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The LEDA Laboratory, led by Marcia Calegari, provides paleoecological information that contributes to understanding soil genesis and classification in the semi-arid Caatinga biome (Brazil). BAHIA, BRAZIL – From October 26th to November 1st, 2025, the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil hosted the 16th Brazilian Soil Classification and Correlation Meeting (XVI RCC). Under the theme […]

A Week in the Heart of Phytolith Research The 14th International Meeting on Phytolith Research (IMPR), held from 14–19 July 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, marked a major milestone in my research journey. As a first-time attendee and presenter, I was both exhilarated and humbled to find myself surrounded by scholars whose work I had long […]

Phytoliths Unlock the Past: “Janelas do Passado” Graphic Novel Makes Science Accessible A groundbreaking science communication project is transforming how we share paleoecological research. “Janelas do Passado” (Windows to the Past) uses the power of graphic storytelling to reveal the Caatinga biome’s ecological history. Developed under the coordination of Prof. Bartolomeu Israel de Souza (UFPB) […]

From March 17 to 20, 2025, the third edition of the Latin American Workshop on Micropalaeoethnobotany brought together researchers, professionals, and students to explore the use of phytoliths and starch in paleoenvironmental and archaeological studies. Organized by Multiuser Laboratory for Environmental Dynamics Studies (LEDA) /State University of Western Paraná (UNIOESTE) under the coordination of Prof. […]

The International Committee on Phytolith Morphometry has published a new study on inter- and intra-observer variation in phytolith morphometry. Questions addressed include: how large is inter- and intra-observer variation, what are the causes, and how can such variation be overcome? Study findings are relevant for other fields of science that make use of morphometry. Following […]

Are you struggling to put open science into practice? Would you like 1 to 1 help? Following on from our successful training workshops in 2023, we are offering personalised help sessions to assist phytolith researchers, and those in related fields, implement open science practices in their research projects. We can help with lots of different […]

The scientific dissemination association Hablando de Ciencia and the Zaidín Experimental Station in Granada, Spanish National Research Council (EEZ-CSIC), in collaboration with the dissemination project Ciencia en Cómic, announce the fourth edition of the BD prize Desgranando Cómics. The objective of the prize is to stimulate the use of comics as a tool for scientific […]