Communication
Scientific publications
Ziagharib, A. (2025). Management of excavated sulfide soils: Enhancing mechanical stability and maintaining moisture content. PhD Thesis, Luleå: Luleå University of Technology, 59 pp. Link to the PhD Thesis.
Dalhem, K., Kehusmaa, K., Virtasalo, J. J., Åström, M., & Österholm, P. (2025). The impacts of loading from acid sulfate soils on boreal estuarine sediments. European Journal of Soil Science 76, e70075. Link to open access article.
Johnson, A. (2024). Microbiology of boreal acid sulfate soils: Biogeochemical drivers of acidity generation and metals leaching. PhD Thesis, Växjö: Linnaeus University Press, 49 pp. Link to the PhD Thesis.
Kononova, L., Johnson, A., Engblom, S., Stén, P., Yu, C., Österholm, P., Kessler, V., Seisenbaeva, G., Dopson, M., Åström, M., & Högfors-Rönnholm, E. (2024). Geochemical and microbial responses to limestone and peat treatment of incubated hypermonosulfidic sediments. European Journal of Soil Science 76, e70024. Link to open access article.
Ziagharib, A., Jia, Q., Mácsik, J., Laue, J., Maurice, C. (2024). Predictive pattern of undrained shear strength in stabilized sulfur rich silty soil based on binder and initial mixing water content. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 42, 5033–5050. Link to open access article.
Popular science articles
​Forskare varnar för sura jordar. Published in Extrakt 2024-11-12. Link to article.
'The nastiest soils on Earth' are getting recognized as a bigger problem. Published in Phys.org 2024-11-05. Link to article.
Presentations
Saafan, A. Determining minimum cover thickness for sulfidic soil landfills based on soil water retention characteristics. Oral presentation at the 10th International Acid Sulfate Soils Conference, September 15-17, 2025, Luleå, Sweden.
Högfors-Rönnholm, E. Best practices for sustainable stabilisation and reuse of sulfidic soils with minimised environmental impact (MinImpact). Oral presentation at the 10th International Acid Sulfate Soils Conference, September 15-17, 2025, Luleå, Sweden.
Åström, M. Available techniques to minimize acid and metal leaching from acid sulfate soils. Oral presentation on an internal workshop on acid sulfate soils and sulfide soils at Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten in January 2025.
Ziagharib, A. Validation of a sulfide soil landfill numerical model. Oral presentation at the XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering conference, August 26-30, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
Video recordings
Video recording of the second reference group meeting in the project that was held on September 2, 2025. At the meeting, five presentations were made by the project group:​
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1. Mobilisation of waterlogged acid sulfate soils.
2. Dåva Norra - Monitoring of a sulfide soil landfill cover.
3. Treatment of sulfidic sediments with various proportions and grain-sizes of limestone.
4. Comparison of field and lab mixing efficiency in sulfide soil stabilization.
5. Dåva Norra sulfide soil landfill and sulfide soil landfill legislation in Sweden and Finland.
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Presentation 1-3 can be seen in the first part and presentation 4-5 in the second part of the recordings.
Newsletter #1, 2025
UN Sustainable Development goalsÂ
Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The MinImpact project has developed its own SDG pyramid. At the top are the primary goals, which represent the fundamental essence of our daily work. The secondary goals form the second level and are of additional importance for our work. Finally, the third level comprises goals that are still relevant but are perhaps not at the centre of our systematic efforts.