#soillife — Public Fediverse posts

The idea is not new: Our human #microbiota are dependant on #soilLife and our direct contact to natural #soil. But now scientists made a test with Finnish daycares: https://www.upworthy.com/pn-finland-daycare-forest-floor-children-immune-system/

Yes, mud and "dirt" are healthy!

The study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba2578

My podcast about soil microbiota: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-04-sitting-with-your-beloved-sourdough/id1630784381?i=1000587422166

#biodiversity #soilLife #ecology #NatureMatchCuts #reconnectingWithNature #mud #gardening #health #immuneSystem

The idea is not new: Our human #microbiota are dependant on #soilLife and our direct contact to natural #soil. But now scientists made a test with Finnish daycares: https://www.upworthy.com/pn-finland-daycare-forest-floor-children-immune-system/

Yes, mud and "dirt" are healthy!

The study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba2578

My podcast about soil microbiota: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-04-sitting-with-your-beloved-sourdough/id1630784381?i=1000587422166

#biodiversity #soilLife #ecology #NatureMatchCuts #reconnectingWithNature #mud #gardening #health #immuneSystem

RE: https://flipping.rocks/@frankashwood/116661492786428411

I'm looking forward so much to this book about #soilLife #soil! @frankashwood is a great nature photographer and when the soil ecologist starts to talk about these wonderful creatures ...
Just follow him not to miss it!
More about the book: https://www.frankashwood.com/twbof

#biodiversity #macroPhotography #naturePhotography #natureWriting #soilFauna #SciComm #soilBiodiversity #followFriday #ecology #soilEcology

RE: https://flipping.rocks/@frankashwood/116661492786428411

I'm looking forward so much to this book about #soilLife #soil! @frankashwood is a great nature photographer and when the soil ecologist starts to talk about these wonderful creatures ...
Just follow him not to miss it!
More about the book: https://www.frankashwood.com/twbof

#biodiversity #macroPhotography #naturePhotography #natureWriting #soilFauna #SciComm #soilBiodiversity #followFriday #ecology #soilEcology

🌄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

🌄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

🌄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

🌄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

🌄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

2/2 And if it helps you to stay curious for your whole life, you can name it "Slow Looking" and feel a little bit Zen or hypey. 😉 https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

#NatureMatchCuts #curiosity #curious #nature #soilLife #natureObservation #observation #NaturePhotography #woodlice

2/2 And if it helps you to stay curious for your whole life, you can name it "Slow Looking" and feel a little bit Zen or hypey. 😉 https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

#NatureMatchCuts #curiosity #curious #nature #soilLife #natureObservation #observation #NaturePhotography #woodlice

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

#NatureMatchCuts #mindfulness #woodlice #compost #senses #kids #education #soilLife #soil

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

#NatureMatchCuts #mindfulness #woodlice #compost #senses #kids #education #soilLife #soil

🧵 4/ And here, I present the lost and missed species of my childhood: tiny shelled #snails. They live where woodlice feel at home and are always found under stones or lettuce leaves, never on bare soil. They seem to move around at night. No idea what species they are!
They are beautiful and work hard producing the stuff that nourishes the soil. And later us by plants!

Bad quality: I have only my mobile phone.

#soilLife #compost #macro #naturePhotography #biodiversity #mobilePhonePhotography

🧵 4/ And here, I present the lost and missed species of my childhood: tiny shelled #snails. They live where woodlice feel at home and are always found under stones or lettuce leaves, never on bare soil. They seem to move around at night. No idea what species they are!
They are beautiful and work hard producing the stuff that nourishes the soil. And later us by plants!

Bad quality: I have only my mobile phone.

#soilLife #compost #macro #naturePhotography #biodiversity #mobilePhonePhotography

🧵 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

🧵 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

🧵 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

🧵 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

🧵 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

#davidrbrower #BigOil #metacrisis #PolyCrisis #regenerativeagriculture #soillife

#davidrbrower #BigOil #metacrisis #PolyCrisis #regenerativeagriculture #soillife

#soillife #watermanagement

New publication: The comparison effect on #earthworms between conventional and biodegradable #microplastics.
#sustainablelanduse #oxidativestress #polyethylene #soillife #agriculturedepartment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37308

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

#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

#Rewild the #soil: The largest urban #rewilding project is going underground https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024/april/rewild-the-soil-the-largest-urban-rewilding-project-is-going-underground.html

"The project is happening on an old #golf course... decades of intensive management of the #parkland has taken its toll on #SoilLife... The first stage of this project has already started. The team have allowed large parts of the once manicured greens to grow long and shaggy, whilst the hollows of the old bunkers are beginning to provide protection for the #plants able to grow in the sand."

#Rewild the #soil: The largest urban #rewilding project is going underground https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024/april/rewild-the-soil-the-largest-urban-rewilding-project-is-going-underground.html

"The project is happening on an old #golf course... decades of intensive management of the #parkland has taken its toll on #SoilLife... The first stage of this project has already started. The team have allowed large parts of the once manicured greens to grow long and shaggy, whilst the hollows of the old bunkers are beginning to provide protection for the #plants able to grow in the sand."

A perfect day for exploring #mosstodon - sunny and extremely humid. Look at this luxury scyscraper for soil life! My tip: If you see old tree stumps like this, take a magnifying glass with you! Without, I watched a tiny cobweb studded with diamonds and a rodent's borehole.

#forest #ecosystem #soilLife #treeStumpTuesday #cobweb #rotten #wood #composting #moss #MossMonday

A perfect day for exploring #mosstodon - sunny and extremely humid. Look at this luxury scyscraper for soil life! My tip: If you see old tree stumps like this, take a magnifying glass with you! Without, I watched a tiny cobweb studded with diamonds and a rodent's borehole.

#forest #ecosystem #soilLife #treeStumpTuesday #cobweb #rotten #wood #composting #moss #MossMonday

On #WorldSoilDay a fascinating being will tell you how important healthy #soil is: for your brain, your gut and your immune system, and also apparently for mental health. An episode of my #NatureMatchCuts #podcast teeming with #microorganisms. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-04-sitting-with-your-beloved-sourdough/id1630784381?i=1000587422166 Podcast website https://naturematchcuts.net

#SoilBiodiversity #soilHealth #biodiversity #health #brain #gut #microbiome #bacteria #gutBacteria #soilLife

On #WorldSoilDay a fascinating being will tell you how important healthy #soil is: for your brain, your gut and your immune system, and also apparently for mental health. An episode of my #NatureMatchCuts #podcast teeming with #microorganisms. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-04-sitting-with-your-beloved-sourdough/id1630784381?i=1000587422166 Podcast website https://naturematchcuts.net

#SoilBiodiversity #soilHealth #biodiversity #health #brain #gut #microbiome #bacteria #gutBacteria #soilLife

My neighbour mows the #lawn. Temperatures: minus 5 to plus 5°C. "I have to profit while it's so cold to get rid of all the "merde" (=💩 ).
Walkers: "Yes yes, it's bad what dirt accumulates from nature in winter." Quite young people. Mows in the frost!🥴

By dirt, they mean leaves, #SoilLife, twigs, and withered flowers. In short: #nature.
#ShiftingBaseline #gardening #GardensOfHorror #BiodiversityLoss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-01-the-mess-we-hate-and-the-beauty-of-brambles/id1630784381?i=1000574989496

My neighbour mows the #lawn. Temperatures: minus 5 to plus 5°C. "I have to profit while it's so cold to get rid of all the "merde" (=💩 ).
Walkers: "Yes yes, it's bad what dirt accumulates from nature in winter." Quite young people. Mows in the frost!🥴

By dirt, they mean leaves, #SoilLife, twigs, and withered flowers. In short: #nature.
#ShiftingBaseline #gardening #GardensOfHorror #BiodiversityLoss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-01-the-mess-we-hate-and-the-beauty-of-brambles/id1630784381?i=1000574989496

[Edit: Fall 2022]
I have a stumpery next to my backyard pond which is part of a wide border I'm creating around my suburban property where I leave things as natural as I can.
This is where I'm dumping my wild rose branches, some leaves and my Hallowee'en pumpkin etc. This year I've also created a little brushpile in another corner.

#wildlifegarden #stumpery #brushpile #pumpkin
#naturalize #DitchTheLawn #LeaveLeavesAlone
#SoilLife #MicroBiome
#Chateauguay #
#et

[Edit: Fall 2022]
I have a stumpery next to my backyard pond which is part of a wide border I'm creating around my suburban property where I leave things as natural as I can.
This is where I'm dumping my wild rose branches, some leaves and my Hallowee'en pumpkin etc. This year I've also created a little brushpile in another corner.

#wildlifegarden #stumpery #brushpile #pumpkin
#naturalize #DitchTheLawn #LeaveLeavesAlone
#SoilLife #MicroBiome
#Chateauguay #
#et

I still discover new #hashtags of #beauty on #Mastodon. I could subscribe to all of them. There's f.e. #MiteMonday! 😍 #Mites are fascinating creatures. Did you know that you live in #symbiosis with #mites? Taking a #selfie you never show only your face but also your mates: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-03-sitting-with-your-body-mates/id1630784381?i=1000581150332 #soilLife #biodiversity

I still discover new #hashtags of #beauty on #Mastodon. I could subscribe to all of them. There's f.e. #MiteMonday! 😍 #Mites are fascinating creatures. Did you know that you live in #symbiosis with #mites? Taking a #selfie you never show only your face but also your mates: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-03-sitting-with-your-body-mates/id1630784381?i=1000581150332 #soilLife #biodiversity

@NatureMC @Sheril

#naturematchcuts #microbiome #soillife #soil

This is one of the many posts I very much enjoy reading on #Mastodon

It is much more challenging to experience this on other social media

A huge dead #tree lay naturally fallen in the #forest today. It had been dead for many years and hollowed out by #mushrooms, #woodpeckers and other animals. There is a quiet dignity around its crown.

And vibrant life. Birds peck insects and small rodents seek shelter from the cold. The time of #soillife has come and that of #mosses and #lichens.
#deadwood

In my next podcast episode (coming on New Year's Eve), I want to talk about #ecoGrief and how I find #comfort in #nature. #NatureMatchCuts

A huge dead #tree lay naturally fallen in the #forest today. It had been dead for many years and hollowed out by #mushrooms, #woodpeckers and other animals. There is a quiet dignity around its crown.

And vibrant life. Birds peck insects and small rodents seek shelter from the cold. The time of #soillife has come and that of #mosses and #lichens.
#deadwood

In my next podcast episode (coming on New Year's Eve), I want to talk about #ecoGrief and how I find #comfort in #nature. #NatureMatchCuts

[Edit: Fall 2022]
I have a stumpery next to my backyard pond which is part of a wide border I'm creating around my suburban property where I leave things as natural as I can.
This is where I'm dumping my wild rose branches, some leaves and my Hallowee'en pumpkin etc. This year I've also created a little brushpile in another corner.

#wildlifegarden #stumpery #brushpile #pumpkin
#naturalize #DitchTheLawn #LeaveLeavesAlone
#SoilLife #MicroBiome
#Chateauguay #
#et

[Edit: Fall 2022]
I have a stumpery next to my backyard pond which is part of a wide border I'm creating around my suburban property where I leave things as natural as I can.
This is where I'm dumping my wild rose branches, some leaves and my Hallowee'en pumpkin etc. This year I've also created a little brushpile in another corner.

#wildlifegarden #stumpery #brushpile #pumpkin
#naturalize #DitchTheLawn #LeaveLeavesAlone
#SoilLife #MicroBiome
#Chateauguay #
#et

[Edit: Fall 2022]
I have a stumpery next to my backyard pond which is part of a wide border I'm creating around my suburban property where I leave things as natural as I can.
This is where I'm dumping my wild rose branches, some leaves and my Hallowee'en pumpkin etc. This year I've also created a little brushpile in another corner.

#wildlifegarden #stumpery #brushpile #pumpkin
#naturalize #DitchTheLawn #LeaveLeavesAlone
#SoilLife #MicroBiome
#Chateauguay #
#et