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Digital platform for simulation of soil health

We are trying to develop methods to predict how land use affects the spread of pollutants, soil functions (such as storing and filtering water) and associated ecosystem services (such as clean water, carbon seques-tration).

The central question is:

  • How does land use and soil pollution affect soil functions and associated ecosystem services, in the presence of important drivers such as climate change, and how can we predict the effects of mitigation and adaptation measures?

PHISHES is developing a digital platform with workflows and tools to quantify the effects of management measures and remediation strategies. The platform connects existing models such as MIKE SHE for simulating hydrological processes, DAISY for the soil-plant-atmosphere system, and HYDRUS and MOD-FLOW/MT3D for soil- and groundwater. The goal is to develop tools that predict how policy decisions affect soil health/soil functions/ecosystem services, thereby providing information to make good decisions.

Photo: Emil Fagander

SGIs work within PHISHES (Physically-Based Integrated Soil Health Simulation Platform) focus primarily on simulation of metal and PFAS transport. The methods/tools are tested on real case studies in different European countries, one of which is a well-researched PFAS-contaminated airport in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.  

More information is available on the project website, PHISHES

Project name

Physically-Based Integrated Soil Health Simulation Platform, PHISHES

Project type

Research / EU-project  

Partners

Project coordinator: DHI, Danskt hydrauliskt institut. University of Copenhagen (Denmark), BRGM (France), Deltares (Belgium), CzechGlobe (Czech Republic), Warsaw University (Poland), UBA (Germany), T6 (Italy)

Project period

2024-2028

Financing

EU Horizon RIA (nr: 101157438)

Research

Research that brings about change and does good. That is what we strive for. In order to arrive here we need to meet the challenges in society and pursue research based on the needs of the users.