📢 Join us tomorrow at 14:00 CET for the next #HoliSoils webinar! Discover how forest soils are classified, monitored and mapped across Europe and why they are key to climate resilience and sustainable forest management. Read all the details and register now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series continues. In December we will report that Long-term nitrogen fertilisation enhances tree growth and soil carbon retention in boreal forests | holisoils.eu/holisoils-we... See you online!

#HoliSoils was featured in the latest edition of the @efimedfacility.bsky.social Newsletter, highlighting our field workshops on how climate & forest management shape Mediterranean #ForestSoils 💚🌱🌲 Discover insights from HoliSoils & other exciting initiatives featured 👉 mailchi.mp/efi/efi-netw...

2/2 🧵 🌱 Don't miss this chance to explore all the resources produced by the project! 👉 holisoils.eu/resources/ #HoliSoilsPolicy2025

After four and a half years of research, last week #HoliSoils hosted a policy event bringing together researchers, policymakers, & practitioners to discuss the future of #ForestSoil in Europe 🌱 🌱 Have you missed it? Watch the recording now! 👉 youtube.com/live/1zQrVez... 1/2 🧵 #HoliSoilsPolicy2025

If you are interested in these findings and would like to dive deeper into the key #research results & their implications for forest policy and management, this visual story is a must-read! Don't miss it out! #ForestResilience #MixedForests #ForestSoils holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...

🧠 Curious about #ForestSoils and their role in #ClimateResilience? Save the date for the next session of the #HoliSoils Webinar Series for an introductory lecture on forest soils, monitoring, & mapping across Europe! 📅 18 November | 14:00–15:00 CET Find out more ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

IBFRA will organize #BorealForests conference in 24.-27.8.2026 in Quebec, Canada www.ibfra2026.org. See you there. Today IBFRA steering committee made an important decision: Dr Aapo Rautiainen from Natural Resources Institute Finland (luke.fi) was nominated to vice president. Congratulations Aapo.

IBFRA järjestää boreaalisia metsiä koskevan konferenssin 24.-27.8.2026 Quebecissä, Kanadassa www.ibfra2026.org. Call for abstracts aukeaa marraskuussa. IBFRAn johtoryhmä teki tänään tärkeän päätöksen: varapresidentiksi nimitettiin erikoistutkija Aapo Rautiainen Lukesta. Onnittelut Aapo.

Watch the event recording 👉 www.youtube.com/live/1zQrVez... Explore all the results from the project: 🔸HoliSoils Synthesis Report for Policymakers 👉 holisoils.eu/synthesis-re... 🔸Policy Briefs 👉 holisoils.eu/policy-briefs/

🌱 How do we support forest soils to foster a climate-smart future? At the final #HoliSoils Policy Forum held in Brussels on 10 October, experts, policymakers, & stakeholders came together to explore how #ForestSoils can play a pivotal role in Europe’s climate strategy 👇 holisoils.eu/how-do-we-su...

Saimme @koneensaatio.fi rahoituksen Tuntemattomien luonnonmetsien tutkimiseen. Paikannamme ja uudelleen mittaamme näytealoja (n=350), jotka on perustettu 1990-luvulla luonnontilaisiin metsiin ja sen jälkeen lähes unohdettu. Elävää ja kuollutta puustoa koskevat tulokset valmistumassa #MetsänPuolella

Long-term nitrogen fertilization boosts soil carbon retention in Finnish boreal forest | Natural Resources Institute Finland www.luke.fi/en/news/long...

Typpilannoitus muuttaa maaperäprosesseja ja kasvattaa maaperän hiilivarastoa. Lannoitettujen alueiden maaperä vapautti noin 10,3 % varastoidusta hiilestä vuodessa, kun taas lannoittamattomat alueet 12,2 % — ero on n 345 g CO2/m2/v vähemmän. www.luke.fi/fi/uutiset/p...

H2020 project @holisoils.bsky.social discussed 'How do we support forest soils to foster a climate-smart future?' with decision makers & stakeholdes in Brussel. No worries If you missed that event. We have shared major messages, video recording and presentation files in holisoils.eu/how-do-we-su...

Good news for the European Soils! The Soil Monitoring Law (SML) is finally adopted by the EU Parliament lnkd.in/eUJams6H Our Horizon 2020 project #HoliSoils discussed implementation of the SML in recent PolicyBrief 'How to advance the implementation of the EU Soil Monitoring Law?' lnkd.in/eBiEbX9Z

Discover a new story in our website! Experts from #HoliSoils in #Slovakia showed that mixed forests offer greater climate resilience than vulnerable spruce monocultures #H2020 Learn more about the workshop on this topic organised with local stakeholders! 👇 holisoils.eu/holisoils-fi...

Jäljellä olevat hiilinielut ovat Lapissa. Metsien hiilitaseet laskettu nyt kaikille Suomen maakunnille kasvihuonekaasuinventaarion menetelmillä – hiilitaseissa selkeä maantieteellinen trendi | Luonnonvarakeskus www.luke.fi/fi/uutiset/m...

Vähintä ja nopeinta mitä tässä voisi tehdä, on poistaa näiltä reheviltä kohteilta jaksollisen kasvatuksen hakkuuesitykset. Ylipäätään ilman metsänomistajan tavoitteiden tuntemista, viranomaisen ei tulisi ohjata metsänomistajaa mihinkään hakkuisiin. 5/

Our new study by Ťupek et al (doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...) found that N fertilization lowers soil microbial respiration sensitivity to moisture slowing C loss & enhancing soil C storage in boreal forests. N fertilization enhances tree growth and reduces soil GHG emissions @luke.fi @holisoils.bsky.social

🌱 Don't miss the upcoming sessions of the #HoliSoils webinar series on why mineral & peatland forest soils require specific monitoring: 📣 8 October Monitoring of mineral forest soils ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we... 📣 15 October Monitoring of peatland forest soils ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

📣 Are you following the #HoliSoils webinar series? Don’t miss the session on monitoring of peatland forest soils (15 October | 14:00–15:00 CEST)! 🌱 Peatland soils pose unique challenges for monitoring and greenhouse gas reporting! Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

🌱 Explore peatlands & soil biodiversity with the #HoliSoils webinar series! 📣 20 October 2025 | 13:00–13:45 CEST Ditch methane emissions from drained peatlands ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we... 📣 22 October 2025 | 14:00–15:00 CEST Why forest soil biodiversity matters ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

🌱 You are still in time to watch the final minutes of the final #HoliSoils policy event! 👉 youtube.com/live/1zQrVez... Excited to know more? Explore the project policy materials: 🔸 Synthesis reports 👉 holisoils.eu/synthesis-re... 🔸 Policy briefs 👉 holisoils.eu/policy-briefs/ #HoliSoilsPolicy2025

If the discussion made you curious to learn more, have a look at #HoliSoils' policy materials: 🔸 Synthesis reports for policy makers 👉 holisoils.eu/synthesis-re... 🔸 Policy briefs 👉 holisoils.eu/policy-briefs/

🌱 We’re live! Join us now for the final #HoliSoils Policy Event: Forest soils for a climate-smart future 🌍 Explore how healthy forest soils support sustainable management, the #EUGreenDeal & the #SoilMonitoringLaw. 📺 Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/1zQrVez...

Discover the upcoming sessions of the webinar series #HoliSoils is hosting this autumn: 🌱 Mineral forest soils monitoring (8/10) 🌱 Peatland forest soils monitoring (15/10) 🌱 Ditch methane emissions (20/10) 🌱 Forest soil biodiversity monitoring (22/10) Read more ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-la...

yle.fi/a/74-20183806 avohakkuiden välttäminen kuusivaltaisilla turvemailla vähentäisi ojien kunnostustarvetta, vesistökuormitusta ja ilmastopäästöjä. Kiertoajan jatkaminen harventamalla ja poimintahakkuin on taloudellisesti kannattavin vaihtoehto, jos metsä on terve ja siellä on eri kokoisia puita.

Pasilassa. Kohta valmiina haastatteluun klo 20.30 alkavassa uutislähetyksessä.

This autumn, don't miss the #HoliSoils webinar series 🌱 This six-part series will explore cutting-edge approaches to #SoilHealth, monitoring, #biodiversity, peatlands & microbial processes, with expert presentations and space for discussion! Find out more & register ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-la...

📢 One week to go! Join us for the second session of the #HoliSoils webinar series: How biochemistry may support microbiology? 📅 23 September, 11:00 – 11:45 CEST Open to researchers, policy-makers, & anyone interested in #SoilHealth, #forests, & climate resilience! ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

Do not miss the second session of the #HoliSoils webinar series tomorrow! 🔬 How biochemistry may support microbiology? New tools and perspectives 🎙️ Speaker: Bartosz Adamczyk from @luke.fi 📅 23 September, 11:00 – 11:45 CEST Find out more about this event ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

See you soon online. This exciting webinar on Challenges in modelling microbial interactions in decomposition will kick-off webinar series of the HoliSoils project. Full program for Sept-Oct holisoils.eu/webinars/

2/2 🧵 While the findings are not from the #HoliSoils project, we are proud to see one of our partners, Petr Baldrian (from the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences), among the co-authors of this study 🔎🗺️🍄‍🟫

The global distribution of mycorrhizal fungal #biodiversity is largely unknown 🔎🗺️🍄‍🟫 Now, a groundbreaking study that indicates less than 10% of predicted mycorrhizal richness hotspots currently exist in protected areas! Read the full publication ⬇️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1/2 🧵

🌲Thinning is a common #ForestManagement practice, but how does it impact #carbon dynamics across different #forest types? A recent #HoliSoils study explores this question in an upland forest on mineral #soil and a drained peatland forest 🔎🌱🏞️ 📖 Find out more ⬇️ holisoils.eu/how-does-thi...

Mixed #forests outperform spruce plantations in carbon fight!🌲 A 24-year field study, led by M. Bosela and peers at Technical University Zvolen, part of #HoliSoils, finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable than neighbouring mixed forests. Full story ➡️ holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...

📅 Mark your calendars for the first session of the #HoliSoils webinar series: 📣 On 17 September discuss microbial communities and soil carbon modeling with @manzonilab.bsky.social, Elisa Bruni, and Erik Schwarz! Discover more ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we... @iufro.bsky.social

🌞 Happy to be featured in @efimedfacility.bsky.social’s #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign! At #HoliSoils we have investigated how fire affect #soil health 🌱🔥 Dive into our work ⬇️ holisoils.eu/fire-use-can...

#HoliSoils is collaborating with @iufro.bsky.social Task Force T58 to host the first session of a new webinar series in September! 🔬 Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition 📅 When? 17 September, 14:00–15:30 CEST 📍 Where? Online Join us ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

🌲🌱💚 Can nitrogen fertilisation help fight #ClimateChange? A new #HoliSoils study led by @luke.fi explores how nitrogen fertilisation of #ForestSoils can enhance #soil organic carbon pools, offering a promising strategy for climate change #mitigation! Find out more ⬇️ holisoils.eu/nitrogen-fer...

Great to see #HoliSoils featured in the new #CORDIS Results Pack on Microbiomes and Holobiomes for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy 🔎📰🌱 Discover how our work on climate-smart #ForestSoil management is helping build healthier and more resilient ecosystems ➡️ cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

#NowReading a new study led by #HoliSoils researchers exploring the long-term consequences of clear-cutting on #soil carbon 🌲🪓 🔎 Find out more ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-re...

We are proud to share highlights from the 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒! 🌲🌱💡 From hands-on fieldwork in one of the project's test site to cutting-edge research, #HoliSoils was at the forefront of the event ⬇️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-at... #esm2025 | @luke.fi | @esmmicrobes.bsky.social

#Forests are under increasing pressure from #ClimateChange but what happens beneath the surface? A new study by #HoliSoils researchers found that bigger #soil organisms are more affected by #forest disturbances than smaller ones 🌳🕷️🐞🌲 Find out more about this study ⬇️ holisoils.eu/size-matters...

Clear-cutting have major impact on forest C stock. It created negative soil carbon balance for decades, and it took 37-69 years for the forest soils to reach a break-even point where new carbon uptake compensated for the carbon lost. ‪@holisoils.bsky.social‬ ‪@luke.fi‬ doi.org/10.1111/ejss...

After four years of work, involving researchers from several EU institutions in the framework of the project @holisoils.bsky.social, we here present our first study on the impacts of tree logging on the abundance of soil organisms. Spoiler: size matters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Elisa found that respiration rates scale as the product of organic carbon and microbial biomass, with minimal effects of microbial diversity. This is a cool result, supporting the use of nonlinear kinetics to interpret data at small scales (lab incubation). Great @holisoils.bsky.social team effort!

A new study led by #HoliSoils researchers found that microbial biomass, not diversity, is the key to improving predictions of #SoilCarbon and nitrogen mineralisation 💡🔬🗺️ Read this post to learn how these findings could reshape #soil modeling and climate projections ➡️ holisoils.eu/microbial-bi...

This week, HoliSoils is joining the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms conference 2025 🌱 📌 Sylwia Adamczyk presented findings from HoliSoils research in the Karstula test site: nitrogen addition increases #SoilCarbon pool but also modifies tree secondary metabolism! #StayTuned for more updates 🔎