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At several locations additional auger boring sample data and electrical conductivity-probe sample data was included in the dataset.Since the majority of the samples were not analysed on carbon content, soils were defined as 'organic soils'.Dataset maintained by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest/INBO For any inquiries, please contact Tom.dedobbelaer@inbo.be or Cecile.herr@inbo.be. The .csv will be updated as required to correct issues or to add data from additional surveys. Please check for updated versions periodically. Data description  location: inventory location name year: year of survey Sample_ID: Point-ID given during survey, not unique Unique_ID: Unique point-ID created for this dataset EPSG_31370_X: X-coordinaat in EPSG 31370 (Lambert72), rounded to the closest meter EPSG_31370_Y: Y-coordinaat in EPSG 31370 (Lambert72), rounded to the closest meter stratigraphy: stratigraphy of the organic layer (near surface, substrate) organic_layer_notation: indicates if depth is a value or within a range organic_layer_depth: depth of the organic layer, measured from surface level (in cm) sign: certain surveys mention a sign indicating if the actual depth is equal to or bigger then the given depth (e.g. when the measuring rod is too short or damaged during a survey) method: method used to define organic layer depth source: indicates the source of the data, it can be original field data or derived data from a map. comment_soil: field comment given during survey (in Dutch) contractor: contractor of the survey awarding authority: commissioner of the survey", "keywords": ["carbon stock", "Flanders", "peatland", "15. 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Clean water", "organic soil", "wetlands"], "contacts": [{"organization": "De Dobbelaer, Tom, Herr, C\u00e9cile, De Becker, Piet, Van Ballaer, Siege,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10179987"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.10179987", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.10179987", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.10179987"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5281/zenodo.16026838", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:24:15Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of temperate fen paludicultures - Dataset", "description": "See ReadMe file for detailed description of available data and code.  Title of the associated publication: \u201cGreenhouse gas mitigation potential of temperate fen paludicultures\u201d  Authors: Carla Bockermann\u26661,2 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-5746, Tim Eickenscheidt\u26661 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3036-3238, Matthias Dr\u00f6sler https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4523-6964  \u2666Joint First Authorship: Carla Bockermann and Tim Eickenscheidt should be considered joint first author.  Institutional affiliations: 1Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Peatland Science Centre (PSC), Freising, Germany; 2Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life Sciences, Freising, Germany  Corresponding Author Contact Information: carla.bockermann@hswt.de\u2003  Abstract: Peatlands lose their valuable carbon (C) sink function under intensive land use and turn into greenhouse gases (GHG) emission hotspots. Despite scarce empirical evidence, paludiculture is expected to have significant GHG mitigation potential for organic soils. This study provides the first comprehensive dataset on full GHG balances for newly established fen paludicultures over a water table (WT) gradient spanning annual mean WT of \u22120.29 m to +0.04 m, stratified into moderately rewetted conditions (\u22120.30 m < WT < \u22120.10 m) and rewetted conditions (WT \u2265 \u22120.10 m). We used manual and novel automated chambers to measure annual carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide emissions from five typical fen plant species (Carex acutiformis, Phalaris arundinacea, Phragmites australis, Typha angustifolia and T. latifolia) newly established as peatland biomass crops in three temperate fen peatlands in southern Germany. Our study confirms a significant GHG mitigation potential for the tested plant species and found a C sink function of paludiculture. The results yield preliminary emission factors of \u22120.1 and \u221212.0 t CO2-equivalents ha\u22121 yr\u22121 under moderately rewetted conditions (n=39) and under rewetted conditions (n=43), respectively. We further identify an optimal annual mean WT of \u22120.07 m for maximizing GHG reduction across all plant species and sites with a net C sink achieved at a mean annual WT of \u2265 \u22120.12 m. Presuming the conversion of arable land into paludiculture, a mitigation potential of up to \u221251.9 t CO2-equivalent is attainable per hectare and year. These findings highlight that well-managed paludiculture could make a considerable contribution toward achieving the politically targeted CO2 sink function in the LULUCF sector.", "keywords": ["peatland", " organic soil", " water table", " Carex", " Phalaris", " Phragmites", " Typha", " LULUCF", " preliminary emission factor", " carbon balance"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Bockermann, Carla, Eickenscheidt, Tim, Dr\u00f6sler, Matthias,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16026838"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.16026838", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.16026838", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.16026838"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-07-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.032", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-09-27", "title": "Seasonal Variations In Decomposition Processes In A Valley-Bottom Riparian Peatland", "description": "A year-long field survey was carried out at a valley-bottom riparian peatland site in North Wales, UK from January 2002 to December 2002 to examine the seasonal variation of decomposition processes and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations. Peat temperature, physicochemistry, organic carbon pools, basal CO(2) respiration and extracellular enzyme activities (beta-glucosidase, phosphatase, sulphatase and phenol oxidase) were monitored monthly. The results of a principle component eigenanalysis of field data show that concentrations of basal CO(2) respiration, soil solution DOC and phenolics were positively correlated to soil temperature (P<0.01, F=12.25; P<0.001, F=59.8; P<0.001, F=141.27) with Q(10) responses of 2.29, 6.42 and 14.42, respectively. Extracellular enzyme activities, however, were more strongly associated with seasonal changes in ion concentrations and did not correspond significantly to temperature alone suggesting limitations attributable to a combination of continuous anaerobiosis and/or the suppressive compounds. Restraints on soil enzyme activities may limit the loss of CO(2) from the microbial community that is dependent on soil enzyme activities for nutrient availability. The seasonal effect of temperature on DOC may be explained by increased plant rhizodeposition and microbial activity. These results do not imply that the long-term increasing trend in DOC export is explainable by temperature increase but suggest that temperature may be a key factor regulating the seasonal variation in DOC concentrations. Thus, seasonal temperature effects on DOC may represent an important component of long-term models of DOC export.", "keywords": ["Wales", "phenolics", "Climate", "beta-Glucosidase", "Temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "DOC", "Carbon Dioxide", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases", "Soil", "Phenols", "13. 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Thus, comprehensive understanding of the effects of forest management practices on forest soil C stock and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes is needed for the development of effective forest-based climate change mitigation strategies. To improve this understanding, we synthesized peer-reviewed literature on forest management practices that canmitigate climate change by increasing soil C stocks and reducing GHG emissions. We further identified soil processes that affect soil GHG balance and discussed how models represent forest management effects on soil in GHG inventories and scenario analyses to address forest climate change mitigation potential.Forest management effects depend strongly on the specific practice and land type. Intensive timber harvesting with removal of harvest residues/stumps results in a reduction in soil C stock, while high stocking density and enhanced productivity by fertilization or dominance of coniferous species increase soil C stock. Nitrogenfertilization increases the soil C stock and N2O emissions while decreasing the CH4 sink. Peatland hydrology management is a major driver of the GHG emissions of the peatland forests, with lower water level corresponding to higher CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the global warming potential of all GHG emissions (CO2, CH4 and N2O) together can be ten-fold higher after clear-cutting than in peatlands with standing trees. The climate change mitigation potential of forest soils, as estimated by modelling approaches, accounts for stand biomass driven effects and climate factors that affect the decomposition rate. A future challenge is to account for the effects of soil preparation and other management that affects soil processes by changing soil temperature, soil moisture, soil nutrient balance, microbial community structure and processes, hydrology and soil oxygen concentration in the models. We recommend that soil monitoring and modelling focus on linkingprocesses of soil C stabilization with the functioning of soil microbiota.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "330", "550", "Peatland hydrology management", "CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION", "WOOD ASH APPLICATION", "530", "Greenhouse gas", "SITE PREPARATION", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "BELOW-GROUND CARBON", "11. Sustainability", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "NITROGEN-FERTILIZATION", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "2. Zero hunger", "PONDEROSA PINE", "GE", "PLANT LITTER DECOMPOSITION", "NORWAY SPRUCE", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "004", "Forest fertilization", "Harvesting practices", "ORGANIC-MATTER", "Forest fire management", "13. 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We elucidated the effects of snow cover manipulation (SCM) on above-and belowground processes in a temperate peatland.", "keywords": ["trends", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "biomass", "tundra soils", "variability", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "dynamics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "forest soil", "freeze-thaw cycles", "Microbial communities; peatland; phosphatase activity; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA); Snow cover manipulation; \uf020Winter Ecology", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "13. 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We doubled N deposition by adding 5 g N m\u22122 y\u22121 as dissolved NH4NO3 during three growing seasons to large peat monoliths (1.1 m diameter) with intact bog vegetation kept in large outdoor containers. A small amount of 15N tracer was applied at the start of the second growing season, and its distribution among Sphagnum, vascular plant species, and peat was determined at the end of the third growing season. The 15N tracer was also applied to additional plots at the untreated field site to check for initial distribution. One week after addition, 79% of the total amount of 15N retrieved was found in the living Sphagnum layer and less than 10% had been captured by vascular plants. Fifteen months later, 63% of the total amount of 15N retrieved was still present in the living Sphagnum layer at ambient N deposition. Increased N deposition significantly reduced the proportion of 15N in Sphagnum and increased the amount of 15N in vascular plants. Deep-rooting vascular plant species were significantly more 15N enriched, suggesting that at higher atmospheric inputs N penetrates deeper into the peat. Our results provide the first direct experimental evidence for that which has often been suggested: Increased atmospheric N deposition will lead to increased N availability for vascular plants in ombrotrophic mires.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Peat monoliths", "15N tracer", "Bog ecosystem", "Ombrotrophic mire", "Competition", "Nitrogen", "15. 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One pool of carbon considered particularly stable across climate zones and soil types is formed when dissolved organic carbon sorbs to minerals. We quantified, for the first time, the potential of mineral soils to sorb additional dissolved organic carbon (DOC) for six soil orders. We compiled 402 laboratory sorption experiments to estimate the additional DOC sorption potential, that is the potential of excess DOC sorption in addition to the existing background level already sorbed in each soil sample. We estimated this potential using gridded climate and soil geochemical variables within a machine learning model. We find that mid- and low-latitude soils and subsoils have a greater capacity to store DOC by sorption compared to high-latitude soils and topsoils. The global additional DOC sorption potential for six soil orders is estimated to be 107 $$ pm$$                   \uffc2\uffb1                  13 Pg C to 1\uffc2\uffa0m depth. If this potential was realized, it would represent a 7% increase in the existing total carbon stock.</p", "keywords": ["550", "Mineral association", "Organic chemistry", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "Markvetenskap", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil water", "11. Sustainability", "Carbon fibers", "Water Science and Technology", "2. Zero hunger", "Latitude", "Ecology", "Total organic carbon", "Life Sciences", "Composite number", "Geology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Saturation", "Milj\u00f6vetenskap", "Soil carbon", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "Algorithm", "Chemistry", "Physical Sciences", "Environmental chemistry", "Sorption", "Additional sorption potential", "environment", "Geodesy", "Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients in Aquatic Ecosystems", "Soil Science", "Environmental science", "FOS: Mathematics", "Environmental Chemistry", "14. 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To develop reliable and comprehensive estimates and predictions of GHG emissions from peatlands, it is necessary to have GHG observations, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), that cover different peatland types globally. We synthesize published peatland studies with field GHG flux measurements to identify gaps in observations and suggest directions for future research. Although GHG flux measurements have been conducted at numerous sites globally, substantial gaps remain in current observations, encompassing various peatland types, regions and GHGs. Generally, there is a pressing need for additional GHG observations in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Despite widespread measurements of CO2 and CH4, studies quantifying N2O emissions from peatlands are scarce, particularly in natural ecosystems. To expand the global coverage of peatland data, it is crucial to conduct more eddy covariance observations for long-term monitoring. Automated chambers are preferable for plot-scale observations to produce high temporal resolution data; however, traditional field campaigns with manual chamber measurements remain necessary, particularly in remote areas. To ensure that the data can be further used for modeling purposes, we suggest that chamber campaigns should be conducted at least monthly for a minimum duration of one year with no fewer than three replicates and measure key environmental variables. In addition, further studies are needed in restored peatlands, focusing on identifying the most effective restoration approaches for different ecosystem types, conditions, climates, and land use histories.</p", "keywords": ["570", "Atmospheric sciences", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "Eddy covariance", "Greenhouse gas", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Environmental science", "Methane Emissions", "Impact of Climate Change on Forest Wildfires", "Importance of Mangrove Ecosystems in Coastal Protection", "11. 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Des \u00e9tudes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ues pour \u00e9tudier l'impact de la remise en \u00e9tat des zones humides pour la culture du soja et du riz sur la stabilit\u00e9 du SOC. Apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration, la teneur en COS et la densit\u00e9 dans la couche sup\u00e9rieure du sol de 0 \u00e0 30 cm ont diminu\u00e9, et la teneur en COS et la densit\u00e9 dans le champ de soja \u00e9taient plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es que dans le champ de riz. La teneur et la densit\u00e9 des fractions de COS labiles ont \u00e9galement diminu\u00e9, et la densit\u00e9 des fractions de COS labiles et leurs rapports avec le COS dans les champs de soja \u00e9taient inf\u00e9rieurs \u00e0 ceux observ\u00e9s dans les champs de paddy. Dans la couche de sol de 0 \u00e0 30 cm, les densit\u00e9s des fractions de COS labiles, \u00e0 savoir le carbone organique dissous (COD), le carbone de biomasse microbienne (MBC), le carbone facilement oxyd\u00e9 (roc) et le carbone facilement min\u00e9ralis\u00e9 (RMC), dans les champs de soja et de riz, se sont toutes r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9es inf\u00e9rieures \u00e0 celles des zones humides de 34,00\u00a0% et 13,83\u00a0%, 51,74\u00a0% et 35,13\u00a0%, 62,24\u00a0% et 59,00\u00a0%, et 64,24\u00a0% et 17,86\u00a0%, respectivement. Apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration, la densit\u00e9 de COS des micro-agr\u00e9gats (< 0,25 mm) en tant que fraction de COS stable et son rapport avec le COS dans les couches de sol de 0\u20135, 5\u201310, 10\u201320 et 20\u201330 cm ont augment\u00e9. La densit\u00e9 de COS des micro-agr\u00e9gats dans la couche de sol de 0 \u00e0 30 cm dans les champs de soja \u00e9tait de 50,83\u00a0% sup\u00e9rieure \u00e0 celle des rizi\u00e8res. En raison de la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration, la densit\u00e9 de COS et la densit\u00e9 de fraction de COS labile ont diminu\u00e9, mais apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration, la plupart des COS ont \u00e9t\u00e9 stock\u00e9s sous une forme plus complexe et stable. La culture du soja est plus respectueuse de la r\u00e9sidence durable du COS dans les sols que la riziculture.", "keywords": ["Soil Science", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental science", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Importance of Mangrove Ecosystems in Coastal Protection", "Soil water", "Paddy field", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Soil science", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil Fertility", "Ecology", "Peat", "Total organic carbon", "Life Sciences", "Land reclamation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil carbon", "Bulk density", "Agronomy", "6. Clean water", "Chemistry", "Wetland Restoration", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "Wetland", "Environmental chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Lili Huo, Yuanchun Zou, Xianguo Lyu, Zhongsheng Zhang, Xuehong Wang, Yingli An,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-018-0939-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chinese%20Geographical%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11769-018-0939-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11769-018-0939-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11769-018-0939-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10138/564434", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:25:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-07-18", "title": "Soil GHG dynamics after water level rise \u2013 Impacts of selection harvesting in peatland forests", "description": "Managed boreal peatlands are widespread and economically important, but they are a large source of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Peatland GHG emissions are related to soil water-table level (WT), which controls the vertical distribution of aerobic and anaerobic processes and, consequently, sinks and sources of GHGs in soils. On forested peatlands, selection harvesting reduces stand evapotranspiration and it has been suggested that the resulting WT rise decreases soil net emissions, while the tree growth is maintained. We monitored soil concentrations of CO2, CH4, N2O and O2 by depth down to 80\u00a0cm, and CO2 and CH4 fluxes from soil in two nutrient-rich Norway spruce dominated peatlands in Southern Finland to examine the responses of soil GHG dynamics to WT rise. Selection harvesting raised WT by 14\u00a0cm on both sites, on average, mean WTs of the monitoring period being 73\u00a0cm for unharvested control and 59\u00a0cm for selection harvest. All soil gas concentrations were associated with proximity to WT. Both CH4 and CO2 showed remarkable vertical concentration gradients, with high values in the deepest layer, likely due to slow gas transfer in wet peat. CH4 was efficiently consumed in peat layers near and above WT where it reached sub-atmospheric concentrations, indicating sustained oxidation of CH4 from both atmospheric and deeper soil origins also after harvesting. Based on soil gas concentration data, surface peat (top 25/30\u00a0cm layer) contributed most to the soil-atmosphere CO2 fluxes and harvesting slightly increased the CO2 source in deeper soil (below 45/50\u00a0cm), which could explain the small CO2 flux differences between treatments. N2O production occurred above WT, and it was unaffected by harvesting. Overall, the WT rise obtained with selection harvesting was not sufficient to reduce soil GHG emissions, but additional hydrological regulation would have been needed.", "keywords": ["550", "218 Environmental engineering", "Forestry", "216", "15. Life on land", "Soil greenhouse gas emissions", "ta4112", "Continuous cover forestry", "13. Climate action", "218", "Gradient method", "216 Materials engineering", "11. Sustainability", "Peatland hydrology", "Norway spruce mire", "Climate smart forestry"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10138/564434"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10138/564434", "name": "item", "description": "10138/564434", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10138/564434"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:15:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-07-08", "title": "Nutrient Dynamics, Microbial Growth And Weed Emergence In Biochar Amended Soil Are Influenced By Time Since Application And Reapplication Rate", "description": "Evidence suggests that in addition to sequestering carbon (C), biochar amendment can increase crop yields, improve soil quality and nutrient cycling, reduce the leaching of nutrients from soil and stimulate soil microbial activity. However, biochar application primarily benefits soils of intrinsic poor quality, thus the advantages of adding biochar to temperate agricultural soils remains controversial. In addition, there is limited information about the longer term effects of biochar application, or of increasing the rate of biochar loading to soil. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of biochar residency time and application rate on soil quality, crop performance, weed emergence, microbial growth and community composition in a temperate agricultural soil. We used replicated field plots with three wood biochar application rates (0, 25 and 50 t ha(-1)). Three years after biochar amendment, the plots were further split and fresh biochar added at two different rates (25 and 50 t ha(-1)) resulting in double-loaded reapplications of 25 + 25 and 50 + 50 t ha(-1). After a soil residency time of three years, there were no significant differences in soil nutrients, microbial growth, mycorrhizal colonisation or weed emergence between biochar amended and unamended soil. In contrast, the reapplication of biochar had a significant effect on soil quality, (e.g. increased PO43-, K+ and Ca2+, DOC, soil moisture, organic matter and EC), microbial growth, (e.g. decreased saprophytic fungal growth), increased mycorrhizal root colonisation and inhibition of weed emergence. Whilst biochar application is unquestionably a strategy for the sequestration of C, in this case, other benefits, e.g. improved soil nutrient levels or crop performance, seemed to be short lived. Reapplication of biochar exemplifies the transient nature of biochar-mediated benefits rather than any lasting differences in soil nutrient dynamics or microbial communities. These results emphasise the need for more long-term field studies to provide data that can meaningfully inform agronomic management decisions and climate change mitigation strategies. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Black carbon", "Repeat biochar application", "13. Climate action", "Temperate agriculture", "15. Life on land", "Long term biochar trial", "630", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:15:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-05-29", "title": "Earthworms Can Increase Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Managed Grassland: A Field Study", "description": "Earthworms are important in determining the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of soils. In laboratory studies they have been shown to increase emissions of the potent GHG nitrous oxide (N2O). Here we test whether these earthworm-induced N2O emissions also occur in the field. We quantified N2O emissions in managed grassland in two different seasons (spring and autumn), applying two different types of fertilizer (organic and artificial fertilizer) and under two earthworm densities (175 individuals and 350 individuals m(-2)) of the species Lumbricus rubellus (Hoffmeister). We found an increase in earthworm-induced N2O emissions of 286 and 394% in autumn for low and high earthworm densities (P = 0.044 and P = 0.007, respectively). There were no effects of earthworms on N2O emissions in spring. Fertilizer additions significantly increased cumulative N2O emissions and grass N content in spring and autumn. For grass N content interactions between earthworm addition and fertilizer type existed in both seasons. Our results suggest that the pathways through which earthworms affect N cycling (and thereby N2O emission) differ with weather conditions. We postulate that in spring the dry weather conditions overruled any earthworm effects, whereas in autumn earthworms mainly improved soil aeration and thereby increased both plant N uptake and diffusion of N2O to the atmosphere. While we showed the presence of earthworm-induced N2O emissions in managed grassland under field conditions for the first time, the nature and intensity of the earthworm effect in the field is conditional on soil physicochemical parameters and thereby on meteorological and seasonal dynamics. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "agroecosystem", "n2o emission", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "carbon-dioxide", "fluxes", "soil", "crop residue", "13. Climate action", "peat", "gut", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "mesocosms", "nitrifier denitrification"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:16:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-01-24", "title": "Influence of soil conditions on the multidimensional spread of smouldering combustion in shallow layers", "description": "Abstract   Smouldering peatland fires are capable of burning vast amounts of organic soils, resulting in the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, as well as a significant deterioration of air quality causing in major regional crises known as haze events. Fundamental understanding of smouldering fire spread is essential for the development of mitigating technologies. In this paper, we have systematically conducted 63 experiments studying the individual and combined influence of two key factors affecting multidimensional smouldering spread in organic soils: moisture content (MC) and inorganic content (IC). Both lateral and in-depth smouldering spread were investigated using a novel shallow reactor. This shallow depth allows a greater number of experiments to be performed in a short period of time compared to deeper samples. Lateral spread was found to decrease linearly with moisture content (R2 > 90%); while in-depth spread rate increased linearly up to 300% from moisture content of 0% to 140%. Increased inorganic content linearly decreased the lateral spread rate but had little influence on in-depth spread in drier samples. Interestingly, in wetter samples, in-depth spread was in fact sensitive to inorganic content. A novel approach combining lateral and in-depth spread rates as vector components, revealed that the global spread is independent of moisture content, with an average spread rate of 8.7 and 8.4\u00a0cm/h for 2.5 and 40% IC, with changes in direction according to moisture content; going in-depth for wet soils, and laterally for dry soils. Similarly, increasing the IC encouraged downward spread for wet samples. We also report observations of a bifurcation of lateral spread, where spread would locally extinguish where the in-depth spread was greater than the lateral spread. These findings provide previously unknown insight into the relationship between lateral and in-depth spread in smouldering fires, ultimately improving the fundamental understanding of such fires.", "keywords": ["Technology", "Engineering", " Chemical", "Energy & Fuels", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "Engineering", " Multidisciplinary", "TRANSIENT GAS", "Chemical", "02 engineering and technology", "Wildfire", "MOISTURE", "0902 Automotive Engineering", "01 natural sciences", "0201 civil engineering", "Engineering", "Smouldering", "Heat transfer", "Biomass", "PEAT FIRES", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Multidisciplinary", "Science & Technology", "Energy", "CONSUMPTION", "15. Life on land", "Mechanical", "Fire", "Engineering", " Mechanical", "IGNITION", "13. Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "PARTICLE EMISSIONS", "Thermodynamics", "0913 Mechanical Engineering"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Christensen, EG, Fernandez-Anez, N, Rein, G,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Combustion%20and%20Flame", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-18", "title": "Stability of iron minerals in Icelandic peat areas and transport of heavy metals and nutrients across oxidation and salinity gradients \u2013 a modelling approach", "description": "Abstract   The storage of carbon, metals and nutrients in peat lands at high latitude is sensitive to climate- and land usage changes. This work shows that the thermodynamically most stable iron phases in Icelandic peat areas, like hematite or magnetite do not form, but rather the metastable ferrihydrite, which forms in abundance. Model calculations suggest that this ferrihydrite is able to adsorb high concentrations of natural derived heavy metals (Pb, As, Cr, Cu) and nutrients (P). If this ferrihydrite comes in contact with the oceans, these elements will be released through ferrihydrite-seawater interaction. This process may have significant effects to the chemistry of the near shore environments if ferrihydrite transport to the oceans increase due to future increased flooding and sea level rise.", "keywords": ["iron oxides", "ferrihydrite", "metal transport", "peat", "Iceland", "13. Climate action"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Energy%20Procedia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:16:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-04-14", "title": "Self-ignition of natural fuels: Can wildfires of carbon-rich soil start by self-heating?", "description": "Abstract   Carbon-rich soils, like histosols or gelisols, cover more than 3% of the Earth's land surface, and store roughly three times more carbon than the Earth's forests. Carbon-rich soils are reactive porous materials, prone to smouldering combustion if the inert and moisture contents are low enough. An example of soil combustion happens in peatlands, where smouldering wildfires are common in both boreal and tropical regions. This work focuses on understanding soil ignition by self-heating, which is due to spontaneous exothermic reactions in the presence of oxygen under certain thermal conditions. We investigate the effect of soil inorganic content by creating under controlled conditions soil samples with inorganic content (IC) ranging from 3% to 86% of dry weight: we use sand as a surrogate of inorganic matter and peat as a surrogate of organic matter. This range is very wide and covers all IC values of known carbon-rich soils on Earth. The experimental results show that self-heating ignition in different soil types is possible, even with the 86% inorganic content, but the tendency to ignite decreases quickly with increasing IC. We report a clear increase in ambient temperature required for ignition as the IC increases. Combining results from 39 thermostatically-controlled oven experiments, totalling 401\u00a0h of heating time, with the Frank-Kamenetskii theory of ignition, the lumped chemical kinetic and thermal parameters are determined. We then use these parameters to upscale the laboratory experiments to soil layers of different thicknesses for a range of ambient temperatures ranging from 0\u00a0\u00b0C to 40\u00a0\u00b0C. The analysis predicts the critical soil layer thicknesses in nature for self-ignition at various possible environmental temperatures. For example, at 40\u00a0\u00b0C a soil layer of 3% inorganic content can be ignited through self-heating if it is thicker than 8.8\u00a0m, but at 86% IC the layer has to be 1.8\u00a0km thick, which is impossible to find in nature. We estimate that the critical IC for a ambient temperature of 40\u00a0\u00b0C and soil thickness of 50\u00a0m is 68%. Because those are extreme values of temperature and thickness, no self-heating ignition of soil can be expected above the 68% threshold of inorganic content. This is the first in-depth experimental quantification of soil self-heating and shows that indeed it is possible that wildfires are initiated by self-heating in some soil types and conditions.", "keywords": ["Technology", "Engineering", " Civil", "550", "Materials Science", "PEAT", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "Materials Science", " Multidisciplinary", "MOISTURE", "Civil Engineering", "7. Clean energy", "Wildfires", "Soil", "COAL", "Engineering", "Smouldering", "FIRES", "Multidisciplinary", "Science & Technology", "Civil", "624", "15. Life on land", "Ignition", "13. Climate action", "SPREAD", "BEHAVIOR", "SMOLDERING COMBUSTION"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Fire%20Safety%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102940", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:16:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-12-23", "title": "Haze emissions from smouldering peat: The roles of inorganic content and bulk density", "description": "Abstract   Smouldering peat fires are reported across continents and their emissions result in regional haze crisis (large scale accumulation of smoke at low altitudes) and large carbon foot prints. Inorganic content (IC) and bulk density vary naturally in peatlands and are among the important parameters governing peat fires. However, their roles in fire emissions remain unknown. In this work, bench-scale burning of sphagnum peat conditioned to different values of IC and bulk densities were conducted in the laboratory environment. Mass loss rate, spread rate and transient emissions of 20 gas species and particles (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1) were simultaneously investigated. We found that peat with 50% moisture content can self-sustain smouldering propagation if IC is less than 40%, or its bulk density is lower than 287.5\u202fkg\u202fm\u22123. Increasing IC or bulk density decreases peat mass loss rate and spread rate. High IC peat releases lower gas fluxes (especially for CH4 and NH3) throughout the experiment. In the ignition stage, increasing IC leads to an increase in particles with diameter between 1 and 2.5\u202f\u03bcm; in the fire spread stage, IC has no influence on the particle fluxes. In contrast, increasing bulk density delays both gas and particle emission fluxes without altering the smoke composition significantly. The fundamental understanding of how soil properties affect peat wildfires facilitates the development of mitigation technologies against haze.", "keywords": ["SHALLOW", "Technology", "Engineering", " Civil", "550", "Inorganic content", "Materials Science", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "TRANSIENT GAS", "Materials Science", " Multidisciplinary", "02 engineering and technology", "Pollutant", "MOISTURE", "Civil Engineering", "01 natural sciences", "630", "COMBUSTION", "Engineering", "0204 chemical engineering", "FIRES", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Multidisciplinary", "Science & Technology", "Civil", "Peat", "15. Life on land", "Bulk density", "IGNITION", "0911 Maritime Engineering", "13. 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Machine learning-based digital soil mapping offers an effective approach for large-scale peat occurrence prediction. In this study, we present a workflow for producing peat occurrence maps for the whole of Finland. For this, we used random forest classification to map areas with peat thicknesses of\u00a0\u2265\u00a010\u00a0cm, \u226530\u00a0cm, \u226540\u00a0cm, and\u00a0>\u00a060\u00a0cm. The input data consisted of 3.5 million point observations and 188 feature rasters from various sources. We carefully split the reference data into training and test sets, allowing for independent and robust model validation. Feature selection included an initial screening for multicollinearity using correlation-based feature pruning, followed by final selection using a genetic algorithm. Feature importance was evaluated using permutation importance and SHAP values. The resulting models utilized 26\u201333 features, achieving overall accuracies and F1-scores between 86\u201395\u00a0% and 0.82\u20130.95, respectively. The most important features included soil wetness indices, terrain roughness indices, and natural gamma radiation. Additionally, we provided an approach for evaluating spatial prediction uncertainty based on the models\u2019 internal prediction agreement. Compared to existing superficial deposit maps, our peat predictions significantly improve the spatial detail of peatlands at the national level, offering new opportunities for land use planning and emission mitigation. Our exceptionally comprehensive approach is broadly applicable, offering new insights into optimizing machine learning-based digital peatland mapping, particularly through refining feature selection to account for local conditions and enhance prediction accuracy.", "keywords": ["550", "Peatland", "Science", "Peat thickness", "Q", "Remote sensing", "630", "remote sensing", "machine learning", "Digital soil mapping", "Machine learning", "Feature selection", "Nation-wide dataset", "Uncertainty quantification"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117216"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117216", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117216", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117216"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-22", "title": "Transient gas and particle emissions from smouldering combustion of peat", "description": "Abstract   Smouldering combustion of peat drives the largest fires on Earth, and their emissions play an important role in global carbon balance and regional air quality. Here we report a series of controlled laboratory experiments of peat fires. Peat samples of 100% moisture content in dry basis were burnt in an open-top reactor with dimensions of 20 \u00d7 20 \u00d7 10 cm. The diagnostics are a unique set of simultaneous measurements consisting of real-time mass loss, up to 20 different gas species concentration, size-fractioned particle mass (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1), temperature profile, and visual and infrared imaging. This comprehensive framework of measurements reveals that the evolution of the emissions varies in time with four observed stages (ignition, growth, steady and burn out) which are characterised by different combustion dynamics. Mass flux measurements show that CO2, CO, CH4 and NH3 are the four most predominant gas species emitted in the steady stage. Incorporating the mass loss rate, the transient emission factors (EFm) of both gas and particle species are calculated and reported here for the first time. Averaging the steady stage, the EFm of PM2.5 reached 23.12 g kg\u22121, which accounts for 87.2% of the total particle mass, and PM1 EFm was reported to be 15.04 g kg\u22121. The EFm of alkane species (CH4, C2H6, C3H8, C4H10) were found to peak within the ignition stage, whereas the EFm of CO2, CO and NH3 kept increasing during the steady stage. Because of these measurements, for the first time we were able to validate the EF calculated by assuming averaged values and a carbon balance, which is the preferred method used in remote sensing and atmospheric sciences. This work contributes to a better understanding of peat fire emissions and could help develop strategies tackling regional haze.", "keywords": ["Technology", "Engineering", " Chemical", "550", "Energy & Fuels", "Pollutions", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "Chemical", "Wildfire", "0902 Automotive Engineering", "01 natural sciences", "7. 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Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "Thermodynamics", "0913 Mechanical Engineering"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20Combustion%20Institute", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-30", "title": "Using cellular automata to simulate field-scale flaming and smouldering wildfires in tropical peatlands", "description": "Abstract   Peat wildfires are the largest fires on Earth involving both flaming and smouldering combustion, with one leading to the other. A common ignition source of smouldering fires in tropical peatlands are intentional flaming fires used to clear surface vegetation. To capture the behaviour of these fires, it is necessary to consider the interaction between flaming vegetation and smouldering peat. However, doing so is infeasible with the state-of-the-art wildfire models, as they do not consider the transition from flaming to smouldering and are computationally too expensive at the field-scale hundreds of hectares. In this work, we overcome these limitations and model both flaming and smouldering at the field-scale using cellular automata: that is a discrete mathematical model that uses simple rules to capture complex behaviour while remaining computationally light. The model was calibrated against existing experiments in the literature and used to predict the effect of peat moisture content on the behaviour of peatland wildfires. The model shows how flaming creates smouldering hotspots and how these hotspots merge \u2013 flaming spreads rapidly, consuming surface vegetation, leaving behind hotspots of smouldering peat which consumes most of the peat. The model was then applied to study a real prescribed fire of 573\u202fha peatland in Borneo in 2015, observed by drone footage. The model captured the spread patterns of the fire and predicted that 2.9\u202fha of peatland burnt after 3 months with 70% peat moisture content (dry-based). This ioutcome could have been reduced to 0.02\u202fha if the peat moisture content had been above 100%. This work improves the fundamental understanding of how peat wildfires spread at the field scale which has received little attention until now.", "keywords": ["Cellular automata", "Technology", "Engineering", " Chemical", "Energy & Fuels", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "Chemical", "0902 Automotive Engineering", "Prescribed fire", "FIRE", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Modelling", "Engineering", "Smouldering", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Science & Technology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "624", "Peat fire", "15. Life on land", "Mechanical", "Engineering", " Mechanical", "MODEL", "13. Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "Thermodynamics", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SPREAD", "0913 Mechanical Engineering"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20Combustion%20Institute", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.094", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-08-15", "title": "Fighting Carbon Loss Of Degraded Peatlands By Jump-Starting Ecosystem Functioning With Ecological Restoration", "description": "Degradation of ecosystems is a great concern on the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological restoration fights degradation aiming at the recovery of ecosystem functions such as carbon (C) sequestration and ecosystem structures like plant communities responsible for the C sequestration function. We selected 38 pristine, drained and restored boreal peatland sites in Finland and asked i) what is the long-term effect of drainage on the peatland surface layer C storage, ii) can restoration recover ecosystem functioning (surface layer growth) and structure (plant community composition) and iii) is the recovery of the original structure needed for the recovery of ecosystem functions? We found that drainage had resulted in a substantial net loss of C from surface layer of drained sites. Restoration was successful in regaining natural growth rate in the peatland surface layer already within 5 years after restoration. However, the regenerated surface layer sequestered C at a mean rate of 116.3 g m(-2) yr(-1) (SE 12.7), when a comparable short-term rate was 178.2 g m(-2) yr(-1) (SE 13.3) at the pristine sites. The plant community compositions of the restored sites were considerably dissimilar to those of pristine sites still 10 years after restoration. We conclude that ecological restoration can be used to jump-start some key peatland ecosystem functions even without the recovery of original ecosystem structure (plant community composition). However, the re-establishment of other functions like C sequestration may require more profound recovery of conditions and ecosystem structure. We discuss the potential economic value of restored peatland ecosystems from the perspective of their C sequestration function.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "ecosystem structure\u2013function relationship", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "ta1172", "Museo", "plant community composition", "turve", "03 medical and health sciences", "Museum", "ecosystem recovery", "Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia", "ta116", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Restoration and Remediation", "Finland", "0303 health sciences", "hiilensidonta", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "16. Peace & justice", "carbon sequestration", "Carbon", "13. 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Peatland GHG emissions are related to soil water-table level (WT), which controls the vertical distribution of aerobic and anaerobic processes and, consequently, sinks and sources of GHGs in soils. On forested peatlands, selection harvesting reduces stand evapotranspiration and it has been suggested that the resulting WT rise decreases soil net emissions, while the tree growth is maintained. We monitored soil concentrations of CO2, CH4, N2O and O2 by depth down to 80\u00a0cm, and CO2 and CH4 fluxes from soil in two nutrient-rich Norway spruce dominated peatlands in Southern Finland to examine the responses of soil GHG dynamics to WT rise. Selection harvesting raised WT by 14\u00a0cm on both sites, on average, mean WTs of the monitoring period being 73\u00a0cm for unharvested control and 59\u00a0cm for selection harvest. All soil gas concentrations were associated with proximity to WT. Both CH4 and CO2 showed remarkable vertical concentration gradients, with high values in the deepest layer, likely due to slow gas transfer in wet peat. CH4 was efficiently consumed in peat layers near and above WT where it reached sub-atmospheric concentrations, indicating sustained oxidation of CH4 from both atmospheric and deeper soil origins also after harvesting. Based on soil gas concentration data, surface peat (top 25/30\u00a0cm layer) contributed most to the soil-atmosphere CO2 fluxes and harvesting slightly increased the CO2 source in deeper soil (below 45/50\u00a0cm), which could explain the small CO2 flux differences between treatments. N2O production occurred above WT, and it was unaffected by harvesting. Overall, the WT rise obtained with selection harvesting was not sufficient to reduce soil GHG emissions, but additional hydrological regulation would have been needed.", "keywords": ["550", "218 Environmental engineering", "Forestry", "216", "15. Life on land", "Soil greenhouse gas emissions", "ta4112", "Continuous cover forestry", "13. Climate action", "218", "Gradient method", "216 Materials engineering", "11. Sustainability", "Peatland hydrology", "Norway spruce mire", "Climate smart forestry"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165421"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165421", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165421", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165421"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-17", "title": "Short- And Long-Term Effects Of Nutrient Enrichment On Microbial Exoenzyme Activity In Mangrove Peat", "description": "Abstract Mangroves receive increasing quantities of nutrients as a result of coastal development, which could lead to significant changes in carbon sequestration and soil subsidence. We hypothesised that mangrove-produced tannins induce a nitrogen (N) limitation on microbial decomposition even when plant growth is limited by phosphorus (P). As a result, increased N influx would lead to a net loss of sequestered carbon negating the ability to compensate for sea level rise in P-limited mangroves. To examine this, we quantified the short- and long-term effects of N and P enrichment on microbial biomass and decomposition-related enzyme activities in a Rhizophora mangle-dominated mangrove, which had been subjected to fertilisation treatments for a period of fifteen years. We compared microbial biomass, elemental stoichiometry and potential enzyme activity in dwarf and fringe-type R. mangle-dominated sites, where primary production is limited by P or N depending on the proximity to open water. Even in P-limited mangroves, microbial activity was N-limited as indicated by stoichiometry and an increase in enzymic activity upon N amendment. Nevertheless, microbial biomass increased upon field additions of P, indicating that the carbon supply played even a larger role. Furthermore, we found that P amendment suppressed phenol oxidase activity, while N amendment did not. The possible differential nutrient limitations of microbial decomposers versus primary producers implies that the direction of the effect of eutrophication on carbon sequestration is nutrient-specific. In addition, this study shows that phenol oxidase activities in this system decrease through P, possibly strengthening the enzymic latch effect of mangrove tannins. Furthermore, it is argued that the often used division between N-harvesting, P-harvesting, and carbon-harvesting exoenzymes needs to be reconsidered.", "keywords": ["Rhizophora", "Decomposition", "Peat", "Differential nutrient limitation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Microbial activity", "Microbial elemental stoichiometry", "13. Climate action", "international", "Taverne", "11. Sustainability", "Mangroves", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SDG 14 - Life Below Water", "SOC", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-01-08", "title": "Peat Origin And Land Use Effects On Microbial Activity, Respiration Dynamics And Exo-Enzyme Activities In Drained Peat Soils In The Netherlands", "description": "This study assessed the risk of decomposition-driven soil subsidence in drained peat soils in the Netherlands, contrasting in peat origin and current land use. In a full factorial design, fen peat and bog peat were sampled from sites in use for nature conservation and for dairy farming, which contrast in history of drainage and fertilisation. In these four peat types, which frequently occur in the Netherlands, the microbial activity and respiration dynamics were studied in samples from superficial oxic peat layers by measuring Substrate Induced Respiration (SIR) and Substrate Induced Growth Response (SIGR). Total and active microbial biomass, microbial growth potential and potential exo-enzyme activities were determined in unamended samples and after nitrogen and/or glucose amendments.<br/><br/>Remarkably, peat origin and land use did not affect basal respiration rates. In contrast, land use affected microbial biomass and potential growth rates as they were quadrupled in dairy meadows compared to nature reserves. This may be attributable to the pulses of organic and inorganic fertiliser that are being supplied in agricultural peatlands. Potential activities of oxidative exo-enzymes (phenol oxidase, POX, and phenol peroxidase, POD), in contrast, depended more on peat type, indicating a difference in peat substrate quality. Basal respiration rates and enzyme activities were not related. Phosphorus enrichment was identified as a potential driver of increased peat decomposition. The activity of the oxidative enzyme phenol oxidase and the concentration of phenolic compounds, which are considered to be the main regulators of peat decomposition according to the enzymic latch theory, were not related to respiration rates. It was concluded that decomposition theories like the enzymic latch theory (attributing a main role in the regulation of decomposition to phenolic compounds and phenol oxidase) were not supported by our research in the drained peat soils in the Netherlands.", "keywords": ["Decomposition", "Peat", "national", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Microbial activity", "Energy limitation", "13. Climate action", "Nutrient limitation", "SIR", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SDG 2 - Zero Hunger", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:17:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-10-16", "title": "Recovery of methane turnover and the associated microbial communities in restored cutover peatlands is strongly linked with increasing Sphagnum abundance", "description": "Abstract   Vegetation succession is known to affect carbon-cycling patterns of recovering cutover peatlands, displayed as shifts in emissions of the greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4. However, the related plant-microbe interactions are still poorly understood. We aimed to link the recovery of the organisms responsible for CH4 turnover, the methanogens and the methanotrophs, to the re-vegetation related compositional changes of three functional plant types (Sphagna, sedges and shrubs). In peat layers, the Sphagnum coverage was the most influential factor for the activity, abundance and community structures of both these microbial groups, demonstrating a succession pattern towards a pristine stage. Analysis of mcrA and pmoA genes revealed Methanoregulaceae and Methylocystis as the most dominant methanogens and methanotrophs, respectively. The relatively fast recovery of both CH4 production and oxidation in the peat layers supports earlier flux based results from these same fen-type peatland sites. In contrast to peat, CH4 oxidation in living Sphagnum mosses appeared to be independent of vegetation succession as CH4 oxidation potential was similar throughout the succession stages. This indicated that Sphagnum may be a valuable CH4 biofilter especially in the early re-vegetation stages when the oxidation in the peat has not yet recovered. Therefore, we recommend Sphagnum transplantation as a tool for climate friendly peatland restoration with faster recovery of the carbon sink function and altered CH4 emissions.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "0303 health sciences", "Aitoneva", "peat extraction", "ta1172", "ta1183", "Methanogenic archaea", "plant functional types", "15. Life on land", "Methanotrophic bacteria", "ecosystem restoration", "ekosysteemit", "Kihni\u00f6", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "616", "ta1181", "ennallistaminen", "turvemaat", "Finland"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.1811797116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-05-14", "title": "Rivers across the Siberian Arctic unearth the patterns of carbon release from thawing permafrost", "description": "<p>             Climate warming is expected to mobilize northern permafrost and peat organic carbon (PP-C), yet magnitudes and system specifics of even current releases are poorly constrained. While part of the PP-C will degrade at point of thaw to CO             2             and CH             4             to directly amplify global warming, another part will enter the fluvial network, potentially providing a window to observe large-scale PP-C remobilization patterns. Here, we employ a decade-long, high-temporal resolution record of             14             C in dissolved and particulate organic carbon (DOC and POC, respectively) to deconvolute PP-C release in the large drainage basins of rivers across Siberia: Ob, Yenisey, Lena, and Kolyma. The             14             C-constrained estimate of export specifically from PP-C corresponds to only 17 \uffc2\uffb1 8% of total fluvial organic carbon and serves as a benchmark for monitoring changes to fluvial PP-C remobilization in a warming Arctic. Whereas DOC was dominated by recent organic carbon and poorly traced PP-C (12 \uffc2\uffb1 8%), POC carried a much stronger signature of PP-C (63 \uffc2\uffb1 10%) and represents the best window to detect spatial and temporal dynamics of PP-C release. Distinct seasonal patterns suggest that while DOC primarily stems from gradual leaching of surface soils, POC reflects abrupt collapse of deeper deposits. Higher dissolved PP-C export by Ob and Yenisey aligns with discontinuous permafrost that facilitates leaching, whereas higher particulate PP-C export by Lena and Kolyma likely echoes the thermokarst-induced collapse of Pleistocene deposits. Quantitative             14             C-based fingerprinting of fluvial organic carbon thus provides an opportunity to elucidate large-scale dynamics of PP-C remobilization in response to Arctic warming.           </p", "keywords": ["15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "leaching", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "carbon cycle", "Physical Sciences", "peat", "radiocarbon", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "SDG 14 - Life Below Water", "14. Life underwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1811797116"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811797116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.1811797116", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.1811797116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.1811797116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-05-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2002gb001886", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-06-16", "title": "Effects Of Elevated Co2 And N Deposition On Ch4 Emissions From European Mires", "description": "<p>Methane fluxes were measured at five sites representing oligotrophic peatlands along a European transect. Five study plots were subjected to elevated CO2 concentration (560 ppm), and five plots to NH4NO3 (3 or 5 g N yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921). The CH4 emissions from the control plots correlated in most cases with the soil temperatures. The depth of the water table, the pH, and the DOC, N and SO4 concentrations were only weakly correlated with the CH4 emissions. The elevated CO2 treatment gave nonsignificantly higher CH4 emissions at three sites and lower at two sites. The N treatment resulted in higher methane emissions at three sites (nonsignificant). At one site, the CH4 fluxes of the N\uffe2\uff80\uff90treatment plots were significantly lower than those of the control plots. These results were not in agreement with our hypotheses, nor with the results obtained in some earlier studies. However, the results are consistent with the results of the vegetation analyses, which showed no significant treatment effects on species relationships or biomass production.</p>", "keywords": ["northern peatlands", "methane emissions", "atmospheric carbon-dioxide", "temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "forest soils", "nitrogen deposition", "boreal mire", "13. Climate action", "raised co2", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "bog vegetation", "water-table", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gb001886"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Biogeochemical%20Cycles", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2002gb001886", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2002gb001886", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2002gb001886"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2005jg000152", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-08-08", "title": "Nutrient Control Of Microbial Carbon Cycling Along An Ombrotrophic-Minerotrophic Peatland Gradient", "description": "<p>Future climate change and other anthropogenic activities are likely to increase nutrient availability in many peatlands, and it is important to understand how these additional nutrients will influence peatland carbon cycling. We investigated the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on aerobic CH4oxidation, anaerobic carbon mineralization (as CO2and CH4production), and anaerobic nutrient mineralization in a bog, an intermediate fen, and a rich fen in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We utilized a 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90week laboratory nutrient amendment experiment in conjunction with a 6\uffe2\uff80\uff90year field nutrient fertilization experiment to consider how the relative response to nitrogen and phosphorus differed among these wetlands over the short and long term. Field fertilizations generally increased nutrient availability in the upper 15 cm of peat and resulted in shifts in the vegetation community in each peatland. High nitrogen concentrations inhibited CH4oxidation in bog peat during short\uffe2\uff80\uff90term incubations; however, long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term fertilization with lower concentrations of nitrogen stimulated rates of CH4oxidation in bog peat. In contrast, no nitrogen effects on CH4oxidation were observed in the intermediate or rich fen peat. Anaerobic carbon mineralization in bog peat was consistently inhibited by increased phosphorus availability, but similar phosphorus additions had few effects in the intermediate fen and stimulated CH4production and nutrient mineralization in the rich fen. Our results demonstrate that nitrogen and phosphorus are important controls of peatland microbial carbon cycling; however, the role of these nutrients can differ over the short and long term and is strongly mediated by peatland type.</p>", "keywords": ["Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "2. Zero hunger", "Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology", "Nutrients", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Peatlands", "Biochemistry", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Microbial Carbon Cycling", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Methane", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2005jg000152"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%3A%20Biogeosciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2005jg000152", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2005jg000152", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2005jg000152"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-08-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2006gb002715", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-02-06", "title": "Response Of Peatland Carbon Dioxide And Methane Fluxes To A Water Table Drawdown Experiment", "description": "<p>Northern peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle representing a significant stock of soil carbon and a substantial natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4). Peatland carbon cycling is affected by water table position which is predicted to be lowered by climate change. Therefore we compared carbon fluxes along a natural peatland microtopographic gradient (control) to an adjacent microtopographic gradient with an experimentally lowered water table (experimental) during three growing seasons to assess the impact of water table drawdown on peatland\uffe2\uff80\uff90atmosphere carbon exchange. Water table drawdown induced peat subsidence and a change in the vegetation community at the experimental site. This limited differences in carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange between the control and experimental sites resulting in no significant differences between sites after three seasons. However, there was a trend to higher respiration rates and increased productivity in low\uffe2\uff80\uff90lying zones (hollows) and this was coincident with increased vegetation cover at these plots. In general, CH4 efflux was reduced at the experimental site, although CH4 efflux from control and experimental hollows remained similar throughout the study. The differential response of carbon cycling to the water table drawdown along the microtopographic gradient resulted in local topographic high zones (hummocks) experiencing a relative increase in global warming potential (GWP) of 152%, while a 70% reduction in GWP was observed at hollows. Thus the distribution and composition of microtopographic elements, or microforms, within a peatland is important for determining how peatland carbon cycling will respond to climate change.</p>", "keywords": ["climate change", "13. Climate action", "peatland carbon cycling", "water table drawdown", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "333", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gb002715"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Biogeochemical%20Cycles", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2006gb002715", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2006gb002715", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2006gb002715"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-02-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.834371", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:21:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-03-07", "title": "Back to the Future: Restoring Northern Drained Forested Peatlands for Climate Change Mitigation", "description": "<p>Draining peatlands for forestry in the northern hemisphere turns their soils from carbon sinks to substantial sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). To reverse this trend, rewetting has been proposed as a climate change mitigation strategy. We performed a literature review to assess the empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis that rewetting drained forested peatlands can turn them back into carbon sinks. We also used causal loop diagrams (CLDs) to synthesize the current knowledge of how water table management affects GHG emissions in organic soils. We found an increasing number of studies from the last decade comparing GHG emissions from rewetted, previously forested peatlands, with forested or pristine peatlands. However, comparative field studies usually report relatively short time series following rewetting experiments (e.g., 3\uffc2\uffa0years of measurements and around 10\uffc2\uffa0years after rewetting). Empirical evidence shows that rewetting leads to lower GHG emissions from soils. However, reports of carbon sinks in rewetted systems are scarce in the reviewed literature. Moreover, CH4 emissions in rewetted peatlands are commonly reported to be higher than in pristine peatlands. Long-term water table changes associated with rewetting lead to a cascade of effects in different processes regulating GHG emissions. The water table level affects litterfall quantity and quality by altering the plant community; it also affects organic matter breakdown rates, carbon and nitrogen mineralization pathways and rates, as well as gas transport mechanisms. Finally, we conceptualized three phases of restoration following the rewetting of previously drained and forested peatlands, we described the time dependent responses of soil, vegetation and GHG emissions to rewetting, concluding that while short-term gains in the GHG balance can be minimal, the long-term potential of restoring drained peatlands through rewetting remains promising.</p", "keywords": ["restoration", "rewetting", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "GHG balance", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Environmental sciences", "forest", "Geovetenskap och relaterad milj\u00f6vetenskap", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "land-use", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "peatland", "GE1-350", "Earth and Related Environmental Sciences", "management", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Daniel Escobar, Daniel Escobar, Salim Belyazid, Stefano Manzoni, Stefano Manzoni,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.834371"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.834371", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.834371", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2022.834371"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-03-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2017JD027827", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-04-26", "title": "Fine Particle Emissions From Tropical Peat Fires Decrease Rapidly With Time Since Ignition", "description": "Abstract<p>Southeast Asia experiences frequent fires in fuel\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich tropical peatlands, leading to extreme episodes of regional haze with high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) impacting human health. In a study published recently, the first field measurements of PM2.5 emission factors for tropical peat fires showed larger emissions than from other fuel types. Here we report even higher PM2.5 emission factors, measured at newly ignited peat fires in Malaysia, suggesting that current estimates of fine particulate emissions from peat fires may be underestimated by a factor of 3 or more. In addition, we use both field and laboratory measurements of burning peat to provide the first mechanistic explanation for the high variability in PM2.5 emission factors, demonstrating that buildup of a surface ash layer causes the emissions of PM2.5 to decrease as the peat fire progresses. This finding implies that peat fires are more hazardous (in terms of aerosol emissions) when first ignited than when still burning many days later. Varying emission factors for PM2.5 also have implications for our ability to correctly model the climate and air quality impacts downwind of the peat fires. For modelers able to implement a time\uffe2\uff80\uff90varying emission factor, we recommend an emission factor for PM2.5 from newly ignited tropical peat fires of 58\uffc2\uffa0g of PM2.5 per kilogram of dry fuel consumed (g/kg), reducing exponentially at a rate of 9%/day. If the age of the fire is unknown or only a single value may be used, we recommend an average value of 24\uffc2\uffa0g/kg.</p>", "keywords": ["5", "550", "TRACE GASES", "PM2", "PM2.5", "Social and Behavioral Sciences", "01 natural sciences", "TRANSFORM INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPY", "INDONESIA", "CARBON", "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being", "11. Sustainability", "Medicine and Health Sciences", "Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences", "AUSTRALIAN VEGETATION FIRES", "Research Articles", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Science & Technology", "GE", "emissions", "AIR-POLLUTION", "15. Life on land", "FOREST", "FIELD-MEASUREMENTS", "DERIVATION", "13. Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "PREMATURE MORTALITY", "peat", "FoR 0401 (Atmospheric Sciences)", "FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management)", "fire"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9303/1/Fine%20Particle%20Emissions%20From%20Tropical%20Peat%20Fires%20Decrease%20Rapidly%20With%20Time%20Since%20Ignition..pdf"}, {"href": "https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2017JD027827"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD027827"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%3A%20Atmospheres", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2017JD027827", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2017JD027827", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2017JD027827"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-05-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2019GL083025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-06-06", "title": "Peatland Volume Mapping over Resistive Substrates with Airborne Electromagnetic Technology", "description": "Abstract<p>Despite the importance of peatlands as carbon reservoirs, a reliable methodology for the detection of peat volumes at regional scale is still missing. In this study we explore for the first time the use of airborne electromagnetic (AEM) to detect and quantify peat thickness and extension of two bogs located in Norway, where peat lays over resistive bedrock. Our results show that when calibrated using a small amount of field measurements, AEM can successfully detect peat volume even in less ideal conditions, that is, relatively resistive peat over resistive substrata. We expect the performance of AEM to increase significantly in presence of a conductive substratum without need of calibration with field data. The organic carbon content retrieved from field surveys and laboratory analyses combined with the 3\uffe2\uff80\uff90D model of the peat extracted from AEM allowed us to quantify the total organic carbon of the selected bogs, hence assessing the carbon pool.</p>", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "CRESCENDO", " Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie action", " peatlands", " peat samples", " peat thickness", " Norway", " bogs", " Airborne Electromagnetics", " SkyTEM", " organic carbon content", " carbon pool", "Airborne electromagnetic; organic carbon; peat thickness; peatlands", " Marie Curie fellowship", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://cris.unibo.it/bitstream/11585/717338/1/Silvestri_et_al-2019-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf"}, {"href": "https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2019GL083025"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2019GL083025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2019GL083025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2019GL083025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-21", "title": "Hydraulic and Physical Properties of Managed and Intact Peatlands: Application of the Van Genuchten\u2010Mualem Models to Peat Soils", "description": "Abstract<p>Undisturbed peatlands are effective carbon sinks and provide a variety of ecosystem services. However, anthropogenic disturbances, especially land drainage, strongly alter peat soil properties and jeopardize the benefits of peatlands. The effects of disturbances should therefore be assessed and predicted. To support accurate modeling, this study determined the physical and hydraulic properties of intact and disturbed peat samples collected from 59 sites (in total 3,073 samples) in Finland and Norway. The bulk density (BD), porosity, and specific yield (Sy) values obtained indicated that the top layer (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm depth) at agricultural and peat extraction sites was most affected by land use change. The BD in the top layer at agricultural, peat extraction, and forestry sites was 441%, 140%, and 92% higher, respectively, than that of intact peatlands. Porosity decreased with increased BD, but not linearly. Agricultural and peat extraction sites had the lowest saturated hydraulic conductivity, Sy, and porosity, and the highest BD of the land use options studied. The van Genuchten\uffe2\uff80\uff90Mualem (vGM) soil water retention curve (SWRC) and hydraulic conductivity (K) models proved to be applicable for the peat soils tested, providing values of SWRC, K, and vGM\uffe2\uff80\uff90parameters (\uffce\uffb1 and n) for peat layers (top, middle and bottom) under different land uses. A decrease in peat soil water content of \uffe2\uff89\uffa510% reduced the unsaturated K values by two orders of magnitude. This unique data set can be used to improve hydrological modeling in peat\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated catchments and for fuller integration of peat soils into large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale hydrological models.</p", "keywords": ["hydrologia", "bogs", "porosity", "peat extraction", "soil water retention curve", "hydraulics", "ta1171", "hydrology", "maank\u00e4ytt\u00f6", "soil", "mets\u00e4talous", "huokoisuus", "Norja", "maatalous", "groundwater", "Suomi", "turpeennosto", "suot", "soils", "turvemaat", "peatlands", "Finland", "turvetuotanto", "hydrauliikka", "agriculture", "maaper\u00e4", "pohjavesi", "Norway", "forestry", "land use", "15. Life on land", "peat soil", "maatalousmaa", "peat production", "6. Clean water", "maalajit", "agricultural land", "ominaisuudet", "13. Climate action", "soil properties", "peatland", "van Genuchten"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2020wr028624"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water%20Resources%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2020wr028624"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/ncomms15972", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-06-26", "title": "Iron-Mediated Soil Carbon Response To Water-Table Decline In An Alpine Wetland", "description": "Abstract<p>The tremendous reservoir of soil organic carbon (SOC) in wetlands is being threatened by water-table decline (WTD) globally. However, the SOC response to WTD remains highly uncertain. Here we examine the under-investigated role of iron (Fe) in mediating soil enzyme activity and lignin stabilization in a mesocosm WTD experiment in an alpine wetland. In contrast to the classic \uffe2\uff80\uff98enzyme latch\uffe2\uff80\uff99 theory, phenol oxidative activity is mainly controlled by ferrous iron [Fe(II)] and declines with WTD, leading to an accumulation of dissolvable aromatics and a reduced activity of hydrolytic enzyme. Furthermore, using dithionite to remove Fe oxides, we observe a significant increase of Fe-protected lignin phenols in the air-exposed soils. Fe oxidation hence acts as an \uffe2\uff80\uff98iron gate\uffe2\uff80\uff99 against the \uffe2\uff80\uff98enzyme latch\uffe2\uff80\uff99 in regulating wetland SOC dynamics under oxygen exposure. This newly recognized mechanism may be key to predicting wetland soil carbon storage with intensified WTD in a changing climate.</p>", "keywords": ["Composite material", "Science", "Soil Science", "Organic chemistry", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Environmental science", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Importance of Mangrove Ecosystems in Coastal Protection", "Soil water", "Carbon fibers", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "Groundwater", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Soil science", "Ecology", "Q", "Life Sciences", "Composite number", "Geology", "Mesocosm", "FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil carbon", "Materials science", "6. Clean water", "Water table", "Chemistry", "Geotechnical engineering", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "Wetland", "Environmental chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Ferrous"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15972"}, {"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/ncomms15972", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/ncomms15972", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/ncomms15972"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41467-022-31540-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-07-01", "title": "Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon with minerals play a critical role in carbon storage, but the amount and global capacity for storage in this form remain unquantified. Here, we produce spatially-resolved global estimates of mineral-associated organic carbon stocks and carbon-storage capacity by analyzing 1144 globally-distributed soil profiles. We show that current stocks total 899 Pg C to a depth of 1\uffe2\uff80\uff89m in non-permafrost mineral soils. Although this constitutes 66% and 70% of soil carbon in surface and deeper layers, respectively, it is only 42% and 21% of the mineralogical capacity. Regions under agricultural management and deeper soil layers show the largest undersaturation of mineral-associated carbon. Critically, the degree of undersaturation indicates sequestration efficiency over years to decades. We show that, across 103 carbon-accrual measurements spanning management interventions globally, soils furthest from their mineralogical capacity are more effective at accruing carbon; sequestration rates average 3-times higher in soils at one tenth of their capacity compared to soils at one half of their capacity. Our findings provide insights into the world\uffe2\uff80\uff99s soils, their capacity to store carbon, and priority regions and actions for soil carbon management.</p", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "550", "Permafrost", "/704/106/47/4113", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "Digital Soil Mapping Techniques", "Oceanography", "01 natural sciences", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Soil water", "Carbon fibers", "Climate change", "2. 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Life on land", "Materials science", "Carbon", "Carbon dioxide", "[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "/119", "Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31540-9.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt2vm0b30s/qt2vm0b30s.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31540-9"}, {"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/s41467-022-31540-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41467-022-31540-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41467-022-31540-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-09-27", "title": "Potential of continuous cover forestry on drained peatlands to increase the carbon sink in Finland", "description": "Abstract<p>Land-based mitigation measures are needed to achieve climate targets. One option is the mitigation of currently high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of nutrient-rich drained peatland forest soils. Continuous cover forestry (CCF) has been proposed as a measure to manage this GHG emission source; however, its emission reduction potential and impact on timber production at regional and national scales have not been quantified. To quantify the potential emission reduction, we simulated four management scenarios for Finnish forests: (i) The replacement of clear-cutting by selection harvesting on nutrient-rich drained peatlands (CCF) and (ii) the current forest management regime (BAU), and both at two harvest levels, namely (i) the mean annual harvesting (2016\uffe2\uff80\uff932018) and (ii) the maximum sustainable yield. The simulations were conducted at the stand scale with a forest simulator (MELA) coupled with a hydrological model (SpaFHy), soil C model (Yasso07) and empirical GHG exchange models. Simulations showed that the management scenario that avoided clear-cutting on nutrient-rich drained peatlands (i.e. CCF) produced approximately 1 Tg CO2 eq. higher carbon sinks annually compared with BAU at equal harvest level for Finland. This emission reduction can be attributed to the maintenance of a higher biomass sink and to the mitigation of soil emissions from nutrient-rich drained peatland sites.</p", "keywords": ["carbon", "Science", "Q", "R", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "630", "Article", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "greenhouse gases", "peatland forests", "Medicine", "continuous cover forestry"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42315-7.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientific%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-27T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s43247-022-00523-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-18", "title": "Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry reveals widespread soil phosphorus limitation to microbial metabolism across Chinese forests", "description": "Abstract<p>Forest soils contain a large amount of organic carbon and contribute to terrestrial carbon sequestration. However, we still have a poor understanding of what nutrients limit soil microbial metabolism that drives soil carbon release across the range of boreal to tropical forests. Here we used ecoenzymatic stoichiometry methods to investigate the patterns of microbial nutrient limitations within soil profiles (organic, eluvial and parent material horizons) across 181 forest sites throughout China. Results show that, in 80% of these forests, soil microbes were limited by phosphorus availability. Microbial phosphorus limitation increased with soil depth and from boreal to tropical forests as ecosystems become wetter, warmer, more productive, and is affected by anthropogenic nitrogen deposition. We also observed an unexpected shift in the latitudinal pattern of microbial phosphorus limitation with the lowest phosphorus limitation in the warm temperate zone (41-42\uffc2\uffb0N). Our study highlights the importance of soil phosphorus limitation to restoring forests and predicting their carbon sinks.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients in Aquatic Ecosystems", "Nitrogen", "Soil Science", "Organic chemistry", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "Nitrogen cycle", "Environmental science", "Nutrient cycle", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Terrestrial ecosystem", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Taiga", "Soil water", "Environmental Chemistry", "GE1-350", "Biology", "Ecosystem", "Soil science", "2. Zero hunger", "QE1-996.5", "Soil organic matter", "Ecology", "Life Sciences", "Geology", "Phosphorus", "Carbon cycle", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil carbon", "Environmental sciences", "Temperate climate", "Chemistry", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Ecosystem Functioning", "Nutrient"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00523-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Communications%20Earth%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s43247-022-00523-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s43247-022-00523-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s43247-022-00523-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-08-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00440.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-03-11", "title": "Effects Of Elevated Co2 And Vascular Plants On Evapotranspiration In Bog Vegetation", "description": "Abstract<p>We determined evapotranspiration in three experiments designed to study the effects of elevated CO2 and increased N deposition on ombrotrophic bog vegetation. Two experiments used peat monoliths with intact bog vegetation in containers, with one experiment outdoors and the other in a greenhouse. A third experiment involved monocultures and mixtures of Sphagnum magellanicum and Eriophorum angustifolium in containers in the same greenhouse. To determine water use of the bog vegetation in July\uffe2\uff80\uff93August for each experiment and each year we measured water inputs and outputs from the containers. We studied the effects of elevated CO2 and N supply on evapotranspiration in relation to vascular plant biomass and exposure of the moss surface (measured as height of the moss surface relative to the container edge).</p><p>Elevated CO2 reduced water use of the bog vegetation in all three experiments, but the CO2 effect on evapotranspiration interacted with vascular plant biomass and exposure of the moss surface. Evapotranspiration in the outdoor experiment was largely determined by evaporation from the Sphagnum moss surface (as affected by exposure to wind) and less so by vascular plant transpiration. Nevertheless, elevated CO2 significantly reduced evapotranspiration by 9\uffe2\uff80\uff9310% in the outdoor experiment.</p><p>Vascular plants reduced evapotranspiration in the outdoor experiment, but increased water use in the greenhouse experiments. The relation between vascular plant abundance and evapotranspiration appears to depend on wind conditions; suggesting that vascular plants reduce water losses mainly by reducing wind speed at the moss surface.</p><p> Sphagnum growth is very sensitive to changes in water level; low water availability can have deleterious effects. As a consequence, reduced evapotranspiration in summer, whether caused by elevated CO2 or by small increases in vascular plant cover, is expected to favour Sphagnum growth in ombrotrophic bog vegetation.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Sphagnum", "Carbon dioxide", "Evapotranspiration", "13. Climate action", "Peat bog", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Mire", "Water use", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00440.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": "10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00440.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00440.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00440.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2001-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00667.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-03-12", "title": "N Deposition Affects N Availability In Interstitial Water, Growth Of Sphagnum And Invasion Of Vascular Plants In Bog Vegetation", "description": "\u2022 We studied the effects of N deposition on shrub-moss competition and the establishment and growth of invasive Betula pubescens and Molinia caerulea in intact bog vegetation removed from a site subject to 40 kg N ha -1 yr -1 . \u2022 Mesocosms with and without introduced Betula seedlings and Molinia sprouts were kept under a roof and received an equivalent of 0, 40 and 80 kg N ha -1 yr -1 for two growing seasons. \u2022 N concentration in both interstitial water and Sphagnum decreased when N input ceased and increased when N input was doubled. Molinia biomass was positively related to the inorganic N concentration in the interstitial water. Adding N increased production of Molinia and prolonged survival of Betula seedlings in the first year. Sphagnum height increment showed a hump-shaped relationship with light interception by vascular plants. \u2022 N deposition encouraged vascular plants to grow by enhancing N availability in the rhizosphere. Water table level and the availability of P were found to be important in explaining species-specific responses to N deposition. The underlying mechanisms and the reversibility of N effects are discussed.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "fate", "fertilization", "atmospheric nitrogen", "litter decomposition", "heathland", "15. Life on land", "accumulation", "ecosystems", "mire", "01 natural sciences", "peatlands", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00667.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Phytologist", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00667.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00667.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00667.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-01-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1051/forest:2005078", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-12-14", "title": "Carbon Stock Changes In A Peaty Gley Soil Profile After Afforestation With Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis)", "description": "Open AccessChangement des stocks de carbone dans le profil des sols tourbeux \u00e0 gley apr\u00e8s boisement avec l'\u00e9pic\u00e9a de Sitka (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr). Les variations de stocks de carbone (Corg) dans la liti\u00e8re (OL), dans l'horizon organique (OH) et l'horizon min\u00e9ral (A) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tudi\u00e9es apr\u00e8s boisement et \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents stades apr\u00e8s coupe rase de la premi\u00e8re rotation, dans une chronos\u00e9quence foresti\u00e8re de l'Epic\u00e9a de Sitka (Picea sitchensis) sur des sols tourbeux \u00e0 gley en For\u00eat d'Hardwood (N.E. Angleterre). Les sites choisis \u00e9taient les suivants\u00a0: prairie naturelle, premi\u00e8re rotation \u00e2g\u00e9e de 40 ans, coupe rase depuis 18 mois, et 12, 20 et 30 ans de deuxi\u00e8me rotation. Une comparaison suppl\u00e9mentaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 faite dans trois peuplements \u00e2g\u00e9s de 40 ans entre des bandes de terre non plant\u00e9es et dans une for\u00eat adjacente. Les mesures de Corg ont \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9es en utilisant deux m\u00e9thodes\u00a0: pertes de poids par ignition (L.O.I.) et combustion s\u00e8che par analyse du C/N. Les r\u00e9sultats des deux m\u00e9thodes \u00e9taient lin\u00e9airement li\u00e9s. Le boisement change \u00e0 la fois l'importance et la distribution des stocks de Corg des prairies naturelles. Les stocks totaux de Corg d\u00e9croissent pendant la premi\u00e8re rotation et s'accroissent pendant la seconde rotation vers des valeurs similaires \u00e0 celles trouv\u00e9es dans les prairies non plant\u00e9es. La distribution verticale de Corg change aussi avec proportionnellement plus de carbone stock\u00e9 dans la liti\u00e8re (OL) et dans l'horizon A et moins dans l'horizon organique apr\u00e8s le boisement et deux rotations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "bulk density", "am\u00e9nagement forestier", "Sitka spruce", "forest management", "densit\u00e9 volumique", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "concentration en C", "01 natural sciences", "sol tourbeux \u00e0 gley", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil carbon stocks", "C concentration", "peaty gley soil<br>---<br>stocks de carbone dans le sol", "[SDV.SA.SF] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture", " forestry", "\u00e9pic\u00e9a de Sitka", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2005078"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Annals%20of%20Forest%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1051/forest:2005078", "name": "item", "description": "10.1051/forest:2005078", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1051/forest:2005078"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1071/WF16198", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-10-31", "title": "Downward spread of smouldering peat fire: the role of moisture, density and oxygen supply", "description": "<p>Smouldering fires in peatland are different from the flames in wildland fires. Smouldering peat fire is slow, low-temperature and more persistent, releasing large amounts of smoke into the atmosphere. In this work, we experimentally and computationally investigate the vertical downward spread of smouldering fire in a column of 30cm-tall moss peat under variable moisture content (MC) and bulk density. The measured downward spread rate decreases with depth and wet bulk density, and is ~1cmh\uffe2\uff88\uff921 equivalent to a carbon emission flux of 200 tonnesday\uffe2\uff88\uff921ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921. We observe that downward spread increases as MC increases substantially at least inside the range from 10 to 70%, which is not intuitive and goes against the trend observed for the horizontal spread in the same peat. We also conduct one-dimensional computational simulations to successfully reproduce the experimental observations. The analysis shows that the spread rate increases with MC and decreases with density because smouldering spread is controlled by the oxygen supply. The volume of the porous peat expands when absorbing water, which reduces the density of organic matter and decreases the heat release rate. This shows that the widely assumed conclusion that the spread rate of wildfire decreases with MC is not universal when applied to smouldering fires.</p>", "keywords": ["WILDFIRES", "Science & Technology", "0602 Ecology", "fire spread rate", "Forestry", "BURN", "in-depth spread", "624", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "BIOMASS", "modelling", "COMBUSTION", "IGNITION", "13. Climate action", "DEPTH", "carbon emission", "0705 Forestry Sciences", "peatland", "ORGANIC SOILS", "0502 Environmental Science And Management", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine", "KINETICS", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/pdf/WF16198"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1071/WF16198"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Wildland%20Fire", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1071/WF16198", "name": "item", "description": "10.1071/WF16198", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1071/WF16198"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1071/wf20117", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-03-08", "title": "Laboratory study on the suppression of smouldering peat wildfires: effects of flow rate and wetting agent", "description": "<p>The application of water, or water mixed with suppressants, to combat wildfires is one of the most common firefighting methods but is rarely studied for smouldering peat wildfire, which is the largest type of fire worldwide in term of fuel consumption. We performed experiments by spraying suppressant to the top of a burning peat sample inside a reactor. A plant-based wetting agent suppressant was mixed with water at three concentrations: 0% (pure water), 1% (low concentration), and 5% (high concentration), and delivered with varying flowrates. The results showed that suppression time decreased non-linearly with flow rate. The average suppression time for the low-concentration solution was 39% lower than with just water, while the high-concentration solution reduced suppression time by 26%. The volume of fluid that contributes to the suppression of peat in our experiments is fairly constant at 5.7\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff892.1\uffe2\uff80\uff89L kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921 peat despite changes in flow rate and suppressant concentration. This constant volume suggests that suppression time is the duration needed to flood the peat layer and that the suppressant acts thermally and not chemically. The results provide a better understanding of the suppression mechanism of peat fires and can improve firefighting and mitigation strategies.</p>", "keywords": ["wetting", "Science & Technology", "550", "experiment", "smouldering", "0602 Ecology", "firefighting", "Forestry", "02 engineering and technology", "suppression", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0201 civil engineering", "mitigation", "13. Climate action", "0705 Forestry Sciences", "peatland", "0502 Environmental Science and Management", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine", "fire", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1071/wf20117"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Wildland%20Fire", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1071/wf20117", "name": "item", "description": "10.1071/wf20117", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1071/wf20117"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-03-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-01", "title": "Retention And Uptake By Plants Of Added Selenium In Peat Soils", "description": "In soil, adsorption of selenium (Se) onto mineral surfaces is accompanied by poorly known retention via organic matter. The effects of these components on the availability of Se were examined in two pot experiments. Spring wheat was grown with increasing amounts of selenate (SeO4 2\u2013) in one sand and three peat soils, and ryegrass with selenate and selenite (SeO3 2\u2013) in sphagnum peat manipulated by iron (Fe) hydroxide. Selenate persisted in soluble form, whereas selenite was fixed in the soil. In wheat, 5\u201350% of the selenate addition was recovered in the plant, the proportion increasing with increasing Se. In ryegrass, 30\u201340% of the added selenate but less than 2% of the selenite was found within the leaves. The Fe hydroxide enrichment enhanced the selenite uptake. Phosphate buffer desorbed a minor proportion of the added selenite, except in peat amply enriched with Fe hydroxide. The results suggest that the retention mechanism of selenite was changed due to the hydroxide amendment.", "keywords": ["peat soils", "2. Zero hunger", "maaper\u00e4", "plants", "nutrient uptake", "selenaatti", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "lannoitus", "6. Clean water", "kasvinviljely", "absorptio", "seleniitti", "seleeni", "ravinteiden otto", "kasvit", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Kasvintuotanto", "selenium", "turvemaat", "absorption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2013.847955"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Communications%20in%20Soil%20Science%20and%20Plant%20Analysis", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/00103624.2013.847955"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-12-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/01490451.2014.908981", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:18:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-08-19", "title": "Response Of Soil Denitrifying Communities To Long-Term Prescribed Burning In Two Australian Sclerophyll Forests", "description": "Low-intensity prescribed burning is a common forest management tool and plays a major role in modifying biogeochemical cycling through the alteration of substrate availability and microbial communities. In this study, we assessed the response of microbial community to repeated prescribed burning in two sclerophyll forests (the Bauple site, dry, annual rainfall 1000\u00a0mm; and the Peachester site, wet, 1711\u00a0mm) in southeast Queensland, Australia. At the dry sclerophyll forest (the Bauple site), annual and triennial burning did not significantly alter the soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content, while at the wet scleophyll forest (the Peachester site), two yearly burnings resulted in significantly lower soil total C and N contents compared to the long unburnt treatment. In spite of these different responses, prescribed burning regimes did not significantly influence the abundance of 16S rRNA or denitrifying gene (<i>nar</i>G, <i>nir</i>K, <i>nir</i>S, <i>nos</i>Z) at both sites. These results indicated that, long-term prescribed burning has little effect on the denitrifying communities, while it has varying effects on soil chemical properties at the two sites, which are likely to be explained by differences in vegetation type and soil moisture regime.", "keywords": ["580", "550", "FoR 0403 (Geology)", "denitrifying community", "Geology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "long-term repeated burning", "Microbiology", "3. Good health", "FoR 0605 (Microbiology)", "qPCR", "Soil biology", "13. Climate action", "sclerophyll forest", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil moisture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2014.908981"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geomicrobiology%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/01490451.2014.908981", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/01490451.2014.908981", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/01490451.2014.908981"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-08-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:19:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-29", "title": "Significant loss of soil inorganic carbon at the continental scale", "description": "Abstract                <p>Widespread soil acidification due to atmospheric acid deposition and agricultural fertilization may greatly accelerate soil carbonate dissolution and CO2 release. However, to date, few studies have addressed these processes. Here, we use meta-analysis and nationwide-survey datasets to investigate changes in soil inorganic carbon (SIC) stocks in China. We observe an overall decrease in SIC stocks in topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm) (11.33\uffc2\uffa0g C m\uffe2\uff80\uff932 yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) from the 1980s to the 2010s. Total SIC stocks have decreased by \uffe2\uff88\uffbc8.99\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.24% (1.37\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa00.37\uffc2\uffa0Pg C). The average SIC losses across China (0.046 Pg C yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) and in cropland (0.016 Pg C yr\uffe2\uff80\uff931) account for \uffe2\uff88\uffbc17.6%\uffe2\uff80\uff9324.0% of the terrestrial C sink and 57.1% of the soil organic carbon sink in cropland, respectively. Nitrogen deposition and climate change have profound influences on SIC cycling. We estimate that \uffe2\uff88\uffbc19.12%\uffe2\uff80\uff9319.47% of SIC stocks will be further lost by 2100. The consumption of SIC may offset a large portion of global efforts aimed at ecosystem carbon sequestration, which emphasizes the importance of achieving a better understanding of the indirect coupling mechanisms of nitrogen and carbon cycling and of effective countermeasures to minimize SIC loss.</p", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "Cartography", "China", "Mechanics and Transport in Unsaturated Soils", "Carbonate", "Nitrogen", "Soil Science", "Organic chemistry", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "soil inorganic carbon stocks", "Soil pH", "Environmental science", "Carbon sink", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "carbonate", "Engineering", "Soil water", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "global change", "Ecosystem", "Soil acidification", "Civil and Structural Engineering", "Soil science", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Soil Fertility", "Ecology", "Geography", "Soil Water Retention", "Life Sciences", "Cycling", "Forestry", "Carbon cycle", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Topsoil", "Soil carbon", "Chemistry", "Sink (geography)", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "Environmental chemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil acidification", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab120"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/National%20Science%20Review", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/nsr/nwab120", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/nsr/nwab120"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:19:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-12", "title": "Accelerated genome engineering of Pseudomonas putida by I\u2010 Sce I\u2015mediated recombination and CRISPR \u2010Cas9 counterselection", "description": "Summary<p>Pseudomonas species have become reliable platforms for bioproduction due to their capability to tolerate harsh conditions imposed by large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale bioprocesses and their remarkable resistance to diverse physicochemical stresses. The last few years have brought forth a variety of synthetic biology tools for the genetic manipulation of pseudomonads, but most of them are either applicable only to obtain certain types of mutations, lack efficiency, or are not easily accessible to be used in different Pseudomonas species (e.g. natural isolates). In this work, we describe a versatile, robust and user\uffe2\uff80\uff90friendly procedure that facilitates virtually any kind of genomic manipulation in Pseudomonas species in 3\uffe2\uff80\uff935\uffc2\uffa0days. The protocol presented here is based on DNA recombination forced by double\uffe2\uff80\uff90stranded DNA cuts (through the activity of the I\uffe2\uff80\uff90SceI homing meganuclease from yeast) followed by highly efficient counterselection of mutants (aided by a synthetic CRISPR\uffe2\uff80\uff90Cas9 device). The individual parts of the genome engineering toolbox, tailored for knocking genes in and out, have been standardized to enable portability and easy exchange of functional gene modules as needed. The applicability of the procedure is illustrated both by eliminating selected genomic regions in the platform strain P.\uffc2\uffa0putida KT2440 (including difficult\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90delete genes) and by integrating different reporter genes (comprising novel variants of fluorescent proteins) into a defined landing site in the target chromosome.</p>", "keywords": ["Gene Editing", "Recombination", " Genetic", "0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Pseudomonas putida", "Brief Reports", "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats", "CRISPR-Cas Systems", "TP248.13-248.65", "Biotechnology", "3. Good health"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.13533", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:19:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-02-11", "title": "An expanded CRISPRi toolbox for tunable control of gene expression in Pseudomonas putida", "description": "Summary<p>Owing to its wide metabolic versatility and physiological robustness, together with amenability to genetic manipulations and high resistance to stressful conditions, Pseudomonas putida is increasingly becoming the organism of choice for a range of applications in both industrial and environmental applications. However, a range of applied synthetic biology and metabolic engineering approaches are still limited by the lack of specific genetic tools to effectively and efficiently regulate the expression of target genes. Here, we present a single\uffe2\uff80\uff90plasmid CRISPR\uffe2\uff80\uff90interference (CRISPRi) system expressing a nuclease\uffe2\uff80\uff90deficient cas9 gene under the control of the inducible XylS/Pm expression system, along with the option of adopting constitutively expressed guide RNAs (either sgRNA or crRNA and tracrRNA). We showed that the system enables tunable, tightly controlled gene repression (up to 90%) of chromosomally expressed genes encoding fluorescent proteins, either individually or simultaneously. In addition, we demonstrate that this method allows for suppressing the expression of the essential genes pyrF and ftsZ, resulting in significantly low growth rates or morphological changes respectively. This versatile system expands the capabilities of the current CRISPRi toolbox for efficient, targeted and controllable manipulation of gene expression in P. putida.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Pseudomonas putida", "Life Science", "Gene Expression", "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats", "CRISPR-Cas Systems", "RNA", " Guide", " CRISPR-Cas Systems", "TP248.13-248.65", "Research Articles", "Biotechnology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.13533"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13533"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.13533", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.13533", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.13533"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-02-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.15120", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:19:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-05-15", "title": "Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops", "description": "Abstract<p>This study evaluates the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) under perennial crops across the globe. It quantifies the effect of change from annual to perennial crops and the subsequent temporal changes in SOC stocks during the perennial crop cycle. It also presents an empirical model to estimate changes in the SOC content under crops as a function of time, land use, and site characteristics. We used a harmonized global dataset containing paired\uffe2\uff80\uff90comparison empirical values of SOC and different types of perennial crops (perennial grasses, palms, and woody plants) with different end uses: bioenergy, food, other bio\uffe2\uff80\uff90products, and short rotation coppice. Salient outcomes include: a 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90year period encompassing a change from annual to perennial crops led to an average 20% increase in SOC at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm (6.0\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa04.6\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha gain) and a total 10% increase over the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff93100\uffc2\uffa0cm soil profile (5.7\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa010.9\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha). A change from natural pasture to perennial crop decreased SOC stocks by 1% over 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm (\uffe2\uff88\uff922.5\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa04.2\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha) and 10% over 0\uffe2\uff80\uff93100\uffc2\uffa0cm (\uffe2\uff88\uff9213.6\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa08.9\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha). The effect of a land use change from forest to perennial crops did not show significant impacts, probably due to the limited number of plots; but the data indicated that while a 2% increase in SOC was observed at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm (16.81\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa055.1\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha), a decrease in 24% was observed at 30\uffe2\uff80\uff93100\uffc2\uffa0cm (\uffe2\uff88\uff9240.1\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa016.8\uffc2\uffa0Mg/ha). Perennial crops generally accumulate SOC through time, especially woody crops; and temperature was the main driver explaining differences in SOC dynamics, followed by crop age, soil bulk density, clay content, and depth. We present empirical evidence showing that the FAO perennialization strategy is reasonable, underscoring the role of perennial crops as a useful component of climate change mitigation strategies.</p", "keywords": ["MISCANTHUS", "QH301 Biology", "Carbon Dynamics in Peatland Ecosystems", "SEQUESTRATION", "01 natural sciences", "630", "BIOMASS", "862695", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "NE/M021327/1", "woody crops", "Soil water", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Development and Impacts of Bioenergy Crops", "STOCKS", "NE/N017854/1", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "General Environmental Science", "agriculture", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "Ecology", "NE/P019455/1", "Life Sciences", "Agriculture", "LAND-USE CHANGE", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "fruit crops", "Soil carbon", "NE/M016900/1", "Physical Sciences", "emission factors", "DECOMPOSITION", "land use change", "Crops", " Agricultural", "Carbon Sequestration", "610", "Soil Science", "Environmental science", "arable crops", "QH301", "FOOD", "TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY", "Environmental Chemistry", "774378", "Agroforestry", "European Commission", "Biology", "carbon crops", "Land use", " land-use change and forestry", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "carbon balance", "Soil science", "Soil Fertility", "Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Perennial plant", "Agronomy", "meta-analysis", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Land use", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "MATTER", "Agronomy and Crop Science"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.15120"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15120"}, {"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/gcb.15120", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.15120", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.15120"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-05-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02276.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:19:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-21", "title": "Nutrient Limitation And Nutrient-Driven Shifts In Plant Species Composition In A Species-Rich Fen Meadow", "description": "Abstract:<p>Question:  We studied the development and persistence of the effects of nutrient pulses on biomass production and species composition in a fen meadow.</p><p>Location:  Nature reserve, central Netherlands, 5 m a.s.l.</p><p>Methods:  Single pulse fertilization with N and P in a factorial design on an undrained central and a drained margin site in a species\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich fen meadow (Cirsio dissecti\uffe2\uff80\uff90Molinietum). Biomass production and species composition were monitored during four years.</p><p>Results:  At the central site, N addition boosted biomass production, but only during one year. The species composition was not changed. P fertilization increased the biomass production and changed the species composition from a vegetation dominated by Carex panicea to a grassland community with abundant Holcus lanatus, but not before the second year. At the margin site, P fertilization changed the species composition in a similar way, but biomass production was not increased. N fertilization had no effect. At both sites the P induced shift in species composition persisted for four years although the P effect declined during the experiment.</p><p>Conclusions:  The biomass responses show that N was limiting in the central site. Another nutrient, besides N and P (probably K) must have been limiting in the marginal site. The fast decline of the N effect on biomass is ascribed to increased denitrification and biomass removal. The delay in the P effect on biomass and species composition and the persistence of the P effect on species composition are ascribed to fast immobilisation and subsequent slow release of fertilizer P in the peat soil. Recurrence of the P pulses is expected to cause permanent changes in species composition.</p>", "keywords": ["peat soils", "0106 biological sciences", "enrichment", "tundra", "availability", "netherlands", "fens", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "nitrogen", "diversity", "flooding", "vegetation", "mineral-nutrition", "phosphorus", "plant ecology", "2. Zero hunger", "biomass", "species diversity", "Aquatic Ecology", "nature reserves", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "wild plants", "15. Life on land", "eutrophication", "community", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "gelderland"], "contacts": [{"organization": "van der Hoek, D., van Mierlo, A.J.E.M., van Groenendael, J.M.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02276.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Vegetation%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02276.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02276.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02276.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy11122403", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-30T16:21:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-11-29", "title": "Impacts of Farming Layer Constructions on Cultivated Land Quality under the Cultivated Land Balance Policy", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Cultivated Land Balance Policy (CLBP) has led to the \u201cbetter land occupied and worse land supplemented\u201d program. At the same time, the current field-scale cultivated land quality (CLQ) evaluation cannot meet the work requirements of the CLBP. To this end, this study selected 24 newly added farmland in Fuping County and performed eight different high quality farming layer construction experiments to improve the CLQ. A new comprehensive model was constructed on a field scale to evaluate the CLQ using different tests from multi-dimensional perspectives of soil fertility, engineering, environment, and ecology, and to determine the best test mode. The results showed that after the test, around 62% of the cultivated land improved by one level, and the average cultivated land quality level and quality index of the test area increased by 0.63 and 30.63, respectively. The treatment of \u201cwoody peat + rotten crop straw + biostimulation regulator II + conventional fertilization\u201d had the best effect on the improvement of organic matter, soil aggregates, and soil microbial activity, and was the best treatment method. In general, application of soil amendments, such as woody peat when constructing high quality farmland, could quickly improve CLQ, and field-scale CLQ evaluation model constructed from a multi-dimensional perspective could accurately assess the true quality of farmland and allow managers to improve and manage arable land resources under CLBP.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Scale (ratio)", "cultivated land quality evaluation", "Agricultural engineering", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Engineering", "Soil Evaluation", "Agricultural land", "Soil water", "Arable land", "cultivated land quality evaluation; field scale; high-quality farming layer; woody peat", "2. 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We set out an experiment to assess the interactive effects of water table (low: \uffe2\uff88\uff9210\uffe2\uff80\uff83cm and high: \uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff83cm) and precipitation (present or absent) on the CO2assimilation and evaporation of these species over a 23\uffe2\uff80\uff90day period. Additionally, we measured which sections of the moss layer were responsible for light absorption and bulk carbon uptake. Thereafter, we investigated how water content affected carbon uptake by the mosses. Our results show that at high water table, CO2assimilation of all species gradually increased over time, irrespective of the precipitation. At low water table, net CO2assimilation of all species declined over time, with the earliest onset and highest rate of decline forS. cuspidatum. Precipitation compensated for reduced water tables and positively affected the carbon uptake of all species. 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