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Near-surface groundwater in landscapes under change.
Water in the shallow subsurface controls life on earth. It provides drinking water and is the first control on vegetation growth. This water also transports on local-scales carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus; key building blocks of life. On longer timescales, it regulates soil formation, erosion and sedimentation, and accumulation and decay of organic matter. Water in the shallow subsurface thus is a crucial link in the adaptation of humans and landscapes to a changing climate. These adaptations ultimately feed back into the climate, intensifying or stabilising climate change. My group studies the role of near-surface groundwater in the feedbacks between climate and landscape. Our hydrological innovation is that we go beyond treating the subsurface as a constant medium that facilitates water storage and flow: we see the shallow subsurface as an evolving carrier of adapting landscapes.
My research at the VU focuses on landscapes in transition, and especially on the changes induced by near-surface groundwater presence and flows. My group currently studies greenhouse gas emissions, soil subsidence, and the evolution of peatlands in the Netherlands, Canada, Scandinavia and Ireland, urban deltas, nutrient flows, and permafrost thaw in the Arctic. Within all these topics the role of near-surface groundwater in landscape change is the central theme.
Grants
EO4WQ-NL, Earth observation for Water Quality (NSO/NWO, 2026-2029)
NOBV2, Phase 2 of the National Research on greenhousegas emission (LNV, 2025-2029)
Palud Demos, Demonstration sites for paludiculture, (EU Horizon 2024, 380Keuro, 2025-2029)
ECOWADE: European ecosystem services of Peatlands (NWO and EU through Water4all, 350KE, 2025-2028)
Kennisnetwerk Water: Earth observation of water quality of Dutch inland water (NSO 2024-2026)
RESHAPE: Nature inspired watersystem solutions for resillient sand landscapes (NWO-KIC 2024-2029)
Irish Peatland Resilience (IPR) to changing climate and increased frequency and severity of drought ( EPA 2021-2023)
Nationaal onderzoek broeikasgassen veenweide, (LNV, 2020-2025)
Effecten van vernattingsmaatregelen op bodemdaling, broeikasgasuitstoot en oxidatie van veenbodems, STOWA, 2019
Permafrost thaw impacts on artic river flows. NWO 2016
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Keywords
- Q Science
- Water
- catchment
- critical zone
- S Agriculture
- Water
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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Research output
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Sensitivities of mean and extreme streamflow to climate variability across Europe
Hemshorn de Sánchez, A. L., Berghuijs, W. R., Van Loon, A. F., Hendriks, D. & van der Velde, Y., May 2026, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 30, 9, p. 2667-2683 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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High contributions of anaerobic decomposition to greenhouse gas emissions of agriculturally used peatlands
Boonman, J., Tolunay, D., Keuskamp, J., Heffernan, L., Buzacott, A. J. V., Harpenslager, S. F., van Dijk, G., Hefting, M. & van der Velde, Y., Oct 2025, In: Geoderma. 462, p. 1-12 12 p., 117521.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Peatland resilience and presence under national climate gradients: Implications for peatland restoration strategies
Sabokrouhiyeh, N., van der Velde, Y., Connolly, J. & Kettridge, N., 25 Feb 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 966, p. 1-15 15 p., 178673.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Groundwater–CO2 emissions relationship in Dutch peatlands derived by machine learning using airborne and ground-based eddy covariance data
van der Poel, L. M., Bataille, L. V., Kruijt, B., Franssen, W., Jans, W., Biermann, J., Rietman, A., Buzacott, A. J. V., van der Velde, Y., Boelens, R. & Hutjes, R. W. A., 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 15, p. 3867-3898 32 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Drivers and Annual Totals of Methane Emissions From Dutch Peatlands
Buzacott, A. J. V., Kruijt, B., Bataille, L., van Giersbergen, Q., Heuts, T. S., Fritz, C., Nouta, R., Erkens, G., Boonman, J., van den Berg, M., van Huissteden, J. & van der Velde, Y., Dec 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 12, p. 1-22 22 p., e17590.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Data from: Dating basal peat: The geochronology of peat initiation revisited
Quik, C. (Creator), Palstra, S. W. L. (Creator), van Beek, R. (Creator), van der Velde, Y. (Creator), Candel, J. H. J. (Creator), van der Linden, M. (Creator), Kubiak-Martens, L. (Creator), Swindles, G. T. (Creator), Makaske, B. (Creator) & Wallinga, J. (Creator), 4TU.ResearchData, 2022
DOI: 10.4121/16923358, https://data.4tu.nl/articles/_/16923358
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Data from: Dating basal peat: The geochronology of peat initiation revisited
Quik, C. (Creator), Palstra, S. W. L. (Creator), van Beek, R. (Creator), van der Velde, Y. (Creator), Candel, J. H. J. (Creator), van der Linden, M. (Creator), Kubiak-Martens, L. (Creator), Swindles, G. T. (Creator), Makaske, B. (Creator) & Wallinga, J. (Creator), 4TU.ResearchData, 2022
DOI: 10.4121/16923358.v1, https://data.4tu.nl/articles/_/16923358/1
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Data from: The changing contribution of top-down and bottom-up limitation of mesopredators during 220 years of land use and climate change
Bergström, R. (Contributor), van der Velde, Y. (Contributor), Wallgren, M. (Contributor), Elmhagen, B. (Contributor), Pasanen-Mortensen, M. (Contributor), Cousins, S. A. O. (Contributor), Cousins, S. A. O. (Contributor) & Linden, H. (Contributor), Unknown, 19 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dk6v5, https://zenodo.org/record/4997249
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Data from: The changing contribution of top-down and bottom-up limitation of mesopredators during 220 years of land use and climate change
Pasanen-Mortensen, M. (Contributor), Elmhagen, B. (Contributor), Linden, H. (Contributor), Bergström, R. (Contributor), Wallgren, M. (Contributor), Van Der Velde, Y. (Contributor), Cousins, S. A. O. (Contributor) & Cousins, S. A. O. (Contributor), Unknown, 1 May 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dk6v5, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.dk6v5
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Data from: "Using legacy data to reconstruct the past? Rescue, rigor and reuse in peatland geochronology"
Harkema, T. (Contributor), Quik, J. (Contributor), van der Velde, Y. (Contributor), Quik, C. (Contributor), van Beek, R. (Contributor), Wallinga, J. (Contributor) & van der Plicht, H. (Contributor), 4TU.ResearchData, 1 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.4121/14406347.v1, https://data.4tu.nl/articles/_/14406347/1
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