Petr Baldrian

Biodiversity hotspots of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are located in other parts of the world: at low and high latitudes. And these important symbiotic partners of crops and trees deserve more protection! See nature.com/articles/s4158… and https://globalfungi.com

Clear-cutting of forests decreases soil organic carbon for decades Photo credit: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson Nearly half of all the carbon stored on land is found in forests, as both trees and soil act as powerful carbon sinks. Forest management approaches affect forest...

Clear-cutting of #forests decreases #soil organic carbon for decades!

A new study compiled and harmonised #SoilData from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Canada 🔎🌱🗺️

#HoliSoils coordinator @aleksileh.bsky.social (@luke.fi) is among the co-authors!

Read more ➡️ www.nina.no/english/Abou...

Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution will inform forest management and policies - HoliSoils Forest soils provide important ecosystem services, such as biodiversity support, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, water regulation and erosion control.

🔎 Have a look at this post on the HoliSoils website describing the process of developing these maps ➡️ holisoils.eu/soil-propert...

@niels-batjes.bsky.social | #SoilHealth | #SoilMapping

We received nearly 300 excellent abstracts and are now making the final touches to the scientific program 🤩 The only difficult task is to select the oral presentations from all the interesting topics.

Calls for papers from FEMS Microbiology Ecology FEMS Microbiology Ecology, publishing leading research in the microbial ecology community, publishes a variety of thematic issues covering a diverse range of to

Calls for papers from FEMS Microbiology Ecology: Thematic Issue on Ecology of Soil Microorganisms

Editors:
@pbaldrian.bsky.social
@jennihultman.bsky.social
Petr Kohout
Minna Männistö
@tainapennanen.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/femsec/pages...

Submission deadline: 28 November 2025

Today is #IntlForestDay!

Let’s take the occasion to celebrate these ecosystems and the ground where they grow since there would be no #forest without the #soil beneath the trees 🌳🌱

Learn more about #ForestSoils and the work #HoliSoils is making for them on our website ➡️ holisoils.eu

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Engaging with policymakers & #soil experts in Brussels to discuss actions for healthier forest soils. Together, we aim to mitigate #ClimateChange & ensure measures reach those who matter most - European forest owners & managers. #Sustainability #Forests.

Have a look to this fresh #HoliSoils' policy brief published by the project coordinator @luke.fi!

Learn more about how we can address critical #ForestSoil challenges in Europe through enhanced #ForestManagement and monitoring 🔎🌱🌲
➡️ jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024...

The GlobalFungi team is happy to announce that data downloads are now available from GlobalFungi (globalfungi.com). No matter if you are interested in fungal genera, species or species hypotheses, you can now get their sequence counts in all samples at once.

Calls for papers from FEMS Microbiology Ecology FEMS Microbiology Ecology, publishing leading research in the microbial ecology community, publishes a variety of thematic issues covering a diverse range of to

Time to submit those abstracts! Abstract deadline is in less than 2 weeks on Feb 24th, more information www.luke.fi/esm2025!

Also news from FEMS: we are pleased to inform a thematic issue for “Ecology of Soil Microorganisms” in FEMS Microbiology Ecology academic.oup.com/femsec/pages...

Unhealthy soils in the EU: a call for improved forest management

This is the last year of @holisoils.bsky.social stay tuned. Lot of results coming. Check our news on forest management: www.luke.fi/en/news/unhe... and holisoils.eu

HoliSoils session at INTECOL Wetlands 2025 conference - HoliSoils The EU-funded HoliSoils project will organise the session ‘Drivers and processes of soil CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O emissions in forested peatlands’ at the INTECOL

📢 Join the HoliSoils session at #INTECOL Wetlands 2025 in Tartu, #Estonia! 🌍 Explore CO₂, CH₄ & N₂O emissions in forested peatlands & their role in climate mitigation.

Submit your abstract for the conference before 15 March! 📅 More info & registrations: holisoils.eu/holisoils-se... #HorizonEU

Deadline for abstract submission for the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms meeting in Helsinki is coming soon (www.lyyti.fi/p/Ecology_of...). Looking forward to meeting you there!