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Niels Batjes

@niels-batjes.bsky.social

Soil scientist. #Soilscience, #Climatechange, #SoilCarbon, #Sustainability, #FAIRdata. Enjoys nature walks, gardening, and reading. Opinion's are my own. 🧪 🌍 🗺️ 🏞️ ⛰️🟫 🌾🌿 Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JUB5mcoAAAAJ&hl=en

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great paper by Ainhoa Ihasusta et al. published in Carbon Management. It analyses current SOC monitoring methodologies for croplands and proposes a decision tree to help MRV stakeholders select the monitoring strategy considered most appropriate for their context. 🌍👉 lnkd.in/e8run9U7 # soilscience

Figure 2. Schematic representation of the soil-centered modeling approach. The input data sources are classified according to their accuracy, with red being the lowest and green the highest. In addition, the cost arrows represent the cost of collecting these data, with red being the highest cost and green being the lowest cost.
Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great paper by Ainhoa Ihasusta et al. published in Carbon Management. It analyses current SOC monitoring methodologies for croplands and proposes a decision tree to help MRV stakeholders select the monitoring strategy considered most appropriate for their context. 🌍👉 lnkd.in/e8run9U7 # soilscience

Figure 2. Schematic representation of the soil-centered modeling approach. The input data sources are classified according to their accuracy, with red being the lowest and green the highest. In addition, the cost arrows represent the cost of collecting these data, with red being the highest cost and green being the lowest cost.
Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

See new paper published by #EU-ORCaSa team members (Emily Vrot et al.) describing the science-based www.impact4soil.com platform, and prospects for future developments. 🧪🌍 Access open-access paper here 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.so... #soilscience #soilcarbon #soilhealth

Impact4Soil - Horizon Europe Initiative

Powered by the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium, Impact4soil offers data and meta-analysis on soil carbon, practices, and land management solutions.

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very pleased to be named a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’, in Agricultural Sciences, by @clarivate.com (🌎 top 0.1%). Thanks to #ISRIC-WorldSoilInformation for providing the setting that allowed for fruitful collaboration with many international partners and colleagues! 🧪 clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025

The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used carbon offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their probable climate impact", see article in the Guardian. #carbon #offsets 🧪🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · last yr.

Have a look at these very nice videos on peat soils #soilscience #peatsoils 🧪🌍👇

Soil Science Society of Ireland (SSSI)@sssireland.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 10 practical video guides on classifying peat-based soil profiles developed in GER! Perfect for fieldwork & students. 🎥 In English, easy to follow. Shared by Gero Jahns (SSSI & LBEG Hannover) Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... More info: mooris-niedersachsen.de #SoilScience #PeatSoils #SSSI

Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · last yr.

Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution released by ISRIC - World Soil Information in the framework of the EU HoliSoils project to inform forest management and policies. holisoils.eu/soil-propert... 🧪🌍👇🌲🌳 #soilscience #soilhealth #soilmapping #forestsoil

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.

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HoliSoils Project@holisoils.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

Policy Brief: Forest soil challenges in Europe : solutions through sustainable forest management and monitoring - Jukuri

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Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)@luke.fi · last yr.

Sustainable #forest management and monitoring can provide solutions to forest #soil challenges. To support #EU climate goals, improving the data quality of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory reporting is crucial. Read the latest policy brief w/ @holisoils.bsky.social. jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024...

Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you interested in stimulating soil literacy in education by leveraging augmented and mixed reality (AR-MR) technologies for data exploration in a mobile app? Then consider joining this hackathon organised by #ISRIC / #CURIOSOIL ⬇️ #soilscience #education #hackathon 🌍 www.isric.org/news/hackath...

Hackathon: Exploring augmented reality in a mobile application for soil education

The hackathon "Digging deep: Innovating soil education through augmented and mixed reality (AR-MR) in a mobile app" invites educators, soil specialists, developers, designers, and technologists to rev...

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 2y ago

See nice blog below about the establishment of a vibrant Soil Data and Information Community of Practice in Africa. Read more here 🧪🌍👇 www.isric.org/news/communi... #soilscience

A Community of Practice approach to strengthening Soil Information Systems in Africa

In 2022, we began collaborating with our African partners to establish a Soil Information Community of Practice (CoP). In an article on Frankwatching, we discuss the process of building the CoP, highl...

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 2y ago

This recent paper presents the 'Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)', a global movement to improve human nutrition in the face of a changing climate and degraded lands. VACS emphasizes an integrated approach to investments in crops and soils. 🧪🌍👇 #soilscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The vision for adapted crops and soils: how to prioritize investments to achieve sustainable nutrition for all - Nature Plants

The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) is a global movement, launched in 2023, to improve human nutrition in the face of a changing climate and degraded lands. VACS emphasizes an integrated app...

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Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 2y ago

Direct measurement of soil carbon can enhance the accuracy of carbon credit markets by providing reliable data on carbon storage, supporting climate-smart agricultural practices and policy decisions. doi.org/g82bfj

Direct measurements can reduce uncertainty in soil carbon credit markets

Directly measuring soil carbon rather than relying on predictive models can provide hard evidence of how much carbon is being stored, allowing for better assessments of confidence in carbon markets for croplands, according to a study co-authored by Yale School of the Environment scientists and recently published in Environmental Research Letters.

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Niels Batjes@niels-batjes.bsky.social · 2y ago

"A landscape-scale view of soil organic matter dynamics" by Doetterl et al. (2025) outlines how understanding soil formation processes and complexity at the landscape scale can inform predictions of SOM cycling and SOC sequestration 🧪🌍👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #soilscience #soilmapping

A landscape-scale view of soil organic matter dynamics - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Soil carbon cycling is closely linked with landscape complexities in soil properties, climate and land use. This Perspective outlines how soil formation theory could provide insight on landscape-scale...

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