The Agali Experimental Forest, with its meticulous data collection and analysis, offers a unique window into the intricate workings of hemiboreal forests, a biome crucial for global climate regulation. This research delves into the forest’s significant role in the global carbon and nitrogen cycles, examining how the forest captures, stores, and releases these elements. The findings from Agali are helping scientists refine our understanding of how these vital ecosystems respond to various environmental stressors, including climate change. This knowledge is vital for developing effective forest management practices and for creating targeted climate change mitigation strategies. For example, understanding how the forest’s N2O emissions respond to fluctuations in temperature and soil moisture can inform practices to minimize these emissions and maximize the forest’s carbon sequestration potential. Agali’s research is contributing to a global effort to ensure the health and resilience of these vital ecosystems in the face of a changing planet.

Nitrous oxide observations from the soil, stems and ecosystem (eddy covariance), meteorological and soil chemical measurements in the Agali experimental forest, Estonia, 2017-2019