💚 This week in our hashtag#PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a publication on best practices for publishing hashtag#biodiversity data. 📚 Read the full publication here: riojournal.com/article/1243...

🎥 As we step into the new year, we take a look at SpongeBoost’s 2025 – shaped by creativity, innovation and many firsts. We're excited for what 2026 will bring and to keep sharing this journey with you. ✨ ▶️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeaa...

🗾 Discover our case study sites through #SpongeBoostSites. 📍 This time, we are taking you to the Xistral Mountains of Galicia, a remarkable landscape of nearly 10,000 hectares of #peatlands, including both well-preserved and degraded areas. 🌿 📸 Photos: Aniela Stachnik Pérez and Horacio García

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign: 🦦 Meet Otti – a cartoon character who explains the importance of healthy rivers, #biodiversity, and river #restoration through the eyes of an otter living in Thuringia’s waterways. 📚 Read here: www.duh.de/fileadmin/us...

Happy New Year! 🎉 We look forward to what 2026 will bring and to making Europe spongier, together. 🧽 💧 We’re starting the year by sharing a throwback from last August, with our team measuring water discharge at the Eume River’s headwaters. 🌤️ 📸 Photo credit: Aniela Stachnik Pérez (CIREF)

Here's to another year of making Europe spongier, together. 🧽 Wishing you a cheerful holiday season and a fantastic beginning to the new year!🎄

💚This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: We’re highlighting a publication that provides comprehensive guidelines and best practices for publishing biodiversity data, helping researchers make their datasets widely accessible and citable. 📚Read the full paper here: riojournal.com/article/12431

February throwback! 📍 Our team was working on identifying the best spots to deploy equipment at the Veiga do Tremoal peatland (Serra do Xistral), where natural recovery is ongoing. 🌱 📸 Photo credit: Aniela Stachnik Pérez (CIREF Centro Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial)

Our SpongeBooster of the month is the water buffalo. They're calm, fluffy, and undeniably cute, but also powerful allies for resilient landscapes. 🐃 💡 Through extensive, year-round grazing, buffalo help #wetlands and #floodplains function like real sponges. 🧽

🎥 In the final episode of our #SpongeBoostFaces: Raul Paat (University of Tartu) talks about his role in the project, which includes a combination of monitoring, fieldwork, collecting and analysing data, and hydrological modelling. 👉 Watch and subscribe: youtu.be/5gpff6Ov1R4

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a publication introducing OpenBiodiv-O, an ontology that bridges the gap between biodiversity data standards and semantic publishing. 📚 Read the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Xistral Mountains get their water from fog — up to 16,000 mm/year thanks to valley winds! 🧽 🌿Back in September, our team had a technical meeting there with a monitoring expert to improve and consolidate our monitoring program. 🔎 📸 Photo credit: Horacio García

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Tarso Costa (SPEA) shares his experience working in the field and highlights the positive results of monitoring conducted within the first year of the project.💚 👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuDw...

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a publication which examines how residents in Liberec, Czech Republic, perceive different types of green and blue infrastructure. 📚 Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

These former pine plantations in the Fragavella #peatlands of Serra do Xistral have died due to permanent waterlogging conditions. 🌿💧 📸 Photo credit: Aniela Stachnik Pérez

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Jan Brabec explains how the UJEP team analysed nearly 2,000 scientific abstracts and selected hundreds of relevant papers, which fed into the creation of a catalogue of innovative sponge solutions. 📖💚 👉 Watch and subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJje...

🌱SpongeBooster of the month: Erica mackayana! 👉Water wizard: Fine hairs trap and slowly release moisture, easing floods & droughts. 👉Carbon keeper: Helps form peat and lock away carbon long-term. 👉Biodiversity booster: Nectar powerhouse for bumblebees & pollinators.🐝 📸 Photos: Aniela Stachnik, CIREF

6 days left to apply! 🔔Become SpongeBooster of the year and: ✨Share your vision and inspire ✨Get an online workshop with our experts ✨Showcase your work ✨Gain visibility and connections in our community 👉Apply until 30 November 2025: events.pensoft.net/events/spong... 📸Photo credit: Carina Darmstadt

Panoramic view of the Veiga do Rial peatlands in Serra do Xistral 🌄 📸 Photo credit: Aniela Stachnik

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a study that explores how small municipalities tackle flood risk management and the important role of mayors in shaping these strategies. 📚 Read the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Do you have a project that restores Europe's sponge landscapes? 💚 Learn how you can become our next SpongeBooster of the year. 👉 Apply until 30 November: events.pensoft.net/events/spong... 🔎 Learn more about the award: www.spongeboost.eu/spongebooste... 📸 Photos: Carina Darmstadt, Aniela Stachnik

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Jan Macháč (UJEP) explains that their team screened thousands of papers and curated a library of selected publications on the sponge potential of soils and wetlands to support researchers and decision-makers. 👉 Watch and subscribe: youtu.be/F_TQQYYMznA

💚 This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: This study examines how climate, nitrogen deposition, water levels, and plant competition shape the growth of different Sphagnum moss species and influence peatlands’ ability to store carbon. 📚 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Become our next SpongeBooster of the year! 🏆 What's in it for you? 💬 Online workshop with experts 📸 A field visit to your project site & on-site footage 🤝 Support in networking with local stakeholders 🌍 Visibility across our network 👉 Apply until 30 November: events.pensoft.net/events/spong...

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Jos de Bijl (Bureau Stroming) discusses the creation of a European database as part of the SpongeBoost project. 🔎 Learn more and explore S.P.O.N.G.E here: www.spongeboost.eu/sponge 👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: youtu.be/vFQGKViQJK4

💚 Today, we’re taking you to Veiga do Rial, where we’re measuring water flow from the Eume River. In the last picture, you can see wild ponies grazing freely, a beautiful reminder of this unique peatland. 🐴 📸 Photo credit: Aniela Stachnik Pérez

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a study that explores how Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) can revolutionise the way we observe and manage our environment. 📚 Read the full paper here: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10...

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Anneleen Geurts (Bureau Stroming) talks about the creation of S.P.O.N.G.E - the online navigation guide for European sponge projects. 🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/sponge 👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: youtu.be/e_de1wjaJV0

🏆 The "SpongeBooster of the year" award not only celebrates success, it helps make great projects visible, inspiring others to take action. Does your project have what it takes to be next? 🗓️ Applications open until 30 November 2025 👉 Apply now: events.pensoft.net/events/spong... #SpongeBooster2026

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we explore how innovative aerial technologies are transforming environmental observation. 📚 Read the full paper here: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10...

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Philip Meier explains how our project brings together researchers, students, and practitioners to apply scientific knowledge to real-world interventions. 👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNv...

📫Our fourth newsletter is out! Learn how to become our next SpongeBooster of the year, explore S.P.O.N.G.E., one of our key results, get insights from events, and catch up on the latest updates from our sister projects SpongeScapes and SpongeWorks. 👉Full issue: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1004...

🌿 Do you have, or do you know of, a project that restores our sponge landscapes? The SpongeBooster of the Year 2026 award is here to celebrate those who make a real impact on the ground. 🗓️ Applications open: 27 October – 30 November 2025 👉 Apply now: events.pensoft.net/events/spong...

SpongeBoost's next newsletter is coming soon. 😊 ✍🏻 Make sure to subscribe to join our community and stay on track with the latest updates and insights: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/100477...

💚 This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: This study highlights that mixed developments combining both nature and property-based solutions can enhance resilience, while flood-prone buildings should be retrofitted with robust protection measures. 📚 Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Come with us to the Xistral Mountains in Galicia! 🌄 SpongeBoost partners explored Atlantic peatlands during our first Annual General Meeting. 🎥 Watch the highlights: youtu.be/v1YM9rUoln4?... 🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/explore...

SpongeBoost partner Lenka Zaňková (UJEP) presented on evaluating the economic benefits of wetlands to support informed decision-making and innovative financing at the 16th CzWA Conference, that took place from 17–19 September in Litomyšl. 🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/spongeb...

🎥This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Carina Darmstadt (DUH) talks about creating our first comic book – an innovative communication tool now reaching audiences across Europe. 👉Watch and subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oUd... 📖Read the first part of our comic book series: zenodo.org/records/1481...

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we focus on a study that explores how natural water retention measures can influence catchment-scale hydrology and water quality. 📚 Read the full paper here: www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16...

🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Aniela Stachnik (CIREF) shares what makes her work meaningful – from the excitement of discovering one of our case study areas to transforming research into real-world solutions. 👉 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq01...

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we explore how reactivating floodplains in river restorations can influence the long-term mobility of fine sediment deposits. 📚 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1029/2019...

SpongeBoost, along with our sister projects, SpongeScapes and SpongeWorks, has been featured in a recent publication by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) 🌿 🔎 Learn more: europa.eu/!N9XXgJ

Welcome to S.P.O.N.G.E – the online navigation guide for European sponge projects! 🌍💧 💡 It brings together European sponge projects from existing databases and provides a geographical overview of them. 👉 Explore: media.stroming.nl/sponge 🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/sponge-...

🎥 The first episode of our video campaign #SpongeBoostFaces is live now! In this video, Mathias Scholz, project coordinator of SpongeBoost, gives an overview of the progress made during the first year. 👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVII...

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we explore how multi-benefit floodplain projects in California and Germany successfully combine flood risk reduction with ecosystem restoration. 📚 Read the full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Welcome to #SpongeBoostFaces, a new video series that introduces the people behind the SpongeBoost project. 🎥 Watch here and subscribe to stay tuned for future videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWM...

🦸 On 26 September, the first issue of SpongeBoost’s comic series, “Floods, Facts and Wetlands”, was presented at this year’s Researchers’ Night at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP). 🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/spongeb...

💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we present research on the socio-economic benefits of Natura 2000 in the Azores Islands. 📚 Read the full paper here: shorturl.at/WGFHy

💚 This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: 🔎 Restoring #wetlands, #floodplains & #peatlands as “natural sponges” can cut flood & drought risks, boost biodiversity, improve water & store carbon. 📚 Full study 👉 europe.wetlands.org/publication/...

This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign: A paper on detectable shifts in plant, carabid beetle, and mollusc communities in Germany's Elbe floodplain after floods and heatwaves, and the challenge of linking these changes to human-driven climate change. 📚 doi.org/10.1038/s415...