SOILDEEPCHANGE

Unraveling the role of soil layers deeper than 30 cm in a changing world

Creaf leader

DEEPSOILCHANGE investigates how nutrient and organic carbon storage is regulated in deep soil layers (DSLs), how they differ from the topsoil in microbiota and fauna, and how anthropogenic changes impact their key functions.

DEEPSOILCHANGE seeks to develop a baseline understanding of (i) how soil organic carbon and nutrient storage is controlled in first 30 cm of soil (hereinafter, DSLs), (ii) how topsoil and DSLs differ with regard to microbial and faunal communities and their processes, and (iii) how anthropogenic changes (land-use change, climate change) affect DSLs and what repercussions this has on ecosystem carbon and nutrient storage capacities.

Research project PID2022-140808NB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and by FEDER A way of making Europe.

AEI