From September 16 to 20, 2024, the VIII Conference of Young Scientists, "Soil Science: Horizons of the Future, 2024," was held at the Federal Research Center «Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute». Staff from the Laboratory of Soil Carbon and Microbial Ecology actively participated in the event. Mikhail Semenov, Head of the Laboratory, along with researchers Vladislav Leonov and Vladimir Cheptsov, supervised the section "Biota: The Basis of Stable Soil Functioning and an Indicator of Ecosystem Health." Additionally, researcher Yulian Farkhodov served as curators for the section "The Role of Organic Matter in Ensuring the Biosphere Functions of Soil."
Further information about the conference is available at the following link: https://esoilfuture.wixsite.com/futurehorizons