News in 2026

Soils for Europe Conference marks Mission Soil’s shift from research to action

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/solo-coimbra/​

Katharina Wilfert wins Vocatio scholarship

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/wilfert-vocatio/​

Due to the dry summer, trees in Brasschaat absorbed much less CO2

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/brasschaat-drought/​

Award for spin-off trajectory Carbizon

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/carbizon_cieif/​

Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/phenology-vertebrates/​

Soil microbes support grassland plant acclimatisation to persistent weather

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/donnely-new-phyt/​

Experimental study in Iceland investigates plant-microbiome interactions

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/soil-microbiome-coline/​

Decades of dredging are pushing the Western Scheldt beyond its ecological limits

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/dredging-westerscheldt/​

Malaurie Hons wins Paul Van Oye award

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/malaurie-award/​

Fire smoke provides unexpected fertiliser for Amazon rainforest

​https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2026/fire-fertiliser/​