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Conservation outcomes of dietary transitions across different values of nature - Nature Sustainability

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 2d

@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu Healthy 🫘🥘🍲diets boost wellbeing and ease conservation trade-offs. Protecting land 🌳🌴🚜alone can raise food costs 💸💰, but our study
shows diet shifts help balance food🧑‍🍳, biodiversity🧬 & land use 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01595-9

This study examines the outcomes of dietary shifts across intrinsic and instrumental conservation perspectives, finding that most conservation benefits already come from a partial shift to healthier, more plant-based diets, whereas greater benefits depend on more targeted conservation action.

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 17d

Impact of climate change🏜️🌧️ and increase of temperature 🌡️ to Soil organic carbon. Warming can cause SOC loss in 55°N - 60°N due to decomposition 🕸️🪰& gains north of 65°N. Projections for SOC in2⃣0⃣7⃣0⃣. Read more in our article: t.co/pchm0McSpg

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 17d

Impact of climate change🏜️🌧️ and increase of temperature 🌡️ to Soil organic carbon. Warming can cause SOC loss in 55°N - 60°N due to decomposition 🕸️🪰& gains north of 65°N. Projections for SOC in2⃣0⃣7⃣0⃣. Read more in our article: t.co/pchm0McSpg

Healthy soils as a booster to EU competitiveness

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 22d

🧪Soil is not just a cornerstone of environment🌲🥬, it also plays a key role in our economy💹💳. Soil business models🕴️ as biotechnology🧬, remediation of contaminated sites, carbon farming, regenerative agriculture🚜 can contribute to EU competitiveness🏦👔. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The European Union's strategic agenda for 2024–2029 prioritizes a prosperous and competitive Europe, with soil health potentially playing a role in ac…

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Healthy soils as a booster to EU competitiveness

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 22d

🧪Soil is not just a cornerstone of environment🌲🥬, it also plays a key role in our economy💹💳. Soil business models🕴️ as biotechnology🧬, remediation of contaminated sites, carbon farming, regenerative agriculture🚜 can contribute to EU competitiveness🏦👔. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The European Union's strategic agenda for 2024–2029 prioritizes a prosperous and competitive Europe, with soil health potentially playing a role in ac…

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 26d

Mediterranean olive groves🫒, which have long been symbols of tradition and culinary heritage🫘🥘 are threaten by serious erosion rates of 29-47 tons per ha annually. Read the Nature Article @soilolive.bsky.social .
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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · 26d

Mediterranean olive groves🫒, which have long been symbols of tradition and culinary heritage🫘🥘 are threaten by serious erosion rates of 29-47 tons per ha annually. Read the Nature Article @soilolive.bsky.social .
t.co/BUnwiZePKe

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 14

Phosphorus inputs are important for crop🌽🌱🌾 yields. In the European Union, we can reduce P inputs by 20% without without adverse impacts on crop production. Important for farmers👨‍🌾🚜. Get our last study 🧪🔬 in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#agriculture #phosphorus

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 18

How we can improve continental 🇪🇺🌍Soil Monitoring🔑? Which indicators and thresholds to choose🪛⚒️? New study
@ai4soilhealth.bsky.social summarizes 4 methods to go forward by 2030 ⏲️. Research on soil monitoring 🔭🧪
t.co/2CwhH4kU4n

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 18

How we can improve continental 🇪🇺🌍Soil Monitoring🔑? Which indicators and thresholds to choose🪛⚒️? New study
@ai4soilhealth.bsky.social summarizes 4 methods to go forward by 2030 ⏲️. Research on soil monitoring 🔭🧪
t.co/2CwhH4kU4n

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 14

Phosphorus inputs are important for crop🌽🌱🌾 yields. In the European Union, we can reduce P inputs by 20% without without adverse impacts on crop production. Important for farmers👨‍🌾🚜. Get our last study 🧪🔬 in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#agriculture #phosphorus

A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union - Scientific Data

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 13

Bioavailability and risks of Heavy metals in agricultural soils 🌽🌱remain one of the important obstacles to achieving global food safety & security 🫘👩‍🍳🍲. Europe shows lower average dissolved cadmium content (-17%) compared to China🀄. nature.com/articles/s43... Data also available🔭🧪

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Aug 13

Bioavailability and risks of Heavy metals in agricultural soils 🌽🌱remain one of the important obstacles to achieving global food safety & security 🫘👩‍🍳🍲. Europe shows lower average dissolved cadmium content (-17%) compared to China🀄. nature.com/articles/s43... Data also available🔭🧪

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Jun 27

How much Sewage sludge we can apply in EU🌍 agricultural 🚜soils in order to avoid ecological risk of Heavy metal pollution? 🏭. 19% of agricultural land is at risk if we apply 5 t per ha sewage sludge per year. Data are also available 🧪🔬
bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Jun 27

How much Sewage sludge we can apply in EU🌍 agricultural 🚜soils in order to avoid ecological risk of Heavy metal pollution? 🏭. 19% of agricultural land is at risk if we apply 5 t per ha sewage sludge per year. Data are also available 🧪🔬
bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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TousPourEDD 🌱 🌎 @touspouredd.bsky.social · Jun 9

Pesticides, aridité, métaux lourds, érosion… Les sols agricoles européens sont «multi-dégradés»
Cette dégradation met en péril la sécurité alimentaire, alerte une étude parue mercredi 8 mai dans la revue scientifique «Nature».
(en anglais)
ODD 2 Sécurité alimentaire
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Jun 5

Erosion has a negative impact in Climate change 🌊. Global🌍 Soil organic carbon losses due to erosion are about 1 billion tons C per year. This figure may increase by 30% due to climate change🌞🌦️ and increased soil losses. t.co/8nGmwWCZ9W

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Jun 5

Erosion has a negative impact in Climate change 🌊. Global🌍 Soil organic carbon losses due to erosion are about 1 billion tons C per year. This figure may increase by 30% due to climate change🌞🌦️ and increased soil losses. t.co/8nGmwWCZ9W

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Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · May 8

🆕The first Gully erosion occurrence probability map of the 🇪🇺 just published📜. It is using 400,000 LUCAS earth observations. 0.8% of all monitored locations show gully occurrence. #SoilHealth #missionSoil
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Data - A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union

A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union - Scientific Data

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · May 8

🆕The first Gully erosion occurrence probability map of the 🇪🇺 just published📜. It is using 400,000 LUCAS earth observations. 0.8% of all monitored locations show gully occurrence. #SoilHealth #missionSoil
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Data - A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union

Soil organic carbon is at risk in a large part of European agricultural land

Panos Panagos @panospanagos.bsky.social · Apr 26

What we eat 🥧👩‍🍳affects more than our waistlines🧪. Agriculture👨‍🌾🚜, especially livestock🦌 farming, consumes water💧, destroys forests🌲🌳, and releases greenhouse gases. Do we have an option with Alternative proteins🥜? t.co/wf4006KwCX

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Irene Biavetti @irenebiavetti.bsky.social · Apr 23

ew 🆕JRC Bulletin📰 out! Dry condition ☀️in Central & Northern Europe🇪🇺, abundant rainfall 🌦️ in the South. Get the latest insights on European Agricultrure👨‍🌾🚜 and Crop yield 🌱🍃🌾forecast🧪🌡️. publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · Apr 15

A significant portion of EU and UK agricultural land faces high risk of soil organic carbon loss, highlighting the need for targeted carbon management practices to enhance soil health and resilience. doi.org/g88vn9

The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK agricultural land, primarily in cool and humid regions, according to a JRC-led study published in Nature Communications.

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