When organisms breathe iron: A short film about the IRMIDYN project
Have you ever heard that organisms breathe iron? The ETH Soil Chemistry research group has developed a new approach for investigating iron mineral dynamics in soils and sediments in the field. The short film "Rust in soils - What happens when microorganisms breathe iron?" gives an insight into the IRMIDYN project.
The ERC-funded research project IRMIDYN (Iron mineral dynamics in soils and sediments: Moving the frontier toward in‐situ studies) has been a major part of the work conducted by the Soil Chemistry Group since the project’s start in 2018.
Professor Ruben Kretzschmar and his team worked with independent filmmaker Markus Tischner to produce a 14-minute outreach film about IRMIDYN. The film, released on Youtube, shows the team’s research activities in the laboratory and at one of the field sites in the German Wadden Sea. It explains their new approach to study iron mineral transformations in soils and sediments and the relevance for understanding biogeochemical cycles.
Further information
- Soil Chemistry Group at ETH Zurich
- About the IRMIDYN Project
- external page Frisbee Medien, Germany