏴‍☠️ License: #CCBY #CreativeCommons Attr. 4.0 Intl. vrtxd
🗓️ Tue 8 May 2024

#Earthen #EarthenGame #DirtSim #SoilLifeSim #GardenSim #Water #GameDev #Godot #GodotEngine #DigitalArt #LibreCulture #Earth #Education #Sustainability

Oxygenic #Photosynthesis ☀️
i.e. how most plants use carbon dioxide, freshwater & sunlight to produce carbohydrates & oxygen.

#ConceptArt for #EarthenDirtSim, an upcoming #FOSS #OpenSource game about #Solarpunk #Gardening & #SoilLife 🌱 https://gitlab.com/vrtxd1/Earthen

🌞 #LightMode
📱 #HandDrawn w/ #dotpict
🏴‍☠️ License: #CCBY #CreativeCommons Attr. 4.0 Intl. vrtxd
🗓️ v 1.0 Sun 8 Jan 2023, v. 2.0 Mon 6 May 2024

#Earthen #DirtSim #GameDev #PixelArt #DigitalArt #Godot #GodotEngine #LibreCulture #Sustainability