Biodiversity is changing at an unprecedented pace, underscoring the need for effective and scalable ecological monitoring. Yet selecting which species to monitor remains a major challenge. Indicator ...

Ilmastotehokas maatalous on kestävää ruoantuotantoa, joka aiheuttaa merkittävästi vähemmän kasvihuonekaasupäästöjä heikentämättä omavaraisuutta. Suomen ilmastopaneelin tänään julkaistu raportti tarjoa...

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Don’t miss the HoliSoils webinar on 22 October (14:00–15:00 CEST) on monitoring forest soil biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and microbial responses to management.

Don’t miss the HoliSoils webinar on 5 December (14:00–15:00 CET) on long-term nitrogen fertilisation, forest productivity, and soil carbon retention in boreal ecosystems.

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A 24-year field experiment in Slovakia finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable to drought, pest outbreaks and soil carbon losses than

YouTube video by European Forest Institute

Forest soils can make a significant contribution in mitigating climate change. Not only do they store carbon and consume methane, with the right management

Forest soils can make a significant contribution in mitigating climate change. Not only do they store carbon and consume methane, with the right management

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Researchers from the Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen presented new findings from the HoliSoils project at the workshop “Forests in a

Abstract. Nutrient availability affects microbial respiration kinetics; their sensitivities to environmental conditions; and, thus, the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. We examined long-term nitrogen...

Learn why monitoring peatland forest soils is essential for assessing management effects in the HoliSoils webinar on 15 October (14:00–15:00 CEST).

YouTube video by European Forest Institute

YouTube video by European Forest Institute

HoliSoils is hosting an autumn webinar series addressing soils and climate. Sessions will highlight new approaches to monitoring, biodiversity, peatlands and microbial processes, with opportunities fo...

Osa metsänomistajista on joko rahan tai ilmaston takia lopettanut avohakkuut runsasravinteisissa suometsissä. Tilastojen mukaan suurin osa silti hakkaa nämäkin metsät surutta.

HoliSoils is hosting an autumn webinar series addressing soils and climate. Sessions will highlight new approaches to monitoring, biodiversity, peatlands and microbial processes, with opportunities fo...

Join us on 23 September 2025 (12:00–12:45 EEST) for the second session of the HoliSoils webinar series, featuring Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

Join us on 23 September 2025 (12:00–12:45 EEST) for the second session of the HoliSoils webinar series, featuring Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

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Machine-learning algorithms trained on 25,000 geolocated soil samples are used to create high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungi, revealing that less than 10% of their biodiversity hotspots a...

Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to help others grow better, changes how much carbon a forest stores or releases. We studied this effect in two

A 24-year field experiment in Slovakia finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable to drought, pest outbreaks and soil carbon losses than

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

Wildfires consume around of 0.5M ha of forest every year in Europe. Large or extreme wildfire events, occurring not only in fire-prone areas, pointed out the

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

Forests play a vital role in global carbon storage, with most of this carbon held belowground. New HoliSoils research by the Natural Research Institute

A wealth of data on European forest soil organisms and soil processes, together with validated forest management practices, will support...