Scientific/Research Officer in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Managing the EU Soil Observatory - Developing soil health models & policy advice in Land Degradation. Own viewshttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3mgmftt7aas2yYou have asked and we did it: Happy to share that the article we recently published in @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com is now OPEN ACCESS📖🤓🤎 💊🌿🚜 “Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils” 🧪 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09991-z09 Mar 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmftt7aas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3mgmftt7aas2yYou have asked and we did it: Happy to share that the article we recently published in @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com is now OPEN ACCESS📖🤓🤎 💊🌿🚜 “Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils” 🧪 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09991-z09 Mar 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmftt7aas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3meimot4pm22i@nature.com paper 📜on how Pesticide 🩹residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity 🪳🪰in soils. Highest ⬆️impact in annual croplands 🌽🌱and orchards 🍊🍒 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09991-z10 Feb 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meimot4pm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3meimot4pm22i@nature.com paper 📜on how Pesticide 🩹residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity 🪳🪰in soils. Highest ⬆️impact in annual croplands 🌽🌱and orchards 🍊🍒 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09991-z10 Feb 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meimot4pm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3m7aodqhe3k2impact of Healthy Diet Shifts 🍊🥒🥕 on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Europe. 5.5 Mha of the land will be converted from permanent grasslands 🥬to arable crops 🌽to meet demand for human consumption. Losses of Carbon from 80.8 t C ha-1 to 76.2 t C ha-1 🧪 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.7062405 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aodqhe3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3m7aodqhe3k2impact of Healthy Diet Shifts 🍊🥒🥕 on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Europe. 5.5 Mha of the land will be converted from permanent grasslands 🥬to arable crops 🌽to meet demand for human consumption. Losses of Carbon from 80.8 t C ha-1 to 76.2 t C ha-1 🧪 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.7062405 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aodqhe3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3m2md56z5vk2z@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/s41893-025-01595-907 Oct 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2md56z5vk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3m2md56z5vk2z@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/s41893-025-01595-907 Oct 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2md56z5vk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lzg4sgebys2cImpact 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/pchm0McSpg22 Sep 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg4sgebys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lzg4sgebys2cImpact 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/pchm0McSpg22 Sep 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg4sgebys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lyzfjokc222d🧪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🏦👔. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483772500289317 Sep 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzfjokc222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lyzfjokc222d🧪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🏦👔. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483772500289317 Sep 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzfjokc222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lypgntp6js2wMediterranean 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/BUnwiZePKe13 Sep 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypgntp6js2whttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lypgntp6js2wMediterranean 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/BUnwiZePKe13 Sep 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypgntp6js2whttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwdtpx7wdk2uPhosphorus 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 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901125001844 #agriculture #phosphorus14 Aug 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdtpx7wdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwo5zla2vk2yHow 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/2CwhH4kU4n18 Aug 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwo5zla2vk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwo5zla2vk2yHow 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/2CwhH4kU4n18 Aug 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwo5zla2vk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwdtpx7wdk2uPhosphorus 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 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901125001844 #agriculture #phosphorus14 Aug 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdtpx7wdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwbfinpqas2iBioavailability 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🀄. https://nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02516-6 Data also available🔭🧪13 Aug 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbfinpqas2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lwbfinpqas2iBioavailability 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🀄. https://nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02516-6 Data also available🔭🧪13 Aug 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbfinpqas2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lslgcldsqs2gHow 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 🧪🔬 https://bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejss.1356227 Jun 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslgcldsqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lslgcldsqs2gHow 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 🧪🔬 https://bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejss.1356227 Jun 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslgcldsqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/panospanagos.bsky.social/post/3lqtuilwppk26Erosion 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/8nGmwWCZ9W05 Jun 2025 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:etollpbjshrnmzvff5fsgibr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtuilwppk26