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Hutton soil scientists help develop first Global Soil Organic Carbon Map

Hutton soil scientists help develop first Global Soil Organic Carbon Map

5 Dec 2017

Fragment of Global Soil Organic Carbon Map (courtesy FAO)
"A healthy soil with an ideal amount of soil organic carbon can provide good plant growing conditions, help nutrient cycling and allow adequate water infiltration and storage"
A healthy soil can provide good plant growing conditions (c) James Hutton Inst

Soil scientists from the James Hutton Institute, along with colleagues at Cranfield University, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, have contributed to the development of the first Global Soil Organic Matter map launched today (World Soil Day 2017), by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute