How do climate change, atmospheric nutrient deposition and land use affect the capacity of headwaters to regulate greenhouse gases?

The SERVICO2 project studies a little-known but fundamental ecosystem service: the ability of headwater catchmentsf to act as sinks or sources of greenhouse gases such as CO₂, CH₄ or N₂O. Understanding how these fluxes vary in a context of global change is key to preserving the services that nature provides us and to developing effective management strategies.

An international project

SERVICO2 is a project within the Water4All 2023 Joint Transnational Call, with participation of research institutions from Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland.

Headwater ecosystems are sentinels of global change. Understanding how they respond helps us protect them… and protect ourselves.

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SERVICO2 showcased at World Water Week 2026

SERVICO2 was represented at World Water Week 2026, one of the leading international events dedicated to water and sustainable development, through a promotional video featured at the Water4All consortium’s booth.

SERVICO2’s First Co-Creation Event: Local Voices Shape the Future of the Upper Kemi River

On 12 May 2026, the SERVICO2 research team from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) held the project’s first co-creation event in Savukoski, Finnish Lapland. Sixteen local stakeholders from across Lapland and six researchers from UEF, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) and the University of Helsinki (UHEL) took part in the event.

SERVICO2 Takes Off: Kick-off Meeting at CEAB-CSIC, Blanes

The SERVICO2 consortium gathered for a two-day, face-to-face kick-off meeting in Blanes, hosted at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC). Participants from CEAB-CSIC, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), the University of Padova (UniPd), the Czech Geological Survey (CGS), Umeå University (UMU), and the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) met to discuss the next steps of the three-year project and to refine key aspects of its implementation.

A project supported by the Water4Al Consortium. For more information about the project, you can contact us at:

servico2@ceab.csic.es

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