Research Projects
OPTAIN: OPtimal strategies to retAIN and re-use water and nutrients
Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRMs) can help mitigate the conflicts between agricultural water uses (e.g. plant production, animals) and other human and environmental demands for
CarboSeq: Soil organic carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils in Europe
Soils contain globally about 1500 Pg carbon and so play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Soils can also act as carbon sinks
Impact of spatial allocation of soil water and soil organic carbon on greenhouse gas emission in a small catchment
Integrated catchment scale studies targeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the context of water/solutes/particle transport and erosion are promising tools to understand the functioning of
Nondestructive monitoring of root dielectric response
Due to the technical problems in studying living roots in the soil, much less information is available about roots compared to shoots. Therefore, dielectric measurements,
Digital mapping and assessment of soil functions and services using advanced statistical approaches
Soils provide a range of functions and services, such as organic carbon storing capacity, water management properties, ability to supply nutrients, filtering and buffering capacity,
SERENA: Soil Ecosystem seRvices and soil threats modElling aNd mApping
SERENA project intends to enhance soil policy effectiveness through the analysis of soil ecosystem services bundles across European agricultural landscapes, i.e. the analysis of a
