Their map showed strong agreement with existing Quaternary geologic maps while adding a user-controlled level of scale. The results are published in the Winter 2008 issue of Soil Survey Horizons.

A UB faculty member has devised an ingenious way to more quickly test soil in farm fields to make detailed maps of differing soil types. Those maps then can be used to design more efficient farming ...

The map has the growing support of scientists in the United States, said Karl Glasener, the director of science policy for the Soil Science Society of America.

Their map showed strong agreement with existing Quaternary geologic maps while adding a user-controlled level of scale. The results are published in the Winter 2008 issue of Soil Survey Horizons.

New Tool Instantly Creates Soil Maps at Planting Fine-tune seeding rates and placement with Precision Planting’s SmartFirmer.

A new map outlines the soil burn severity damage (SBS) from the seventh-largest wildfire in Arizona history, the Dragon Bravo ...

On his map, Nebraska, for example, is covered with the state's dark brown Holdrege loam, while Maine is represented by its pale Chesuncook glacial soil.

A new map of soil pH shows small climate changes results in significant changes in soil acidity and alkalinity.

The method greatly reduces the time to make a soil map and produces a much more detailed map.

Keeping soil maps updated requires a large quantity of “boots on the ground,” Miller said. Models that account for the redistribution of soil down slopes and the resulting change in topography will ...

Soil scientists are developing the first ever digital soil map of Africa, covering 42 countries south of the Sahara. The map will provide up-to-date information on the health and properties of the ...

Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response teams from the Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service recently announced field data evaluations to produce the “Soil Burn Severity" map for the ...