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Therefore, to facilitate biochar selection for application in soil restoration, this study explored the relationships between the physico-chemical properties of five plant-based biochars and their capacity to immobilize Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II). Batch experiments using synthetic soil pore water were used to assess the sorption of these elements. The sorption isotherms described by the Hill model indicated that PTE sorption capacity followed the order Pb(II) > Cd(II) >Zn(II) regardless of biochar type in mono-element systems. Preferential sorption of Pb(II) limited the immobilization of Cd(II) and Zn(II) in multi-element systems. ATR-FTIR and SEM-EDX spectroscopy studies indicated that Cd(II) and Pb(II) sorption was mediated by complexation with carboxylic groups, cation-\u03c0 interactions and precipitation with phosphates and silicates, while Zn(II) sorption occurred mainly by complexation with phenolic groups and precipitation with phosphates. A high correlation (>0.8) between Electrical Conductivity, Cation Exchange Capacity, pH and sorption capacity was identified for all metals tested, highlighting the electrostatic nature of the sorption mechanisms involved. Biochars derived from herbaceous feedstock were better candidates for remediation of soil polluted with Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II), rather than wood-derived biochar. Overall, this study provides evidence of the direct relationship between specific properties of plant-based biochars (pH and EC) and their suitability as adsorbents for some PTEs in soil systems.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "Environmental management", "Science (General)", "Soil pore water", "Soil pollution", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental pollution", "6. Clean water", "Social sciences (General)", "Q1-390", "13. 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So far, the best efficiencies at field-scale have been reported when using combined strategies such as physical containment and assisted-phytoremediation. We have also introduced the emerging problem of the heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils and the different strategies implemented to tackle this problem. Although remediation techniques used in real scenarios have not changed much in the last decades, there are also encouraging facts for the advances in this field. Thus, a growing number of mining companies publicise in their webpages their soil remediation strategies and efforts; moreover, the number of scientific publications about innovative highly-efficient and environmental-friendly methods is also increasing. In any case, better cooperation between scientists and other soil-related stakeholders is still required to improve remediation performance.", "keywords": ["2. 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The analysis uses a spatial bioeconomic model that maximizes profit from crop and energy products, subject to the requirement that the biorefinery must be operated at full capacity. The model draws upon biophysical crop input-output coefficients simulated with the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model as well as market input and output prices, spatial transportation costs, ethanol yields from biomass, and biorefinery capital and operational costs. The model was applied to 82 cropping systems simulated across 37 subwatersheds in a 9-county region of southern Michigan in response to ethanol prices simulated to rise from $1.78 to $3.36 per gallon. Results show that the decentralized local biomass processing depots lead to lower profitability but better environmental performance, due to more reliance on perennial grasses than the centralized biorefinery. Simulated technological improvement that reduces the processing cost and increases the ethanol yield of switchgrass by 17% could cause a shift to more processing of switchgrass, with increased profitability and environmental benefits.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Ethanol", "Biomass production", " bioenergy supply", " cellulosic ethanol", " environmental trade-off analysis", " bioeconomic modeling", " EPIC", " spatial configuration", " local biomass processing", " Crop Production/Industries", " Environmental Economics and Policy", " Production Economics", " Resource /Energy Economics and Policy", " Q16", " Q15", " Q57", " Q18", "", "02 engineering and technology", "Environment", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "13. 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Starting from Merlot red pomace, phenol complex mixtures were successfully extracted by using two different approaches. Extracts obtained by solvent-based (SE) technique contained up to 46.9 gGAeq/kgDW of total phenols. Depending on the used solvent, the prevalence of compounds belonging to different phenol families was achieved. Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) gave higher total phenol yields (up to 79 gGAeq/kgDW) but a lower range of extracted compounds. All liquid extracts exerted strong antioxidant properties. Moreover, both SE and PLE extraction solid residues were directly exploited (between 5 and 20% w/w) to prepare biocomposite materials by direct mixing via an eco-friendly approach with PHBV polymer. The final composites showed mechanical characteristics similar to PHVB matrix. The use of pomace residues in biocomposites could therefore bring both to the reduction of the cost of the final material, as a lower amount of costly PHBV is used. The present research demonstrated the full valorisation of grape pomace, an agrowaste produced every year in large amounts and having a significant environmental impact.", "keywords": ["Medicine (General)", "Biocomposites", "Science (General)", "Agricultural Sciences", "Polyphenols", "Solvent-based extraction", "Biowaste", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries", "Grape pomace", "Biocomposites; Biowaste; Grape pomace; Polyphenols; Solvent-based extraction", " Pressurized liquid extraction", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "12. 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We investigated the effect of soil incubation to examine if the self-healing process can be activated in comparison with the conventional incubation environment (water). The data was collected from laboratory-scale experiments conducted on mortar specimens. The mortar was impregnated with Bacillus subtilis and this bacteria was encapsulated in calcium alginate for protection from the production process. The mortar specimens were mechanically cracked and then incubated within fine-grained fully saturated natural soil for about 4 weeks. The cracks were inspected before and after incubation by light microscopy to evaluate the healing ratio. The mineral precipitations on crack surfaces were examined by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (EDX). The data reflects the efficiency of bio-concrete for certain structures such as tunnels and deep foundation, where concrete elements are exposed to ground conditions.", "keywords": ["Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)", "Q1-390", "Soil incubation", "Science (General)", "Bacteria", "Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics", "Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (EDX)", "R858-859.7", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Self-healing concrete", "02 engineering and technology", "Construction and Architecture", "6. 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Soil health (sometimes used synonymously with soil quality) is a concept that describes soil as a living system to sustain plants, animals, and human. Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, along with their interactions, are required to quantify soil health. The use of cover crops in agricultural rotations may enhance soil health, yet there has been little progress in understanding how external factors such as climate, soil type, and agronomic practices affect soil and cash crop responses. In response, this dataset compiles measurements from 281 studies and provides an analysis of field-measured changes in 38 soil health indicators due to cover crop usage. Environmental and background indicators were also compiled to assess how climatic and management practices affect soil and cash crop responses to cover crops, with specific categories including climate type (tropical, arid, temperate, and continental), soil texture (coarse, medium, and fine), cover crop type (legume, grass, multi-species mixture, and other), and cash crop type (corn, soybean, wheat, vegetable, corn-soybean rotation, corn-soybean-wheat rotation, and other). An unbalanced analysis of variation was used to determine the hierarchy of most to least important factors that affected responsiveness of each soil health indicator. Based on the hierarchy structure, a soil health calculator was then developed to quantify the response of 13 parameters - erosion, runoff, weed suppression, soil aggregate stability, leaching, infiltration, microbial biomass carbon, soil bulk density, soil organic carbon, soil nitrogen, microbial biomass nitrogen, cash crop yield, and saturated hydraulic conductivity - to cover crops. The presented data in the calculator report the mean change in parameter values based on all combinations of climate, soil texture, cover crop type, and cash crop type.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Agricultural and Biological Science", "13. Climate action", "Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics", "R858-859.7", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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We have compiled the meta-information of 616 LTEs from 30 different countries across Europe with a duration of typically 20 years, including clustered information of the European LTEs in different categories (management operations, land use, duration, status, etc.). It consists of the updated version of the dataset published by Grosse et\u00a0al., (2020) but is extended by further LTE metadata, categories and research themes. Each set of metadata consists of up to 49 different attributes (categorical or numeric). Collected attributes were analyzed according to several research themes, including fertilization, crop rotation and tillage treatments. The collection of individual metadata was enlarged by the recent agreement between the BonaRes (www.bonares.de) and EJP SOIL (www.ejpsoil.eu) groups into the most comprehensive dataset in Europe, providing access to LTE and other, shorter running experiments. This dataset centralized past and existing information usually dispersed across several national actors. As such, it provides an extensive database that can be used by decision-makers, scientists, LTE owners and the public. The dataset can be updated in the future to foster networking and information exchange continuously.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "[SDV.SA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "EJP SOIL", "Science (General)", "BonaRes", "Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics", "R858-859.7", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "FAIR data principles", "15. Life on land", "630", "Europe", "LTE", "Q1-390", "03 medical and health sciences", "BonaRes ; Long-term experiments ; EJP SOIL ; FAIR data principles ; LTE ; Agriculture ; Europe", "13. 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These practices exhibit complex, non-linear interrelationships that affect crop productivity, water quality, and non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, possibly offsetting their benefits regarding soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. Current methodologies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for assessing the impacts of alternative farming practices on GHG emissions rely on global or country-specific coefficients. However, these methods often do not explicitly account for the combined effects of management practices on carbon and nitrogen cycles or productivity, as this is not required for national GHG inventories. Here we present a new dataset featuring 1.8 Mln of agronomic case scenarios, i.e., unique combinations of farming practices and pedoclimatic conditions, which have been associated with values of SOC changes, nitrous oxide emissions, nitrate-nitrogen leaching, and crop yield. To synthesize trade-offs and synergies between farming practices, each case scenario has been ranked with a \u2211ommit index (\u2211i) value, a fuzzy-based measure ranging from 0 (bad) to 1 (good). The four trade-off components have been estimated by combining available information from i) the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, ii) the guidelines for Green Water Footprint Accounting, iii) the Italian National Institute of Statistics, iv) and other international meta-analytic studies. The dataset presents four \u2211i series, corresponding to alternative perceptions of sustainability from three potential stakeholder categories (young farmers\u2019 cooperative, agrochemical company, public agricultural policy agency) plus one equally weighted option. By providing a harmonized data source and an innovative metric, this dataset allows users to explore trade-offs associated with alternative management practices across four key agricultural components and assess their impact on perceived agroecosystem sustainability.", "keywords": ["Soil management", "Crop choice", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Computer applications to medicine. 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Exogenous Organic Matters (EOMs) are secondary raw materials, i.e., wastes and residues from agriculture, municipalities or industry, which are either used as such or further processed with different technologies. The large variability in the raw materials and production technologies increases the diversity of EOM characteristics, which in turn affect their efficacy when applied to soils. The datapaper presents the database \u201cPhysico-chemical characteristics of Exogenous Organic Matters (EOMs)\u201d which is available in the Zenodo repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13969793). The database is a non-relational database in column format established in the framework of the EJP SOIL EOM4SOIL project, which aimed at establishing a database on EOM\u2019s characteristics. The database gathered EOM characteristics collected in national databases and surveys from 6 European countries, and completed by data published in scientific articles. It describes physico-chemical characteristics of 126 types of EOMs encompassing urban, industrial and agricultural origins (e.g. urine, biowastes, sewage sludge, farmyard manures) and 91 characteristics (e.g. major elements, trace metals, emerging organic contaminants, pathogens, potentially mineralised C and N). There is an average of about 20 variables collected per type of EOM. Preliminary description of the EOM characteristics database is proposed in the present datapaper using descriptive statistics. The characteristics of the 126 types of EOMs provide valuable insights that can help farmers, policymakers, and agricultural consultants to optimize the use of these materials in fertilization and soil amendment practices. This knowledge is essential for better management of EOM application practices by the farmers in order to increase soil carbon stocks and reduce the reliance on mineral fertilizers.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "[SDV.SA.AGRO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "Science (General)", "Computer applications to medicine. 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The aim of the study was to investigate to what extent different cultivation methods and sampling positions on the slope (location along the slope) are affecting soil GHG emissions in vineyards. In the study, different inter-row soil cultivation methods were investigated including shallow soil tillage (ST) and grass cover (GC) inter-rows. Intact soil columns were collected and different soil water contents were applied under a laboratory environment to simulate different precipitation conditions. Our findings showed significant differences in the emitted CO2 and N2O between the cultivation methods, where the GC soil had 2.9 times higher average CO2 and 6.1 times higher N2O emissions compared to the bare, ST soil. The amount of initial and longer term soil water content significantly influenced soil-derived GHG emissions, with the highest averaged values observed for the continuously high water content soil samples (0.377 mgCO2 m\u22122 s\u22121 and 0.076 \u03bcgN2O m\u22122 s\u22121). For the GC inter-rows, we also observed significant differences in the GHG emissions among the different sampling positions of the investigated slopes. We found that besides the different soil water contents, the main causes for these differences could be the variances in the soil physical and chemical properties. The findings of this study can be used to better estimate soil GHG emissions at various water contents, for different inter-row soil management cultivation methods, and potentially mitigate some adverse effects of global warming by reducing the amount of GHG released into the atmosphere.", "keywords": ["Q1 Science (General) / term\u00e9szettudom\u00e1ny \u00e1ltal\u00e1ban", "550", "630"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00792"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma%20Regional", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00792", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00792", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00792"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02288", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-08-14", "title": "Defluoridation of water through the transformation of octacalcium phosphate into fluorapatite", "description": "The consumption of water with fluoride concentration higher than 1.5 mg/L (WHO recommended limit) is recognized to cause serious diseases, and fluoride removal from natural contaminated waters is a health priority for more than 260 million people worldwide. The octacalcium phosphate (OCP), a mineralogical precursor of bio-apatite, is here tested as a fluoride remover. A new two-step method for the synthesis of OCP is proposed: 1) synthesis of brushite from calcium carbonate and phosphoric acid; 2) subsequent hydrolysis of brushite. Fluoride removal experiments are performed in batch-mode using different initial concentrations of fluoride (from 40 to 140 mg/L) and reaction times. Most of fluoride is removed within the first 2 h of all experiments, and the drinkable limit of 1.5 mg/L is reached within a minimum of 3 h for an initial fluoride concentration of 40 mg/L. The experimental fluoride removal capacity of OCP is 25.7 mg/g, and 4 g of OCP can effectively treat 1 L of water with fluoride concentration up to 50 times higher than the drinking limit of 1.5 mg/L. XRD and chemical characterization of the solid phases, before and after the removal experiments, indicate that OCP transforms into fluorapatite (FAP) uptaking fluoride from solution.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "Science (General)", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "Dissolved fluoride removal;Earth sciences; Environmental geochemistry; Environmental pollution; Environmental science; Materials science; Materials synthesis; OCP synthesis; OCP-FAP transformation; Water defluoridation method; Water pollution; Water quality", "Materials science", "Environmental science", "Environmental pollution", "Article", "6. 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The reason for the difference between count-based and mass-based efficiencies was that 1-5\u00a0\u03bcm\u00a0MP were retained to a significantly lower degree than larger ones. Above 10\u00a0\u03bcm, 79.6% of all MPs were retained by the filters, while the efficiency was only 41.1% below 5\u00a0\u03bcm. The MP retainment was highly variable between measurements, showing an overall decreasing tendency over the investigated period. Therefore, the plastic elements of the plant (valves, sealing components, etc.) likely released small-sized MPs due to the mechanical stress experienced during the treatment. The sub-micron fraction (0.45-1\u00a0\u03bcm) of the samples was also qualitatively explored, showing that nanoplastics (NPs) were present and that at least part hereof could be detected by \u03bcRaman.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "Water quality", "Science (General)", "Microplastics", "Raman micro-spectroscopy", "Plastic pollution", "Drinking water", "Nanoplastics", "6. 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In this regard, properties such as the antioxidant ability to extend food shelf life and light resistance, are of great interest in the production of packaging and mulching films, respectively. These features are obtained by developing blends with pure chemicals and/or natural products as additives. In the present work blend formulations of PLA/PBAT with a walnut shell extract rich in antioxidants were developed and evaluated for their properties in comparison with classic PLA/PBAT. Specifically, natural additives, and most importantly the production process were purposely selected to i) be green and cost-effective; ii) confer antioxidant properties; and iii) improve material performance. To this aim, a walnut shell extract (EWS) with high antioxidant activity was obtained thanks to a novel green and cost-effective microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) procedure. A response surface methodology was utilized to explore how the total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activity are influenced by varying aqueous ethanol concentration, extraction time, and microwave power. The highest predicted TPC and antioxidant activity were achieved when employing the ideal conditions for Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE): using a mixture of 30\u00a0% ethanol in water, an irradiation time of 120\u00a0s, and a microwave power of 670\u00a0W. The optimized EWS was characterized by HPLC-MS determining qualitative and quantitative data with the identification of flavonoids, fatty acids, and anacardic acids among the main components, responsible for antioxidant activity. The resulting EWS powder was melt-mixed at 140C\u00b0 and 20 RPM with the bio-based PLA/PBAT bioplastic at two different concentrations (0.5 and 1.5 w/w) by forming film specimens. All EWS-based bioplastic films showed increased antioxidant features determined by the DPPH bleaching test, TEAC, and ORAC assays. The films keep the antioxidant capacity even after 7 days of UV-accelerated aging. Remarkably, adding 1.5 % EWS boosted the bioplastic UV light resistance, reducing the abatement of molecular masses by more than 60\u00a0% without affecting mechanical properties.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "Science (General)", "Polyphenols", "02 engineering and technology", "microwave-assisted extraction", "01 natural sciences", "0104 chemical sciences", "Social sciences (General)", "Q1-390", "walnut shells", "Walnut shells", "Response surface methodology", "response surface chemistry", "Microwave-assisted extraction", "UV protection", "agricultural waste", "0210 nano-technology", "Agricultural waste", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/452886/1/Paper.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.iris.unict.it/bitstream/20.500.11769/588670/1/81_Green3_Green_extraction_green_additives_green_plastics_2024.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24469"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24469", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24469", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24469"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26390", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-20", "title": "Combined effect of an agro-industrial compost and light spectra composition on yield and phytochemical profile in mizuna and pak choi microgreens", "description": "This work aimed to evaluate the growth of two species of microgreens (mizuna and pak choi), using agro-industrial compost as growing media in two different mixes versus one hundred percent peat, under two different LED illumination spectra (LED 1 and LED 2) in a 14\u00a0h photoperiod. The experiment was carried-out for two times. Biomass yield, glucosinolates, and phenolic compounds, and nitrate (NO3-) content were analysed in leaf tissues. In both species, the highest fresh and dry biomass production was in compost:peat (50:50%) and LED 2 (Blue/Red/Far Red). In general, compost had a greater influence on nitrate content than light, but in the microgreen pak choi, the anthocyanin content was inhibited by the compost treatment. In the other hand both LED illumination had a positive effect on mizuna for glucosinolates and anthocyanins, and LED 2 also showed a positive effect on pak choi for anthocyanin. 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Therefore, the establishment of highly sensitive assays for allergen measurement is of highest interest. Herein, a graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) was constructed on an interdigitated electrodes chip to develop an immersible biosensor, which was used to detect the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1. Graphene was wet-transferred on interdigitated electrodes that contain a reference electrode used as a liquid gate in the GFET. Using a standard ELISA protocol, two different anti-Bet v 1 antibodies were chosen and immobilized on graphene for the specific capture of the target allergen. The sensitivity of the GFET biosensor was evaluated using a standard Ag/AgCl liquid gate electrode and a reference electrode when the chip was immersed in Bet v 1-containing solutions. The results showed a higher performance and sensitivity for Bet v 1 detection compared to a mediator release method, one of the most sensitive assays for allergen detection. Compared with conventional methods of allergen detection, these immersible biosensors significantly improved the speed and level of detection providing the foundation of a point-of-need platform for in-field application. Furthermore, the proposed technique provides both a new biosensor for allergen detection and a strategy for designing low-cost integrated biosensors.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Graphene field effect transistor", "Allergen detection", "Birch pollen", "Air sampling", "Biosensor", "Research Article"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Stefan Jari\u0107, Mario Wenger, Ivan Bobrinetskiy, Andr\u00e9 Stapelfeldt, Glorismer Pena-Amelunxen, Branko \u0160ikoparija, Lorenz Aglas,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38922"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38922", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38922", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38922"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41151", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-12-14", "title": "Chlorotoxin-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for pH-responsive paclitaxel delivery to Glioblastoma multiforme", "description": "Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer associated with poor survival rates. We developed novel mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs)-based nanocarriers for pH-responsive delivery of a therapeutic drug Paclitaxel (PTX) to GBM tumor cells. The pores of MSNs are loaded with PTX, which is retained by \u03b2-cyclodextrin (CD) moieties covalently linked to the pore entrances through a hydrazone linkage, which is cleavable in weakly acidic environment. Furthermore, we utilized a host-guest interaction between the adamantane and capping CD moieties to further functionalize the surface with a potential glioma-targeting oligopeptide chlorotoxin (CHX). In vitro studies in the U87 GBM cell line show decreased uptake, but increased toxicity of CHX-modified nanoparticles compared to CHX-free nanoparticles. The obtained results are promising toward development of advanced drug nanocarriers, which may target the overexpressed receptors in cancer tissues and utilize their weakly acidic environment for triggering the drug release, potentially leading to more efficient cancer treatments.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Targeted drug delivery", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Paclitaxel", "Mesoporous silica nanoparticles", "Cyclodextrin", "Glioblastoma multiforme", "pH-responsive", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41151"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41151", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41151", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41151"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.086", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:16:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-02-28", "title": "Soil Respiration Dynamics In Fire Affected Semi-Arid Ecosystems: Effects Of Vegetation Type And Environmental Factors", "description": "Soil respiration (Rs) is the second largest carbon flux in terrestrial ecosystems and therefore plays a crucial role in global carbon (C) cycling. This biogeochemical process is closely related to ecosystem productivity and soil fertility and is considered as a key indicator of soil health and quality reflecting the level of microbial activity. Wildfires can have a significant effect on Rs rates and the magnitude of the impacts will depend on environmental factors such as climate and vegetation, fire severity and meteorological conditions post-fire. In this research, we aimed to assess the impacts of a wildfire on the soil CO2 fluxes and soil respiration in a semi-arid ecosystem of Western Australia, and to understand the main edaphic and environmental drivers controlling these fluxes for different vegetation types. Our results demonstrated increased rates of Rs in the burnt areas compared to the unburnt control sites, although these differences were highly dependent on the type of vegetation cover and time since fire. The sensitivity of Rs to temperature (Q10) was also larger in the burnt site compared to the control. Both Rs and soil organic C were consistently higher under Eucalyptus trees, followed by Acacia shrubs. Triodia grasses had the lowest Rs rates and C contents, which were similar to those found under bare soil patches. Regardless of the site condition (unburnt or burnt), Rs was triggered during periods of higher temperatures and water availability and environmental factors (temperature and moisture) could explain a large fraction of Rs variability, improving the relationship of moisture or temperature as single factors with Rs. This study demonstrates the importance of assessing CO2 fluxes considering both abiotic factors and vegetation types after disturbances such as fire which is particularly important in heterogeneous semi-arid areas with patchy vegetation distribution where CO2 fluxes can be largely underestimated.", "keywords": ["580", "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts", "550", "Q10", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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However, quantitative assessments of their impact on human health are rare and the benefits of implementing IAS management likely to be underestimated. Here we report the effects of the allergenic plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia on public health in Europe and the potential impact of the accidentally introduced leaf beetle Ophraella communa on the number of patients and healthcare costs. We find that, prior to the establishment of O. communa, some 13.5 million persons suffered from Ambrosia-induced allergies in Europe, causing costs of Euro 7.4 billion annually. Our projections reveal that biological control of A. artemisiifolia will reduce the number of patients by approximately 2.3 million and the health costs by Euro 1.1 billion per year. Our conservative calculations indicate that the currently discussed economic costs of IAS underestimate the real costs and thus also the benefits from biological control.</p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Science", "Weed Control", "Q", "Plant Weeds", "Rhinitis", " Allergic", " Seasonal", "15. Life on land", "Q1", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "3. Good health", "Coleoptera", "Europe", "Biological Control Agents", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "Humans", "Public Health", "Ambrosia"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/9268/15/Skj%C3%B8th-9268-VoR-Biological-Weed-Control-to-relieve-millions-from-Ambrosia-allergies-in-Europe.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15586-1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-12", "title": "Stronger compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration with higher substrate availability", "description": "Abstract                <p>Ongoing global warming is expected to augment soil respiration by increasing the microbial activity, driving self-reinforcing feedback to climate change. However, the compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microorganisms and substrate depletion may weaken the effects of rising temperature on soil respiration. To test this hypothesis, we collected soils along a large-scale forest transect in eastern China spanning a natural temperature gradient, and we incubated the soils at different temperatures with or without substrate addition. We combined the exponential thermal response function and a data-driven model to study the interaction effect of thermal adaptation and substrate availability on microbial respiration and compared our results to those from two additional continental and global independent datasets. Modeled results suggested that the effect of thermal adaptation on microbial respiration was greater in areas with higher mean annual temperatures, which is consistent with the compensatory response to warming. In addition, the effect of thermal adaptation on microbial respiration was greater under substrate addition than under substrate depletion, which was also true for the independent datasets reanalyzed using our approach. Our results indicate that thermal adaptation in warmer regions could exert a more pronounced negative impact on microbial respiration when the substrate availability is abundant. These findings improve the body of knowledge on how substrate availability influences the soil microbial community\uffe2\uff80\uff93temperature interactions, which could improve estimates of projected soil carbon losses to the atmosphere through respiration.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Atmospheric sciences", "Microbial population biology", "soil carbon decomposition", "global warming", "Global Warming", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil carbon decomposition", "Soil", "Engineering", "Soil water", "Climate change", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "0303 health sciences", "Adaptation (eye)", "Q10", "Ecology", "Soil Water Retention", "Respiration", "Global warming", "Temperature", "Life Sciences", "Geology", "Soil respiration", "Soil carbon", "6. Clean water", "Physical Sciences", "Original Article", "570", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Climate Change", "Soil Science", "Thermal Effects on Soil", "Environmental science", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbial respiration", "microbial respiration", "Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "Genetics", "Biology", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Soil science", "Soil Fertility", "Bacteria", "Global Forest Drought Response and Climate Change", "Botany", "FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "microbial thermal adaptation", "Microbial thermal adaptation", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Substrate (aquarium)", "Neuroscience"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Lili Qu, Chao Wang, Stefano Manzoni, Marina Dacal, Fernando T. Maestre, Edith Bai,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ismejo/wrae025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-08", "title": "Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling", "description": "Abstract                <p>The soil microbiome determines the fate of plant-fixed carbon. The shifts in soil properties caused by land use change leads to modifications in microbiome function, resulting in either loss or gain of soil organic carbon (SOC). Soil pH is the primary factor regulating microbiome characteristics leading to distinct pathways of microbial carbon cycling, but the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. Here, the taxa-trait relationships behind the variable fate of SOC were investigated using metaproteomics, metabarcoding, and a 13C-labeled litter decomposition experiment across two temperate sites with differing soil pH each with a paired land use intensity contrast. 13C incorporation into microbial biomass increased with land use intensification in low-pH soil but decreased in high-pH soil, with potential impact on carbon use efficiency in opposing directions. Reduction in biosynthesis traits was due to increased abundance of proteins linked to resource acquisition and stress tolerance. These trait trade-offs were underpinned by land use intensification-induced changes in dominant taxa with distinct traits. We observed divergent pH-controlled pathways of SOC cycling. In low-pH soil, land use intensification alleviates microbial abiotic stress resulting in increased biomass production but promotes decomposition and SOC loss. In contrast, in high-pH soil, land use intensification increases microbial physiological constraints and decreases biomass production, leading to reduced necromass build-up and SOC stabilization. We demonstrate how microbial biomass production and respiration dynamics and therefore carbon use efficiency can be decoupled from SOC highlighting the need for its careful consideration in managing SOC storage for soil health and climate change mitigation.</p", "keywords": ["soil health", "Supplementary Data", "QH301 Biology", "carbon use efficiency", "carbon cycling", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_16s_table_s1_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=3IutEpMaJIknJFjSbheOQYWpAwXt2atlN4YtPR7BTaTGf3jrf1M6yHgYzlnrttKlwpbFcwz-IqYq96oubC5FxfBQQyiIC0H-az-D~Bkstxc9XHkEmERELO~nurTlszmUndzm3jLsKF05x00PNsiNFlGKUhlsMB6wRmyO3v3GNBqHQVdswXZ3UAjfXvqqinyDLK54UCxfLk8eKpcfFnvVctxQ8Hrk3gP-eMFToKDlXgPD4MXGrdegvcZblx6g8FAvJruLIG1NWIRJ6wzx6HcmAYiZDJcGosKrdjMBIznM8YIJjBrfWwhGvjh15Z7MJnsUWn8PjxLjXfww29q-YfQnw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_18s_table_s2_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=ZVWC9BaJ2MOsxOOfzrmd-9nuLAy5yHOmeqJQmKHhQ1z7mXxXITIYAvM8BpVkEkQHB7Bo-6dNEm5FlC6eAuTroyq-dvMW3PD6MNP9SN5KgwSrKUeHM6IKNhzav6Q4zd48B95IPreN5UKQTTVPrphpdOxfdVKYKxD3qOMdWqmHXt-IAD~W80PJ0BjvpHXPQ0pYCmGInVv1Fe-L3k~OKo80rD0xtncnBCFRd8DVHTIY5JLjJr4-E~M3Gainkbz2AVLZwys3S6MMEboS8vKSj~rG34Z04ByT6dBjp0XDj2H9K7WjXlEqOoPIwUWUUfcVvn4N5wZ6R6YFZr9mk4qTZKdEow__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "004", "soil organic carbon", "QH301", "soil pH", "13C labelling", "land use intensity", "soil microbiome", "metabarcoding", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "metaproteomics", "Original Article", "SDG 15 - Life on Land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/ISME%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ismeco/ycae116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ismeco/ycae116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/agec.12057", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-08", "title": "Competition For Land In The Global Bioeconomy", "description": "Abstract<p>The global land use implications of biofuel expansion have received considerable attention in the literature over the past decade. Model\uffe2\uff80\uff90based estimates of the emissions from cropland expansion have been used to assess the environmental impacts of biofuel policies. And integrated assessment models have estimated the potential for biofuels to contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement over the coming century. All of these studies feature, explicitly or implicitly, competition between biofuel feed stocks and other land uses. However, the economic mechanisms governing this competition, as well as the contribution of biofuels to global land use change, have not received the close scrutiny that they deserve. The purpose of this article is to offer a deeper look at these factors. We begin with a comparative static analysis which assesses the impact of exogenously specified forecasts of biofuel expansion over the period: 2006\uffe2\uff80\uff932035. Global land use change is decomposed according to the three key margins of economic response: extensive supply, intensive supply, and demand. Under the International Energy Agency's \uffe2\uff80\uff9cNew Policies\uffe2\uff80\uff9d scenario, biofuels account for nearly one\uffe2\uff80\uff90fifth of global land use change over the 2006\uffe2\uff80\uff932035 period. The article also offers a comparative dynamic analysis which determines the optimal path for first and second generation biofuels over the course of the entire 21st century. In the absence of GHG regulation, the welfare\uffe2\uff80\uff90maximizing path for global land use, in the face of 3% annual growth in oil prices, allocates 225 Mha to biofuel feed stocks by 2100, with the associated biofuels accounting for about 30% of global liquid fuel consumption. This area expansion is somewhat diminished by expected climate change impacts on agriculture, while it is significantly increased by an aggressive GHG emissions target and by advances in conversion efficiency of second generation biofuels.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0502 economics and business", "05 social sciences", "11. Sustainability", "Biofuels", " global land use", " partial equilibrium analysis", " comparative statics", " comparative dynamics", " climate change impacts", " carbon policies", " Land Economics/Use", " Resource /Energy Economics and Policy", " Q11", " Q15", " Q24", " Q42", " Q54", "", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Uris Lantz C. Baldos, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Thomas W. Hertel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12057"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Economics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/agec.12057", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/agec.12057", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/agec.12057"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02300.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-10-01", "title": "Drought-Resistant Fungi Control Soil Organic Matter Decomposition And Its Response To Temperature", "description": "Microbial-mediated decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) ultimately makes a considerable contribution to soil respiration, which is typically the main source of CO2 arising from terrestrial ecosystems. Despite this central role in the decomposition of SOM, few studies have been conducted on how climate change may affect the soil microbial community and, furthermore, on how possible climate-change induced alterations in the ecology of microbial communities may affect soil CO2 emissions. Here we present the results of a seasonal study on soil microbial community structure, SOM decomposition and its temperature sensitivity in two representative Mediterranean ecosystems where precipitation/throughfall exclusion has taken place during the last 10 years. Bacterial and fungal diversity was estimated using the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. Our results show that fungal diversity was less sensitive to seasonal changes in moisture, temperature and plant activity than bacterial diversity. On the other hand, fungal communities showed the ability to dynamically adapt throughout the seasons. Fungi also coped better with the 10 years of precipitation/throughfall exclusion compared with bacteria. The high resistance of fungal diversity to changes with respect to bacteria may open the controversy as to whether future 'drier conditions' for Mediterranean regions might favor fungal dominated microbial communities. Finally, our results indicate that the fungal community exerted a strong influence over the temporal and spatial variability of SOM decomposition and its sensitivity to temperature. The results, therefore, highlight the important role of fungi in the decomposition of terrestrial SOM, especially under the harsh environmental conditions of Mediterranean ecosystems, for which models predict even drier conditions in the future.", "keywords": ["Diversity", "Diversitat", "Bacteria", "Drought", "Q10", "Soil organic matter decomposition", "Descomposici\u00f3 de la Mat\u00e8ria Org\u00e1nica del S\u00f2l", "Fungi", "Sequera", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Canvi clim\u00e1ticas", "15. Life on land", "Bacteris", "Descomposici\u00f3 de la mat\u00e8ria org\u00e0nica del s\u00f2l", "Fongs", "13. Climate action", "Climate change", "Canvi clim\u00e0tic", "Fong", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02300.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02300.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02300.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02300.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02516.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-08-03", "title": "Effects Of Soil Moisture On The Temperature Sensitivity Of Heterotrophic Respiration Vary Seasonally In An Old-Field Climate Change Experiment", "description": "Abstract<p>Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter produces a major flux of CO2 from terrestrial ecosystems and can act as a feedback to climate change. Although climate\uffe2\uff80\uff90carbon models suggest that warming will accelerate the release of CO2 from soils, the magnitude of this feedback is uncertain, mostly due to uncertainty in the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition. We examined how warming and altered precipitation affected the rate and temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration (Rh) at the Boston\uffe2\uff80\uff90Area Climate Experiment, in Massachusetts, USA. We measured Rh inside deep collars that excluded plant roots and litter inputs. In this mesic ecosystem, Rh responded strongly to precipitation. Drought reduced Rh, both annually and during the growing season. Warming increased Rh only in early spring. During the summer, when Rh was highest, we found evidence of threshold, hysteretic responses to soil moisture: Rh decreased sharply when volumetric soil moisture dropped below ~15% or exceeded ~26%, but Rh increased more gradually when soil moisture rose from the lower threshold. The effect of climate treatments on the temperature sensitivity of Rh depended on the season. Apparent Q10 decreased with high warming (~3.5\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C) in spring and fall. Presumably due to limiting soil moisture, warming and precipitation treatments did not affect apparent Q10 in summer. Drought decreased apparent Q10 in fall compared to ambient and wet precipitation treatments. To our knowledge, this is the first field study to examine the response of Rh and its temperature sensitivity to the combined effects of warming and altered precipitation. Our results highlight the complex responses of Rh to soil moisture, and to our knowledge identify for the first time the seasonal variation in the temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration in the field. We emphasize the importance of adequately simulating responses such as these when modeling trajectories of soil carbon stocks under climate change scenarios.</p>", "keywords": ["apparent Q10", "2. Zero hunger", "microbial respiration", "warming", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "precipitation", "15. Life on land", "soil respiration", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02516.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02516.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02516.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02516.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-09-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-17", "title": "Temperature Adaptation Of Bacterial Communities In Experimentally Warmed Forest Soils", "description": "Abstract<p>A detailed understanding of the influence of temperature on soil microbial activity is critical to predict future atmospheric CO2 concentrations and feedbacks to anthropogenic warming. We investigated soils exposed to 3\uffe2\uff80\uff934\uffc2\uffa0years of continuous 5\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C\uffe2\uff80\uff90warming in a field experiment in a temperate forest. We found that an index for the temperature adaptation of the microbial community, Tmin for bacterial growth, increased by 0.19\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C per 1\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C rise in temperature, showing a community shift towards one adapted to higher temperature with a higher temperature sensitivity (Q10(5\uffe2\uff80\uff9315\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C) increased by 0.08 units per 1\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C). Using continuously measured temperature data from the field experiment we modelled in situ bacterial growth. Assuming that warming did not affect resource availability, bacterial growth was modelled to become 60% higher in warmed compared to the control plots, with the effect of temperature adaptation of the community only having a small effect on overall bacterial growth (&lt;5%). However, 3\uffc2\uffa0years of warming decreased bacterial growth, most likely due to substrate depletion because of the initially higher growth in warmed plots. When this was factored in, the result was similar rates of modelled in situ bacterial growth in warmed and control plots after 3\uffc2\uffa0years, despite the temperature difference. We conclude that although temperature adaptation for bacterial growth to higher temperatures was detectable, its influence on annual bacterial growth was minor, and overshadowed by the direct temperature effect on growth rates.</p>", "keywords": ["Q10", "temperature adaptation", "13. Climate action", "leucine incorporation", "soil warming", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "bacterial growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biogeochemistry", "15. Life on land", "minimum temperature"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02764.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0153415", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-04-12", "title": "Seasonality, Rather Than Nutrient Addition Or Vegetation Types, Influenced Short-Term Temperature Sensitivity Of Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition", "description": "Open AccessLa r\u00e9ponse de la respiration microbienne de la d\u00e9composition du carbone organique du sol (COS) aux changements environnementaux joue un r\u00f4le cl\u00e9 dans la pr\u00e9diction des tendances futures de la concentration de CO2 atmosph\u00e9rique. Cependant, il n'est pas certain qu'il existe une tendance universelle dans la r\u00e9ponse de la respiration microbienne \u00e0 l'augmentation de la temp\u00e9rature et \u00e0 l'ajout de nutriments parmi les diff\u00e9rents types de v\u00e9g\u00e9tation. Dans cette \u00e9tude, les sols ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9chantillonn\u00e9s au printemps, en \u00e9t\u00e9, en automne et en hiver \u00e0 partir de cinq types de v\u00e9g\u00e9tation dominants, y compris les for\u00eats de pins, de m\u00e9l\u00e8zes et de bouleaux, les arbustes et les prairies, dans la r\u00e9gion de Saihanba, dans le nord de la Chine. Les \u00e9chantillons de sol de chaque saison ont \u00e9t\u00e9 incub\u00e9s \u00e0 1, 10 et 20 \u00b0C pendant 5 \u00e0 7 jours. L'azote (N\u00a0; 0,035 mM sous forme de NH4NO3) et le phosphore (P\u00a0; 0,03 mM sous forme de P2O5) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ajout\u00e9s aux \u00e9chantillons de sol, et les r\u00e9ponses de la respiration microbienne du sol \u00e0 l'augmentation de la temp\u00e9rature et \u00e0 l'ajout de nutriments ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9termin\u00e9es. Nous avons constat\u00e9 une tendance universelle selon laquelle la respiration microbienne du sol augmentait avec l'augmentation de la temp\u00e9rature, ind\u00e9pendamment de la saison d'\u00e9chantillonnage ou du type de v\u00e9g\u00e9tation. La sensibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la temp\u00e9rature (indiqu\u00e9e par Q10, l'augmentation du taux de respiration avec une augmentation de 10\u00b0C de la temp\u00e9rature) de la respiration microbienne \u00e9tait plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e au printemps et en automne qu'en \u00e9t\u00e9 et en hiver, quel que soit le type de v\u00e9g\u00e9tation. Le Q10 \u00e9tait significativement corr\u00e9l\u00e9 positivement avec la biomasse microbienne et le rapport champignon\u00a0: bact\u00e9rie. La respiration microbienne (ou Q10) n'a pas r\u00e9pondu de mani\u00e8re significative \u00e0 l'addition d'azote ou de phosphore. Nos r\u00e9sultats sugg\u00e8rent que l'apport en nutriments \u00e0 court terme pourrait ne pas modifier le taux de d\u00e9composition du COS ou sa sensibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la temp\u00e9rature, alors que l'augmentation de la temp\u00e9rature pourrait am\u00e9liorer consid\u00e9rablement la d\u00e9composition du COS au printemps et en automne, par rapport \u00e0 l'hiver et \u00e0 l'\u00e9t\u00e9.", "keywords": ["Biomass (ecology)", "Atmospheric Science", "Microbial population biology", "Larix", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "Forests", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Soil water", "Pathology", "Carbon Feedback", "Biomass", "Betula", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "Ecology", "Q10", "Respiration", "Q", "R", "Temperature", "Life Sciences", "Soil respiration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil carbon", "Grassland", "Earth and Planetary Sciences", "Physical Sciences", "Respiration rate", "Medicine", "Seasons", "Vegetation (pathology)", "Research Article", "China", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Soil Science", "Environmental science", "Shrubland", "Genetics", "Arctic Permafrost Dynamics and Climate Change", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "Ecosystem", "Soil science", "Soil organic matter", "Soil Fertility", "Bacteria", "Fungi", "Botany", "15. Life on land", "Pinus", "Vegetation Change", "Carbon", "Agronomy", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Growing season", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Nutrient"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Yu-Qi Qian, Fangliang He, Wei Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153415"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0153415", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0153415", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0153415"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-04-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.17159/sajs.2023/15308", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-09-26", "title": "GYPWORLD Africa: Setting an agenda for gypsum ecosystem research in southern Africa", "description": "Significance:This paper introduces gypsum ecosystem research to southern Africa. It is the result of current joint efforts to compare African gypsum&nbsp; ecosystems with those in other parts of the world. We highlight the expansion of an international network through joint projects and&nbsp; training of young scientists. We propose a research agenda to sensitise the ecological community in Africa to the significance of life on&nbsp; gypsum and to demystify the existence of gypsum soil and associated ecosystems in southern Africa.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Science (General)", "plants", "Science", "Namaqualand", "Q", "edaphic endemics", "Social Sciences", "15. Life on land", "soil", "Social sciences (General)", "Namib Desert", "Q1-390", "H", "03 medical and health sciences", "11. Sustainability", "lichens"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15308"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/South%20African%20Journal%20of%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.17159/sajs.2023/15308", "name": "item", "description": "10.17159/sajs.2023/15308", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.17159/sajs.2023/15308"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/1809-43921999291056", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-06-27", "title": "Mudan\u00e7as Na Biomassa Microbiana E Nas Tansforma\u00e7\u00f5es De Nitrog\u00eanio Do Solo Em Uma Sequ\u00eancia De Idades De Pastagens Ap\u00f3s Derruba E Queima Da Floresta Na Amaz\u00f4nia Central", "description": "<p>Foram estudadas mudan\uffc3\uffa7as nos par\uffc3\uffa2metros bioqu\uffc3\uffadmicos do solo em resultado da derruba e queima da floresta tropical na Amaz\uffc3\uffb4nia brasileira para o estabelecimento de pastagens atrav\uffc3\uffa9s da biomassa microbiana, um sens\uffc3\uffadvel indicador de modifica\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es na fertilidade do solo. Na sequ\uffc3\uffaancia de idades das pastagens estudadas (de 2 a 13 anos), a biomassa microbiana e a respira\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o na camada superficial de 0-5 cm do solo aumentaram at\uffc3\uffa9 os cinco anos ap\uffc3\uffb3s o estabelecimento da pastagem, seguindo-se um decl\uffc3\uffadnio progressivo, que se acentua ap\uffc3\uffb3s o oitavo ano da pastagem. As baixas taxas de mineraliza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o do nitrog\uffc3\uffaanio no solo sugerem que o estoque de N org\uffc3\uffa2nico est\uffc3\uffa1 diminuindo, o que pode levar a defici\uffc3\uffaancias de nitrog\uffc3\uffaanio nos solos das pastagens mais velhas. A massa total de ra\uffc3\uffadzes nos primeiros 20 cm do solo diminuiu drasticamente com a idade da pastagem. A rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o C/N das ra\uffc3\uffadzes finas na pastagem foi mais elevada do que na floresta madura. Isto pode indicar a forma\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o, pela gram\uffc3\uffadnea da pastagem, de uma mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica com potencial mais baixo de libera\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de nutrientes minerais do que a originalmente produzida pela floresta, o que pode estar contribuindo para a baixa produtividade das pastagens a m\uffc3\uffa9dio prazo e para sua posterior degrada\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o. O per\uffc3\uffadodo de 5 anos de pousio ap\uffc3\uffb3s o abandono ainda foi curto para recuperar um solo de pastagem usada moderadamente para pastejo por cerca de 4 anos.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Science (General)", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Nitrogen Mineralization", "degrada\u00e7\u00e3o dos solos", "01 natural sciences", "Microbial Biomass", "Old Pastures", "biomassa microbiana", "Q1-390", "pastagens", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "mineraliza\u00e7\u00e3o do nitrog\u00eanio org\u00e2nico"], "contacts": [{"organization": "LUIZ\u00c3O, Regina C. C, COSTA, Enir Salazar, LUIZ\u00c3O, Fl\u00e1vio J,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-43921999291056"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Acta%20Amazonica", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/1809-43921999291056", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/1809-43921999291056", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/1809-43921999291056"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1999-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2139/ssrn.4498590", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-07-19", "title": "It Matters How We Measure - Quantification of Microplastics in Drinking Water by \u03bcFTIR and \u03bcRaman", "description": "The water treatment for microplastics (MP) at a Danish groundwater-based waterworks was assessed by Fourier-Transform IR micro-spectroscopy (\u03bcFTIR) (nominal size limit 6.6\u00a0\u03bcm) and compared to results from Raman micro-spectroscopy (\u03bcRaman) (nominal size limit 1.0\u00a0\u03bcm) on the same sample set. The MP abundance at the waterworks' inlet and outlet was quantified as MP counts per cubic metre (N/m3) and estimated MP mass per cubic metre (\u03bcg/m3). The waterworks' MP removal efficiency was found to be higher when analysing by \u03bcFTIR (counts: 78.14\u00a0\u00b1\u00a049.70%, mass: 98.73\u00a0\u00b1\u00a011.10%) and less fluctuating than when using \u03bcRaman (counts: 43.2%, mass: 75.1%). However, both techniques pointed to a value of \u223c80% for the counts' removal efficiency of MPs >6.6\u00a0\u03bcm. Contrarily to what was shown by \u03bcRaman, no systematic leaking of MPs from the plastic elements of the facility could be identified for the \u03bcFTIR dataset, either from the counts (inlet 31.86\u00a0\u00b1\u00a017.17\u00a0N/m3, outlet 4.98\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.09\u00a0N/m3) or mass estimate (inlet 76.30\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0106.30\u00a0\u03bcg/m3, outlet 2.81\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.78\u00a0\u03bcg/m3). The estimation of human MP intake from drinking water calculated from the \u03bcFTIR data (5\u00a0N/(year\u00b7capita)) proved to be approximately 332 times lower than that calculated from the \u03bcRaman dataset, although in line with previous studies employing \u03bcFTIR. By merging the MP length datasets from the two techniques, it could be shown that false negatives became prevalent in the \u03bcFTIR dataset already below 50\u00a0\u03bcm. Further, by fitting the overall frequency of the MP length ranges with a power function, it could be shown that \u03bcFTIR missed approximately 95.7% of the extrapolated MP population (1-1865.9\u00a0\u03bcm). Consequently, relying on only \u03bcFTIR may have led to underestimating the MP content of the investigated drinking water, as most of the 1-50\u00a0\u03bcm\u00a0MP would have been missed.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "FTIR micro-spectroscopy", "Science (General)", "Microplastics", "Raman micro-spectroscopy", "Drinking water", "6. Clean water", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4498590"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2139/ssrn.4498590", "name": "item", "description": "10.2139/ssrn.4498590", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2139/ssrn.4498590"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2139/ssrn.4665983", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-12-15", "title": "Grass Cover and Shallow Tillage Inter-Row Soil Cultivation Affecting Co2 and N2o Emissions in a Sloping Vineyard in Upland Balaton, Hungary", "description": "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can accelerate the current\u00a0climate change\u00a0trend, resulting in higher\u00a0soil temperatures\u00a0and changes in\u00a0soil water contents. The aim of the study was to investigate to what extent different\u00a0cultivation methods\u00a0and sampling positions on the slope (location along the slope) are affecting soil GHG emissions in vineyards. In the study, different inter-row soil cultivation methods were investigated including shallow\u00a0soil tillage\u00a0(ST) and grass cover (GC) inter-rows. Intact soil columns were collected and different\u00a0soil water contents\u00a0were applied under a laboratory environment to simulate different precipitation conditions. Our findings showed significant differences in the emitted CO2\u00a0and N2O between the cultivation methods, where the GC soil had 2.9 times higher average CO2\u00a0and 6.1 times higher N2O emissions compared to the bare, ST soil. The amount of initial and longer term soil water content significantly influenced soil-derived GHG emissions, with the highest averaged values observed for the continuously high water content soil samples (0.377 mgCO2\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0s\u22121\u00a0and 0.076 \u03bcgN2O m\u22122\u00a0s\u22121). For the GC inter-rows, we also observed significant differences in the GHG emissions among the different sampling positions of the investigated slopes. We found that besides the different soil water contents, the main causes for these differences could be the variances in the soil physical and chemical properties. The findings of this study can be used to better estimate soil GHG emissions at various water contents, for different inter-row\u00a0soil management\u00a0cultivation methods, and potentially mitigate some adverse effects of\u00a0global warming by reducing the amount of GHG released into the atmosphere.", "keywords": ["Q1 Science (General) / term\u00e9szettudom\u00e1ny \u00e1ltal\u00e1ban", "550", "630"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4665983"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma%20Regional", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2139/ssrn.4665983", "name": "item", "description": "10.2139/ssrn.4665983", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2139/ssrn.4665983"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agriculture3010072", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-06", "description": "<p>Corn (Zea mays L.) stover is a potential bioenergy feedstock, but little is known about the impacts of reducing stover return on yield and soil quality in the Northern US Corn Belt. Our study objectives were to measure the impact of three stover return rates (Full (~7.8 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921), Moderate (~3.8 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) or Low (~1.5 Mg ha yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) Return) on corn and soybean (Glycine max. L [Merr.]) yields and on soil dynamic properties on a chisel-tilled (Chisel) field, and well- (NT1995) or newly- (NT2005) established no-till managed fields. Stover return rate did not affect corn and soybean yields except under NT1995 where Low Return (2.88 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) reduced yields compared with Full and Moderate Return (3.13 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921). In NT1995 at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff935 cm depth, particulate organic matter in Full Return and Moderate Return (14.3 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921) exceeded Low Return (11.3 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921). In NT2005, acid phosphatase activity was reduced about 20% in Low Return compared to Full Return. Also the Low Return had an increase in erodible-sized dry aggregates at the soil surface compared to Full Return. Three or fewer cycles of stover treatments revealed little evidence for short-term impacts on crop yield, but detected subtle soil changes that indicate repeated harvests may have negative consequences if stover removed.</p>", "keywords": ["cellulosic feedstock; sustainability; residue management; bioenergy; dry aggregate stability; FAME; particulate organic matter; microbial biomass; soil organic carbon", "Agriculture (General)", "bioenergy", "7. Clean energy", "S1-972", "dry aggregate stability", "particulate organic matter", "2. Zero hunger", "residue management", "microbial biomass", "cellulosic feedstock", "jel:Q1", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "sustainability", "FAME", "6. Clean water", "soil organic carbon", "jel:Q11", "jel:Q10", "jel:Q15", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "jel:Q14", "jel:Q13", "jel:Q12", "jel:Q18", "jel:Q17", "jel:Q16"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/3/1/72/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture3010072"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agriculture3010072", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agriculture3010072", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agriculture3010072"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10045/140784", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:24:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-12", "title": "Stronger compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration with higher substrate availability", "description": "Abstract                <p>Ongoing global warming is expected to augment soil respiration by increasing the microbial activity, driving self-reinforcing feedback to climate change. However, the compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microorganisms and substrate depletion may weaken the effects of rising temperature on soil respiration. To test this hypothesis, we collected soils along a large-scale forest transect in eastern China spanning a natural temperature gradient, and we incubated the soils at different temperatures with or without substrate addition. We combined the exponential thermal response function and a data-driven model to study the interaction effect of thermal adaptation and substrate availability on microbial respiration and compared our results to those from two additional continental and global independent datasets. Modeled results suggested that the effect of thermal adaptation on microbial respiration was greater in areas with higher mean annual temperatures, which is consistent with the compensatory response to warming. In addition, the effect of thermal adaptation on microbial respiration was greater under substrate addition than under substrate depletion, which was also true for the independent datasets reanalyzed using our approach. Our results indicate that thermal adaptation in warmer regions could exert a more pronounced negative impact on microbial respiration when the substrate availability is abundant. These findings improve the body of knowledge on how substrate availability influences the soil microbial community\uffe2\uff80\uff93temperature interactions, which could improve estimates of projected soil carbon losses to the atmosphere through respiration.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Atmospheric sciences", "Microbial population biology", "soil carbon decomposition", "global warming", "Global Warming", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil carbon decomposition", "Soil", "Engineering", "Soil water", "Climate change", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "0303 health sciences", "Adaptation (eye)", "Q10", "Ecology", "Soil Water Retention", "Respiration", "Global warming", "Temperature", "Life Sciences", "Geology", "Soil respiration", "Soil carbon", "6. Clean water", "Physical Sciences", "Original Article", "570", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Climate Change", "Soil Science", "Thermal Effects on Soil", "Environmental science", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbial respiration", "microbial respiration", "Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "Genetics", "Biology", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Soil science", "Soil Fertility", "Bacteria", "Global Forest Drought Response and Climate Change", "Botany", "FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "microbial thermal adaptation", "Microbial thermal adaptation", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Substrate (aquarium)", "Neuroscience"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Lili Qu, Chao Wang, Stefano Manzoni, Marina Dacal, Fernando T. Maestre, Edith Bai,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10045/140784"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10045/140784", "name": "item", "description": "10045/140784", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10045/140784"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/335522", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:24:42Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-05-26", "title": "Past, present and future trends in the remediation of heavy-metal contaminated soil - Remediation techniques applied in real soil-contamination events", "description": "Most worldwide policy frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, highlight soil as a key non-renewable natural resource which should be rigorously preserved to achieve long-term global sustainability. Although some soil is naturally enriched with heavy metals (HMs), a series of anthropogenic activities are known to contribute to their redistribution, which may entail potentially harmful environmental and/or human health effects if certain concentrations are exceeded. If this occurs, the implementation of rehabilitation strategies is highly recommended. Although there are many publications dealing with the elimination of HMs using different methodologies, most of those works have been done in laboratories and there are not many comprehensive reviews about the results obtained under field conditions. Throughout this review, we examine the different methodologies that have been used in real scenarios and, based on representative case studies, we present the evolution and outcomes of the remediation strategies applied in real soil-contamination events where legacies of past metal mining activities or mine spills have posed a serious threat for soil conservation. So far, the best efficiencies at field-scale have been reported when using combined strategies such as physical containment and assisted-phytoremediation. We have also introduced the emerging problem of the heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils and the different strategies implemented to tackle this problem. Although remediation techniques used in real scenarios have not changed much in the last decades, there are also encouraging facts for the advances in this field. Thus, a growing number of mining companies publicise in their webpages their soil remediation strategies and efforts; moreover, the number of scientific publications about innovative highly-efficient and environmental-friendly methods is also increasing. In any case, better cooperation between scientists and other soil-related stakeholders is still required to improve remediation performance.", "keywords": ["2. 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The experiment was carried-out for two times. Biomass yield, glucosinolates, and phenolic compounds, and nitrate (NO3-) content were analysed in leaf tissues. In both species, the highest fresh and dry biomass production was in compost:peat (50:50%) and LED 2 (Blue/Red/Far Red). In general, compost had a greater influence on nitrate content than light, but in the microgreen pak choi, the anthocyanin content was inhibited by the compost treatment. In the other hand both LED illumination had a positive effect on mizuna for glucosinolates and anthocyanins, and LED 2 also showed a positive effect on pak choi for anthocyanin. Therefore, the use of agri-food compost: peat (50:50%) with LED 2 (blue/red) lighting treatment to obtain microgreens in indoor crops is a plausible technology that provides nutritionally and phytochemically rich crops.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Science (General)", "Glucosinolates", "Novel functional fresh foods", "7. 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Aim of this study is to explore the integration of the concept of soil health and the provision of soil ecosystem service by conducting i) a content analysis of EU policies and ii) a scoping review of literature over policy instruments for soil governance. Results show a focus on soil fertility, mainly soil organic matter, while services such as conservation of biodiversity or cultural heritage still appear underrepresented. Findings are reinforced by the gap in literature, providing little evidence of policy instruments contributing to soil health. A more coordinated effort among policy sectors is required to prioritize soil health in the EU; invesitgating the role of market-based instruments could complement what public policies are lacking.</p></article>", "keywords": ["ecosystem services; incentives; policy instruments; soil health; soil monitoring law", "Q10", "soil health", "policy instruments", "Soil Monitoring Law", "ddc:330", "incentives", "Q15", "SH1-691", "Forestry", "SD1-669.5", "Q57", "soil health", " ecosystem services", " policy instruments", "incentives", " Soil Monitoring Law", "Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://sfera.unife.it/bitstream/11392/2593331/1/W00119_75-92_05-15466-Winkler.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11568/1271387"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Bio-based%20and%20Applied%20Economics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11568/1271387", "name": "item", "description": "11568/1271387", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11568/1271387"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-09-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "1887/3192725", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:25:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-04-21", "title": "Biological weed control to relieve millions from Ambrosia allergies in Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Invasive alien species (IAS) can substantially affect ecosystem services and human well-being. However, quantitative assessments of their impact on human health are rare and the benefits of implementing IAS management likely to be underestimated. Here we report the effects of the allergenic plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia on public health in Europe and the potential impact of the accidentally introduced leaf beetle Ophraella communa on the number of patients and healthcare costs. We find that, prior to the establishment of O. communa, some 13.5 million persons suffered from Ambrosia-induced allergies in Europe, causing costs of Euro 7.4 billion annually. Our projections reveal that biological control of A. artemisiifolia will reduce the number of patients by approximately 2.3 million and the health costs by Euro 1.1 billion per year. Our conservative calculations indicate that the currently discussed economic costs of IAS underestimate the real costs and thus also the benefits from biological control.</p", "keywords": ["2. 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Climate action", "Animals", "Humans", "Public Health", "Ambrosia"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/9268/15/Skj%C3%B8th-9268-VoR-Biological-Weed-Control-to-relieve-millions-from-Ambrosia-allergies-in-Europe.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15586-1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/1887/3192725"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "1887/3192725", "name": "item", "description": "1887/3192725", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/1887/3192725"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "1893/33794", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:25:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-12-30", "title": "Global maps of soil temperature", "description": "Abstract<p>Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2\uffc2\uffa0m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. Here, we provide global maps of soil temperature and bioclimatic variables at a 1\uffe2\uff80\uff90km2resolution for 0\uffe2\uff80\uff935 and 5\uffe2\uff80\uff9315\uffc2\uffa0cm soil depth. These maps were created by calculating the difference (i.e. offset) between in situ soil temperature measurements, based on time series from over 1200 1\uffe2\uff80\uff90km2pixels (summarized from 8519 unique temperature sensors) across all the world's major terrestrial biomes, and coarse\uffe2\uff80\uff90grained air temperature estimates from ERA5\uffe2\uff80\uff90Land (an atmospheric reanalysis by the European Centre for Medium\uffe2\uff80\uff90Range Weather Forecasts). We show that mean annual soil temperature differs markedly from the corresponding gridded air temperature, by up to 10\uffc2\uffb0C (mean\uffc2\uffa0=\uffc2\uffa03.0\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.1\uffc2\uffb0C), with substantial variation across biomes and seasons. Over the year, soils in cold and/or dry biomes are substantially warmer (+3.6\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.3\uffc2\uffb0C) than gridded air temperature, whereas soils in warm and humid environments are on average slightly cooler (\uffe2\uff88\uff920.7\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.3\uffc2\uffb0C). The observed substantial and biome\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific offsets emphasize that the projected impacts of climate and climate change on near\uffe2\uff80\uff90surface biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are inaccurately assessed when air rather than soil temperature is used, especially in cold environments. The global soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90related bioclimatic variables provided here are an important step forward for any application in ecology and related disciplines. Nevertheless, we highlight the need to fill remaining geographic gaps by collecting more in situ measurements of microclimate conditions to further enhance the spatiotemporal resolution of global soil temperature products for ecological applications.</p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Bioclimatic variables; Global maps; Microclimate; Near-surface temperatures; Soil temperature; Soil-dwelling organisms; Temperature offset; Weather stations; Climate change; Temperature; Ecosystem; Soil", "791", "550", ":Zoology and botany: 480 [VDP]", "VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480", "551", "Q1", "7. 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Climate action", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480", "VDP::Zoology and botany: 480", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "CBCE", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7197", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/5803/1/20211222_SoilTemp_maps_preformatted.pdf"}, {"href": "http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33794/1/Lembrechts-etal-GCB-2022.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/183991/1/Global%20Change%20Biology%20-%202022%20-%20Lembrechts%20-%20Global%20maps%20of%20soil%20temperature.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/445619/1/prod_462419-doc_189996.pdf"}, {"href": "https://openpub.fmach.it/bitstream/10449/74200/1/Global%20Change%20Biology%20-%202022%20-%20Lembrechts%20-%20Global%20maps%20of%20soil%20temperature.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unica.it/bitstream/11584/332967/1/2022_Global_maps_soil_temperature_GlobalChangeBiology.pdf"}, {"href": "https://ricerca.univaq.it/bitstream/11697/178559/2/Global%20Change%20Biology%20-%202022%20-%20Lembrechts%20-%20Global%20maps%20of%20soil%20temperature.pdf"}, {"href": "https://vb.gamtc.lt/object/elaba:126634244/126634244.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.16060"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt6hg3313z/qt6hg3313z.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/1893/33794"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "1893/33794", "name": "item", "description": "1893/33794", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/1893/33794"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-03-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "20.500.11769/588670", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:25:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-12", "title": "Green3: A green extraction of green additives for green plastics", "description": "PLA/PBAT bioplastic is a commercial biodegradable plastic employed for packaging and several food and agriculture applications. In this regard, properties such as the antioxidant ability to extend food shelf life and light resistance, are of great interest in the production of packaging and mulching films, respectively. These features are obtained by developing blends with pure chemicals and/or natural products as additives. In the present work blend formulations of PLA/PBAT with a walnut shell extract rich in antioxidants were developed and evaluated for their properties in comparison with classic PLA/PBAT. Specifically, natural additives, and most importantly the production process were purposely selected to i) be green and cost-effective; ii) confer antioxidant properties; and iii) improve material performance. To this aim, a walnut shell extract (EWS) with high antioxidant activity was obtained thanks to a novel green and cost-effective microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) procedure. A response surface methodology was utilized to explore how the total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activity are influenced by varying aqueous ethanol concentration, extraction time, and microwave power. The highest predicted TPC and antioxidant activity were achieved when employing the ideal conditions for Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE): using a mixture of 30\u00a0% ethanol in water, an irradiation time of 120\u00a0s, and a microwave power of 670\u00a0W. The optimized EWS was characterized by HPLC-MS determining qualitative and quantitative data with the identification of flavonoids, fatty acids, and anacardic acids among the main components, responsible for antioxidant activity. The resulting EWS powder was melt-mixed at 140C\u00b0 and 20 RPM with the bio-based PLA/PBAT bioplastic at two different concentrations (0.5 and 1.5 w/w) by forming film specimens. All EWS-based bioplastic films showed increased antioxidant features determined by the DPPH bleaching test, TEAC, and ORAC assays. The films keep the antioxidant capacity even after 7 days of UV-accelerated aging. Remarkably, adding 1.5 % EWS boosted the bioplastic UV light resistance, reducing the abatement of molecular masses by more than 60\u00a0% without affecting mechanical properties.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "Science (General)", "Agricultural waste; Microwave-assisted extraction; Polyphenols; Response surface methodology; UV protection; Walnut shells", "Polyphenols", "02 engineering and technology", "microwave-assisted extraction", "01 natural sciences", "0104 chemical sciences", "Social sciences (General)", "Q1-390", "walnut shells", "Walnut shells", "Response surface methodology", "response surface chemistry", "Microwave-assisted extraction", "UV protection", "agricultural waste", "0210 nano-technology", "Agricultural waste", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/452886/1/Paper.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.iris.unict.it/bitstream/20.500.11769/588670/1/81_Green3_Green_extraction_green_additives_green_plastics_2024.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/20.500.11769/588670"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "20.500.11769/588670", "name": "item", "description": "20.500.11769/588670", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/20.500.11769/588670"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2164/24787", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:25:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-08", "title": "Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling", "description": "Abstract                <p>The soil microbiome determines the fate of plant-fixed carbon. The shifts in soil properties caused by land use change leads to modifications in microbiome function, resulting in either loss or gain of soil organic carbon (SOC). Soil pH is the primary factor regulating microbiome characteristics leading to distinct pathways of microbial carbon cycling, but the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. Here, the taxa-trait relationships behind the variable fate of SOC were investigated using metaproteomics, metabarcoding, and a 13C-labeled litter decomposition experiment across two temperate sites with differing soil pH each with a paired land use intensity contrast. 13C incorporation into microbial biomass increased with land use intensification in low-pH soil but decreased in high-pH soil, with potential impact on carbon use efficiency in opposing directions. Reduction in biosynthesis traits was due to increased abundance of proteins linked to resource acquisition and stress tolerance. These trait trade-offs were underpinned by land use intensification-induced changes in dominant taxa with distinct traits. We observed divergent pH-controlled pathways of SOC cycling. In low-pH soil, land use intensification alleviates microbial abiotic stress resulting in increased biomass production but promotes decomposition and SOC loss. In contrast, in high-pH soil, land use intensification increases microbial physiological constraints and decreases biomass production, leading to reduced necromass build-up and SOC stabilization. We demonstrate how microbial biomass production and respiration dynamics and therefore carbon use efficiency can be decoupled from SOC highlighting the need for its careful consideration in managing SOC storage for soil health and climate change mitigation.</p", "keywords": ["soil health", "Supplementary Data", "QH301 Biology", "carbon use efficiency", "carbon cycling", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_16s_table_s1_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=3IutEpMaJIknJFjSbheOQYWpAwXt2atlN4YtPR7BTaTGf3jrf1M6yHgYzlnrttKlwpbFcwz-IqYq96oubC5FxfBQQyiIC0H-az-D~Bkstxc9XHkEmERELO~nurTlszmUndzm3jLsKF05x00PNsiNFlGKUhlsMB6wRmyO3v3GNBqHQVdswXZ3UAjfXvqqinyDLK54UCxfLk8eKpcfFnvVctxQ8Hrk3gP-eMFToKDlXgPD4MXGrdegvcZblx6g8FAvJruLIG1NWIRJ6wzx6HcmAYiZDJcGosKrdjMBIznM8YIJjBrfWwhGvjh15Z7MJnsUWn8PjxLjXfww29q-YfQnw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/ismecommun/4/1/10.1093_ismeco_ycae116/1/otu_table_18s_table_s2_ycae116.xlsx?Expires=1737538557&Signature=ZVWC9BaJ2MOsxOOfzrmd-9nuLAy5yHOmeqJQmKHhQ1z7mXxXITIYAvM8BpVkEkQHB7Bo-6dNEm5FlC6eAuTroyq-dvMW3PD6MNP9SN5KgwSrKUeHM6IKNhzav6Q4zd48B95IPreN5UKQTTVPrphpdOxfdVKYKxD3qOMdWqmHXt-IAD~W80PJ0BjvpHXPQ0pYCmGInVv1Fe-L3k~OKo80rD0xtncnBCFRd8DVHTIY5JLjJr4-E~M3Gainkbz2AVLZwys3S6MMEboS8vKSj~rG34Z04ByT6dBjp0XDj2H9K7WjXlEqOoPIwUWUUfcVvn4N5wZ6R6YFZr9mk4qTZKdEow__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA", "004", "soil organic carbon", "QH301", "soil pH", "13C labelling", "land use intensity", "soil microbiome", "metabarcoding", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "metaproteomics", "Original Article", "SDG 15 - Life on Land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/2164/24787"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/ISME%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2164/24787", "name": "item", "description": "2164/24787", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2164/24787"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3098986635", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:26:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-11", "title": "The relationship between properties of plant-based biochars and sorption of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) in soil model systems", "description": "Plant based biochars are proposed as soil amendments to immobilize potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs), such as Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) and aid in soil restoration. However, the sorption capacity of biochar for these elements can vary widely depending on biochar nature and metal properties. Currently, there is no clear methodology to pre-screen biochars for their suitability as adsorbents for these elements. Therefore, to facilitate biochar selection for application in soil restoration, this study explored the relationships between the physico-chemical properties of five plant-based biochars and their capacity to immobilize Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II). Batch experiments using synthetic soil pore water were used to assess the sorption of these elements. The sorption isotherms described by the Hill model indicated that PTE sorption capacity followed the order Pb(II) > Cd(II) >Zn(II) regardless of biochar type in mono-element systems. Preferential sorption of Pb(II) limited the immobilization of Cd(II) and Zn(II) in multi-element systems. ATR-FTIR and SEM-EDX spectroscopy studies indicated that Cd(II) and Pb(II) sorption was mediated by complexation with carboxylic groups, cation-\u03c0 interactions and precipitation with phosphates and silicates, while Zn(II) sorption occurred mainly by complexation with phenolic groups and precipitation with phosphates. A high correlation (>0.8) between Electrical Conductivity, Cation Exchange Capacity, pH and sorption capacity was identified for all metals tested, highlighting the electrostatic nature of the sorption mechanisms involved. Biochars derived from herbaceous feedstock were better candidates for remediation of soil polluted with Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II), rather than wood-derived biochar. Overall, this study provides evidence of the direct relationship between specific properties of plant-based biochars (pH and EC) and their suitability as adsorbents for some PTEs in soil systems.", "keywords": ["H1-99", "Environmental management", "Science (General)", "Soil pore water", "Soil pollution", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental pollution", "6. Clean water", "Social sciences (General)", "Q1-390", "13. 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Although some soil is naturally enriched with heavy metals (HMs), a series of anthropogenic activities are known to contribute to their redistribution, which may entail potentially harmful environmental and/or human health effects if certain concentrations are exceeded. If this occurs, the implementation of rehabilitation strategies is highly recommended. Although there are many publications dealing with the elimination of HMs using different methodologies, most of those works have been done in laboratories and there are not many comprehensive reviews about the results obtained under field conditions. Throughout this review, we examine the different methodologies that have been used in real scenarios and, based on representative case studies, we present the evolution and outcomes of the remediation strategies applied in real soil-contamination events where legacies of past metal mining activities or mine spills have posed a serious threat for soil conservation. So far, the best efficiencies at field-scale have been reported when using combined strategies such as physical containment and assisted-phytoremediation. We have also introduced the emerging problem of the heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils and the different strategies implemented to tackle this problem. Although remediation techniques used in real scenarios have not changed much in the last decades, there are also encouraging facts for the advances in this field. Thus, a growing number of mining companies publicise in their webpages their soil remediation strategies and efforts; moreover, the number of scientific publications about innovative highly-efficient and environmental-friendly methods is also increasing. In any case, better cooperation between scientists and other soil-related stakeholders is still required to improve remediation performance.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "H1-99", "Science (General)", "Spills", "Remediation", "Review Article", "15. 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An exploratory study using Raman micro-spectroscopy", "description": "The retainment of microplastics (MPs) down to 1\u00a0\u03bcm by a Danish drinking water plant fed with groundwater was quantified using Raman micro-spectroscopy (\u03bcRaman). The inlet and outlet were sampled in parallel triplicates over five consecutive days of normal activity. For each triplicate, approximately 1\u00a0m3 of drinking water was filtered with a custom-made device employing 1\u00a0\u03bcm steel filters. The MP abundance was expressed as MP counts per liter (N/L) and MP mass per liter (pg/L), the latter being estimated from the morphological parameters provided by the \u03bcRaman analysis. Hence the treated water held on average 1.4\u00a0MP counts/L, corresponding to 4\u00a0pg/L. The raw water entering the sand filters held a higher MP abundance, and the overall efficiency of the treatment was 43.2% in terms of MP counts and 75.1% in terms of MP mass. The reason for the difference between count-based and mass-based efficiencies was that 1-5\u00a0\u03bcm\u00a0MP were retained to a significantly lower degree than larger ones. Above 10\u00a0\u03bcm, 79.6% of all MPs were retained by the filters, while the efficiency was only 41.1% below 5\u00a0\u03bcm. The MP retainment was highly variable between measurements, showing an overall decreasing tendency over the investigated period. Therefore, the plastic elements of the plant (valves, sealing components, etc.) likely released small-sized MPs due to the mechanical stress experienced during the treatment. The sub-micron fraction (0.45-1\u00a0\u03bcm) of the samples was also qualitatively explored, showing that nanoplastics (NPs) were present and that at least part hereof could be detected by \u03bcRaman.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "Water quality", "Science (General)", "Microplastics", "Raman micro-spectroscopy", "Plastic pollution", "Drinking water", "Nanoplastics", "6. 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The MP abundance at the waterworks' inlet and outlet was quantified as MP counts per cubic metre (N/m3) and estimated MP mass per cubic metre (\u03bcg/m3). The waterworks' MP removal efficiency was found to be higher when analysing by \u03bcFTIR (counts: 78.14\u00a0\u00b1\u00a049.70%, mass: 98.73\u00a0\u00b1\u00a011.10%) and less fluctuating than when using \u03bcRaman (counts: 43.2%, mass: 75.1%). However, both techniques pointed to a value of \u223c80% for the counts' removal efficiency of MPs >6.6\u00a0\u03bcm. Contrarily to what was shown by \u03bcRaman, no systematic leaking of MPs from the plastic elements of the facility could be identified for the \u03bcFTIR dataset, either from the counts (inlet 31.86\u00a0\u00b1\u00a017.17\u00a0N/m3, outlet 4.98\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.09\u00a0N/m3) or mass estimate (inlet 76.30\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0106.30\u00a0\u03bcg/m3, outlet 2.81\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.78\u00a0\u03bcg/m3). The estimation of human MP intake from drinking water calculated from the \u03bcFTIR data (5\u00a0N/(year\u00b7capita)) proved to be approximately 332 times lower than that calculated from the \u03bcRaman dataset, although in line with previous studies employing \u03bcFTIR. By merging the MP length datasets from the two techniques, it could be shown that false negatives became prevalent in the \u03bcFTIR dataset already below 50\u00a0\u03bcm. Further, by fitting the overall frequency of the MP length ranges with a power function, it could be shown that \u03bcFTIR missed approximately 95.7% of the extrapolated MP population (1-1865.9\u00a0\u03bcm). Consequently, relying on only \u03bcFTIR may have led to underestimating the MP content of the investigated drinking water, as most of the 1-50\u00a0\u03bcm\u00a0MP would have been missed.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "FTIR micro-spectroscopy", "Science (General)", "Microplastics", "Raman micro-spectroscopy", "Drinking water", "6. 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Therefore, the establishment of highly sensitive assays for allergen measurement is of highest interest. Herein, a graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) was constructed on an interdigitated electrodes chip to develop an immersible biosensor, which was used to detect the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1. Graphene was wet-transferred on interdigitated electrodes that contain a reference electrode used as a liquid gate in the GFET. Using a standard ELISA protocol, two different anti-Bet v 1 antibodies were chosen and immobilized on graphene for the specific capture of the target allergen. The sensitivity of the GFET biosensor was evaluated using a standard Ag/AgCl liquid gate electrode and a reference electrode when the chip was immersed in Bet v 1-containing solutions. The results showed a higher performance and sensitivity for Bet v 1 detection compared to a mediator release method, one of the most sensitive assays for allergen detection. Compared with conventional methods of allergen detection, these immersible biosensors significantly improved the speed and level of detection providing the foundation of a point-of-need platform for in-field application. Furthermore, the proposed technique provides both a new biosensor for allergen detection and a strategy for designing low-cost integrated biosensors.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Graphene field effect transistor", "Allergen detection", "Birch pollen", "Air sampling", "Biosensor", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/PMC11530824"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "PMC11530824", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11530824", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11530824"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC11699378", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:28:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-12-14", "title": "Chlorotoxin-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for pH-responsive paclitaxel delivery to Glioblastoma multiforme", "description": "Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer associated with poor survival rates. We developed novel mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs)-based nanocarriers for pH-responsive delivery of a therapeutic drug Paclitaxel (PTX) to GBM tumor cells. The pores of MSNs are loaded with PTX, which is retained by \u03b2-cyclodextrin (CD) moieties covalently linked to the pore entrances through a hydrazone linkage, which is cleavable in weakly acidic environment. Furthermore, we utilized a host-guest interaction between the adamantane and capping CD moieties to further functionalize the surface with a potential glioma-targeting oligopeptide chlorotoxin (CHX). In vitro studies in the U87 GBM cell line show decreased uptake, but increased toxicity of CHX-modified nanoparticles compared to CHX-free nanoparticles. The obtained results are promising toward development of advanced drug nanocarriers, which may target the overexpressed receptors in cancer tissues and utilize their weakly acidic environment for triggering the drug release, potentially leading to more efficient cancer treatments.", "keywords": ["Social sciences (General)", "H1-99", "Targeted drug delivery", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Paclitaxel", "Mesoporous silica nanoparticles", "Cyclodextrin", "Glioblastoma multiforme", "pH-responsive", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/PMC11699378"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Heliyon", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "PMC11699378", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11699378", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11699378"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC7672296", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:28:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-11", "title": "The relationship between properties of plant-based biochars and sorption of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) in soil model systems", "description": "Plant based biochars are proposed as soil amendments to immobilize potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs), such as Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) and aid in soil restoration. However, the sorption capacity of biochar for these elements can vary widely depending on biochar nature and metal properties. Currently, there is no clear methodology to pre-screen biochars for their suitability as adsorbents for these elements. Therefore, to facilitate biochar selection for application in soil restoration, this study explored the relationships between the physico-chemical properties of five plant-based biochars and their capacity to immobilize Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II). Batch experiments using synthetic soil pore water were used to assess the sorption of these elements. The sorption isotherms described by the Hill model indicated that PTE sorption capacity followed the order Pb(II) > Cd(II) >Zn(II) regardless of biochar type in mono-element systems. Preferential sorption of Pb(II) limited the immobilization of Cd(II) and Zn(II) in multi-element systems. ATR-FTIR and SEM-EDX spectroscopy studies indicated that Cd(II) and Pb(II) sorption was mediated by complexation with carboxylic groups, cation-\u03c0 interactions and precipitation with phosphates and silicates, while Zn(II) sorption occurred mainly by complexation with phenolic groups and precipitation with phosphates. A high correlation (>0.8) between Electrical Conductivity, Cation Exchange Capacity, pH and sorption capacity was identified for all metals tested, highlighting the electrostatic nature of the sorption mechanisms involved. Biochars derived from herbaceous feedstock were better candidates for remediation of soil polluted with Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II), rather than wood-derived biochar. 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