In November 2014, an Australian team completed the first Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia. The entire country is now represented as a digital grid with two billion ‘pixels’ that are about 90 by 90 metres, down to a depth of two metres below the surface. These maps are consistent with the specifications of the…
Allan Hewitt of Landcare Research in New Zealand has prepared this beginners guide. It is a great pespective on soils. Enjoy! Some soils are made of dust This soil in New Zealand is made of rock dust produced about more than 18 000 years ago in glaciers. Rocks trapped by glacial ice were ground…
Soil information is critical for food security, agricultural productivity, avoiding environmental degradation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, better infrastructure, and improved health and safety. The Oceania Node of the GlobalSoilMap project is producing new digital maps of soil for use by land and soil managers and policymakers.
Soil properties included in the project: soil moisture, nutrient capacity, soil depth, soil pH, salinity, acidity level, soil density, and proportions of clay, sand and silt.
The Oceania Node of the GlobalSoilMap is a partnership for the soil information revolution for a better world. Click here to download the Oceania Node Flyer. OCEANIA NODE OF THE GLOBALSOILMAP PROJECT IS: part of a world−leading project producing the first detailed, 3−D digital map of the world’s soils changing the way we measure and model our land and soil generating fine−scale soil…