Scientists from around the world are busy mapping the quality and structure of the world's soil -- all 150 million square kilometres of it. They're hoping the digital map they develop will not ...

Their goal: to produce a digital soil map of the entire world. It is a daunting task. In many parts of the world, such as Africa and South Asia, knowledge of soil is sketchy at best, ...

A team of researchers has developed an innovative approach that maps the soil salt contentaround the world with an exceptional detail of 10 meters.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Tuesday launched the Global Soil Organic Carbon Map on World Soil Day, calling for "caring the ground we walk on." Soil is a major carbon ...

A map of Earth reveals hotspots of soil biodiversity and regions to target for conservation. ... Guerra et al. 6 assessed soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions at 615 sites around the world, ...

University of California - Santa Barbara. (2016, December 8). Soil fertility: Global map of soil pH. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 12 ...

At 450 sampling locations spanning 21 million crop acres, it’s the world’s largest soil archive. This unique find is likely the oldest collection, as few soil archives exceed 40 years.

A map predicts 95 per cent of America's soil will be degraded in less than 30 years. Only a 5 percent area is marked not degraded, in an illustration by the Save Soil movement, which shows all ...

30 m-resolution map for mangrove soil carbon stocks for the top metre of soil in the Sundarbans along the India/Bangladesh border. Courtesy: Jonathan Sanderman et al 2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 055002 ...

These massive networks—which can make up to 50% of the living biomass of soil—are important for drawing down carbon into soil, moving around nutrients, and supporting biodiversity above ground.