Aidan Keith

Ecologist trying to measure soils & understand them. Like ancient history, art, biodiversity, coffee, data, mountains, sailing, skiing, tides, trees

[Soil BON Foodweb @soilbon_foodweb]

We’ve been a bit quiet lately due to intensive work across #forest, #lab and #R🌳💻

News from the 🇩🇪 part of #Carbonweb experiment:
- First δ¹³CO₂ results received from @uniGoettingen
- #Invertebrates scanned and sorted🐜
- #SOM fractionation ongoing

@godemelie
@Andrey_G_Zuev

[Aidan Keith @soilandstuff]

@MikePeacock86 I like this!

[@EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv]

"Toward repurposing global passive air sampling networks for insect monitoring: Promises and pitfalls of airborne eDNA" https://t.co/DIEqiMNCuu

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The descent from Bidean nam Bian is difficult for the average walker when in winter condition. However, if you have planks on your feet, it is a good deal more straightforward, and considerably quicker, as these gents found out yesterday.

🎥 Dave Calder https://t.co/3tgo9XE5Hp?

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

For the hardy souls that descend on foot from Ben Macdui to the Lairig Ghru, it is a 30 minute study in careful foot placement and jars to the joints. Yesterday for Blair Aitken it was little more than a 2 minute descent on beautiful spring snow.

📷 Blair Aitken https://t.co/7WGIS4vVQg

[Luis Cunha @luiscunhamx]

Join our soil ecology research team at the University of Coimbra and help us decode the living world beneath our feet — from molecules to European-scale policy. 🪱🧬🌍

[Aidan Keith @soilandstuff]

@Sajjad_Razza Very interesting! Looking forward to reading this one

[Santiago Perea @perea1332]

What does a forest sound like around the world? 🌍🎧

In our new 📄 in Global Ecology and Biogeography we show that forests have distinct 🔊 fingerprints, with clear differences between tropical and temperate soundscapes.

📄🔎https://t.co/STyQ2u0MLI

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

Creativity can get you to places which logic can't.

Useful to entrepreneurs, who want this. Highly unappealing to box-tickers, whose jobs depend more on the defensibility of decisions than the quality of the outcome.

[AI 4 Soil Health @AI4SoilHealth]

How can biological indicators give us a clearer picture of soil health? And how do land use, climate and vegetation shape soil biodiversity and function across Europe? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the video of our latest webinar: https://t.co/1hHeg3OoMq

[AI 4 Soil Health @AI4SoilHealth]

The soil web is perhaps the last great frontier of soil! 🌌🪱 Despite its importance, soil biology remains an overlooked area of soil science and policy. Join this webinar to find out the latest tools and technology in this area: https://t.co/fZ3OGS2ym0

[AI 4 Soil Health @AI4SoilHealth]

The European Parliament has had its final vote on the first EU-wide directive for soil monitoring, making soil monitoring policies a hot topic right now. Watch the video of our latest webinar for a deep dive into the subject: https://t.co/35aPnZiSZI #SoilMonitoring #SoilHealth

[Nicky Bay @singaporemacro]

Rambutanura sp. is a genus of springtails named after the tropical fruit "Rambutan" due to its numerous soft spines on its body.

[soilspec @soilspec]

@zecojls & @sandersoil are looking for a young talented pedometrician (data-driven soil scientist) to join our team -- https://t.co/yHK7ifswsH

[Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy]

📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰

I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!

Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍

I need your help! 🤍

To learn more:
https://t.co/TdGiavM8LJ

🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏

[Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy]

📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰

I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!

Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍

I need your help! 🤍

To learn more:
https://t.co/TdGiavLAWb

🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The biggest threat to innovation is internal politics and an organizational culture which does not accept failure, and/or does not accept ideas from outside, and/or cannot change.

[European Research Executive Agency @REA_research]

New funding opportunity for projects on soil health 📣

#MissionSoil’s SoilTribes offers grants from €25k to €100k for creative, cultural & community projects on soil restoration.

Open to EU and #HorizonEU associated countries.

Apply by 10 Oct 2025 👉 https://t.co/bn0DS0ckjc

[Aidan Keith @soilandstuff]

@MikePeacock86 @livunieng @Water4AllEU Excellent chamfer 😊

[Aidan Keith @soilandstuff]

@LPerepolkin @RaymondCollett1 @activeplantnema Great to see this developed and hopefully will improve with more training. Middle nematode looks like a criconematid rather than Acrobeles?