Expected Outcome:
Activities under this topic will help to progress towards the objectives of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe', in particular to its specific objective 4, "Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration" and the operational objective 3, "Develop an integrated EU soil monitoring system and track progress towards soil health." Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Enhanced understanding of the sources that contribute to spatio-temporal variability in soil biogeochemical processes and in particular how these sources influence total nitrogen fluxes across major climatic conditions throughout Europe and Associated Countries.
- Advanced comprehension of the mechanisms governing nitrogen translocation from soil, including gaseous emissions and subsurface leaching into groundwater.
- More effective monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation efforts and significant reduction in the uncertainty associated with the estimates of the full nitrogen budget at the European continental scale.
- Assessment of improved nitrogen management and conservation strategies.
- Improved land managers confidence in the implementation of advanced strategic nitrogen management practices that aim at reducing nitrogen losses from soil.
Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 is a central goal of the European Green Deal. However, soil-derived gaseous nitrogen emissions from agriculture are often overlooked due to challenges in monitoring.
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