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AI tools hold potential to enhance soil science for climate-resilient agriculture

A new study has outlined how AI tools can accelerate soil science by speeding up work in its…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #AIinnovation #america #climateresilience #science #SoilScience #technology #unitedstatesofamerica
https://www.europesays.com/3009195/

LandPKS Soil ID 1.4.6 enables offline site creation! This means that wherever you are—from an urban garden, to a field excursion in Utah, to a rural farm in South Sudan—you’ll be able to create a site and gather data about the land and soil.

#soil #soilscience #openSource

https://landpks.terraso.org/collect-soil-data-anywhere-in-the-world-with-landpks-soil-id-1-4-6/

Cranfield University: UK’s national soil database goes open access. “In collaboration with Defra, Cranfield’s Land Information System (LandISPortal) – which includes the National Soil Map of England and Wales (NATMAP) – is now on a new platform and open access, free and available for everyone to use. The initiative delivers the commitment in the government’s Land Use Framework to make this […]

Cranfield University: UK’s national soil database goes open access. “In collaboration with Defra, Cranfield’s Land Information System (LandISPortal) – which includes the National Soil Map of England and Wales (NATMAP) – is now on a new platform and open access, free and available for everyone to use. The initiative delivers the commitment in the government’s Land Use Framework to make this […]

#FungiFriday

🌳 Brazilian study used small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE) in forest restoration and found it supercharged tree growth.

🚜 In land that had been worn down by deforestation, pasture use, and poor soil management, the ADE was found to enable faster beneficial fungal growth which enriched the tree rhizosphere.

🍄 Fungi turned out to be more important for establishment than other soil components.

👉 Good News for Restoration Science: Small-volume inoculum can be developed to help native trees establish faster without relying on fertilizers or herbicides.

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/amazonian-dark-earth-increases-tree-diameter-by-up-to-88/

#RestorationScience #Rewilding #Conservation #Ecology #SoilScience #Amazon #Restoration #Fungi #ForestRegeneration #Environment #EnvironmentalConservation

#FungiFriday

🌳 Brazilian study used small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE) in forest restoration and found it supercharged tree growth.

🚜 In land that had been worn down by deforestation, pasture use, and poor soil management, the ADE was found to enable faster beneficial fungal growth which enriched the tree rhizosphere.

🍄 Fungi turned out to be more important for establishment than other soil components.

👉 Good News for Restoration Science: Small-volume inoculum can be developed to help native trees establish faster without relying on fertilizers or herbicides.

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/amazonian-dark-earth-increases-tree-diameter-by-up-to-88/

#RestorationScience #Rewilding #Conservation #Ecology #SoilScience #Amazon #Restoration #Fungi #ForestRegeneration #Environment #EnvironmentalConservation

#FungiFriday

🌳 Brazilian study used small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE) in forest restoration and found it supercharged tree growth.

🚜 In land that had been worn down by deforestation, pasture use, and poor soil management, the ADE was found to enable faster beneficial fungal growth which enriched the tree rhizosphere.

🍄 Fungi turned out to be more important for establishment than other soil components.

👉 Good News for Restoration Science: Small-volume inoculum can be developed to help native trees establish faster without relying on fertilizers or herbicides.

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/amazonian-dark-earth-increases-tree-diameter-by-up-to-88/

#RestorationScience #Rewilding #Conservation #Ecology #SoilScience #Amazon #Restoration #Fungi #ForestRegeneration #Environment #EnvironmentalConservation

#FungiFriday

🌳 Brazilian study used small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE) in forest restoration and found it supercharged tree growth.

🚜 In land that had been worn down by deforestation, pasture use, and poor soil management, the ADE was found to enable faster beneficial fungal growth which enriched the tree rhizosphere.

🍄 Fungi turned out to be more important for establishment than other soil components.

👉 Good News for Restoration Science: Small-volume inoculum can be developed to help native trees establish faster without relying on fertilizers or herbicides.

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/amazonian-dark-earth-increases-tree-diameter-by-up-to-88/

#RestorationScience #Rewilding #Conservation #Ecology #SoilScience #Amazon #Restoration #Fungi #ForestRegeneration #Environment #EnvironmentalConservation

#FungiFriday

🌳 Brazilian study used small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE) in forest restoration and found it supercharged tree growth.

🚜 In land that had been worn down by deforestation, pasture use, and poor soil management, the ADE was found to enable faster beneficial fungal growth which enriched the tree rhizosphere.

🍄 Fungi turned out to be more important for establishment than other soil components.

👉 Good News for Restoration Science: Small-volume inoculum can be developed to help native trees establish faster without relying on fertilizers or herbicides.

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/amazonian-dark-earth-increases-tree-diameter-by-up-to-88/

#RestorationScience #Rewilding #Conservation #Ecology #SoilScience #Amazon #Restoration #Fungi #ForestRegeneration #Environment #EnvironmentalConservation

Spring garden tips: What to know about mulch https://www.allforgardening.com/1730928/spring-garden-tips-what-to-know-about-mulch/ #agriculture #botany #compost #DCC #EarthSciences #garden #gardening #horticulture #landscape #LeeNational #Mulch #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #soil #SoilScience

Spring garden tips: What to know about mulch https://www.allforgardening.com/1730928/spring-garden-tips-what-to-know-about-mulch/ #agriculture #botany #compost #DCC #EarthSciences #garden #gardening #horticulture #landscape #LeeNational #Mulch #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #soil #SoilScience

University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

LandPKS Soil ID now supports #swahili 🎉 Get version 1.4.5 today for Android or iPhone. Special thanks to Bonstein Sisa of ShambaSense for his review of the Swahili translation.

https://landpks.terraso.org/habari-landpks-soil-id-partners-with-shambasense-to-add-swahili/

#soilscience

Iowa State University: Digging deeper on how tillage methods affect soil health, yield. “Tillage’s impact on soil carbon is also important to companies that pay farmers to reduce tilling to help meet corporate carbon emissions goals…. A database built by Iowa State researchers aims to provide more certainty by digging deep into the effects of tillage, integrating the results of more than […]

HOME AND GARDEN: 2026 is the Year of the Azalea | Premium Plus https://www.allforgardening.com/1653183/home-and-garden-2026-is-the-year-of-the-azalea-premium-plus/ #agriculture #archaeplastida #azalea #botany #EarthSciences #garden #gardener #gardening #horticulture #Kingdoms(biology) #Mulch #organisms #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #RhododendronCalendulaceum #Root #soil #SoilScience

HOME AND GARDEN: 2026 is the Year of the Azalea | Premium Plus https://www.allforgardening.com/1653183/home-and-garden-2026-is-the-year-of-the-azalea-premium-plus/ #agriculture #archaeplastida #azalea #botany #EarthSciences #garden #gardener #gardening #horticulture #Kingdoms(biology) #Mulch #organisms #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #RhododendronCalendulaceum #Root #soil #SoilScience

Elaine Ingham passed away on February 18, 2026. Despite her pioneering work in #soilscience & the #SoilFoodWeb and her huge influence on the #regenerativeAgriculture movement since the 1980's she did not even have an entry in the German Wikipedia - so that's changed now.

https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/

#soil #gardening #compost #SoilHealth #ecology #permaculture #nature #syntropicagriculture

Elaine Ingham passed away on February 18, 2026. Despite her pioneering work in #soilscience & the #SoilFoodWeb and her huge influence on the #regenerativeAgriculture movement since the 1980's she did not even have an entry in the German Wikipedia - so that's changed now.

https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/

#soil #gardening #compost #SoilHealth #ecology #permaculture #nature #syntropicagriculture

Elaine Ingham passed away on February 18, 2026. Despite her pioneering work in #soilscience & the #SoilFoodWeb and her huge influence on the #regenerativeAgriculture movement since the 1980's she did not even have an entry in the German Wikipedia - so that's changed now.

https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/

#soil #gardening #compost #SoilHealth #ecology #permaculture #nature #syntropicagriculture

Elaine Ingham passed away on February 18, 2026. Despite her pioneering work in #soilscience & the #SoilFoodWeb and her huge influence on the #regenerativeAgriculture movement since the 1980's she did not even have an entry in the German Wikipedia - so that's changed now.

https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/

#soil #gardening #compost #SoilHealth #ecology #permaculture #nature #syntropicagriculture

Elaine Ingham passed away on February 18, 2026. Despite her pioneering work in #soilscience & the #SoilFoodWeb and her huge influence on the #regenerativeAgriculture movement since the 1980's she did not even have an entry in the German Wikipedia - so that's changed now.

https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/

#soil #gardening #compost #SoilHealth #ecology #permaculture #nature #syntropicagriculture

📢 New research! “Site-Specific Drivers of Land-Use Change Effects on Organic Carbon in German Agriculture and Forest Soils”.

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

We reveal that ~30 % of land-use change induced SOC change occurs in the subsoil, with soil type driving most change.

@Thuenen_aktuell

#soil #soilscience #climate

GARDEN COLUMN: Try hanging an overripe banana in your garden | Community https://www.allforgardening.com/?p=1621153 #agriculture #archaeplastida #banana #bee #biology #botany #coccinellidae #compost #decomposition #fertilizer #flower #fruit #garden #gardening #horticulture #insect #Kingdoms(biology) #organisms #Pest(organism) #PestControl #plant #PlantAgriculture #plants #pollination #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #soil #SoilFertility #SoilScience

Lyon County Extension Master Gardeners 2026 Spring Edition of the Grow Your Garden Series | Free https://www.allforgardening.com/1617948/lyon-county-extension-master-gardeners-2026-spring-edition-of-the-grow-your-garden-series-free/ #agriculture #botany #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalDesign #garden #gardening #horticulture #landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeDesign #NaturalEnvironment #NaturalSciences #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #soil #SoilScience #SoilTest

Ever wondered why your newly planted plants need extra TLC with watering? 🌱 In the UK's unpredictable weather, understanding the soil type is key! Sandy soils dry out fast, while clay can hold too much water. Give them the right amount to help roots settle in and thrive! What’s your go-to watering routine? 💦

https://ukpavingtalkgroup.com/kb/watering-newly-planted-plants/

#PlantCare #UKGardening #NewPlants #SoilScience #WateringTips #GardenLife #SustainableGardening

Total removal of livestock from upland grasslands reduces mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC), the most stable form of soil carbon, despite increasing fast-cycling carbon in vegetation.
#Ecology #SoilScience #AgriculturalScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eco02022601.html

I figured someone, somewhere, is trying to grow food that doesn’t murder the soil. Someone has terabytes of wildlife camera monitoring and drowning in footage. Someone has a brilliant idea and absolutely no software skills or budget.

Maybe we can help.

We’re just people who can code, but maybe “just people who can code” might be exactly what someone needs right now.

We’re already collaborating with some rewilding projects, and we’d like to do more of it and meet more people trying to do things that matter.

The few people we talked to, who are fighting the important fights, are using broken tools, or no tools at all.

Maybe we can be of use to people protecting and restoring ecosystems, innovating sustainable food systems, or those tracking what’s actually happening to the living world around us.

We don’t have all the answers. I don’t even have most of the questions most days, and I’m trying my best to learn. But we’re good at software, we can build things that work, and we’d rather build things that matter.

To end this thread, I’m casting a wide net but if you’re trying to save one specific part of the world and software is the thing standing between you and doing it better—please talk to us! We want to meet you.

#OpenScience #Conservation #RestorativeAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #EcologyInAction #CitizenScienc #Biodiversity
#ForestRestoration #Agroecology #SoilScience

I figured someone, somewhere, is trying to grow food that doesn’t murder the soil. Someone has terabytes of wildlife camera monitoring and drowning in footage. Someone has a brilliant idea and absolutely no software skills or budget.

Maybe we can help.

We’re just people who can code, but maybe “just people who can code” might be exactly what someone needs right now.

We’re already collaborating with some rewilding projects, and we’d like to do more of it and meet more people trying to do things that matter.

The few people we talked to, who are fighting the important fights, are using broken tools, or no tools at all.

Maybe we can be of use to people protecting and restoring ecosystems, innovating sustainable food systems, or those tracking what’s actually happening to the living world around us.

We don’t have all the answers. I don’t even have most of the questions most days, and I’m trying my best to learn. But we’re good at software, we can build things that work, and we’d rather build things that matter.

To end this thread, I’m casting a wide net but if you’re trying to save one specific part of the world and software is the thing standing between you and doing it better—please talk to us! We want to meet you.

#OpenScience #Conservation #RestorativeAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #EcologyInAction #CitizenScienc #Biodiversity
#ForestRestoration #Agroecology #SoilScience

I figured someone, somewhere, is trying to grow food that doesn’t murder the soil. Someone has terabytes of wildlife camera monitoring and drowning in footage. Someone has a brilliant idea and absolutely no software skills or budget.

Maybe we can help.

We’re just people who can code, but maybe “just people who can code” might be exactly what someone needs right now.

We’re already collaborating with some rewilding projects, and we’d like to do more of it and meet more people trying to do things that matter.

The few people we talked to, who are fighting the important fights, are using broken tools, or no tools at all.

Maybe we can be of use to people protecting and restoring ecosystems, innovating sustainable food systems, or those tracking what’s actually happening to the living world around us.

We don’t have all the answers. I don’t even have most of the questions most days, and I’m trying my best to learn. But we’re good at software, we can build things that work, and we’d rather build things that matter.

To end this thread, I’m casting a wide net but if you’re trying to save one specific part of the world and software is the thing standing between you and doing it better—please talk to us! We want to meet you.

#OpenScience #Conservation #RestorativeAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #EcologyInAction #CitizenScienc #Biodiversity
#ForestRestoration #Agroecology #SoilScience

I figured someone, somewhere, is trying to grow food that doesn’t murder the soil. Someone has terabytes of wildlife camera monitoring and drowning in footage. Someone has a brilliant idea and absolutely no software skills or budget.

Maybe we can help.

We’re just people who can code, but maybe “just people who can code” might be exactly what someone needs right now.

We’re already collaborating with some rewilding projects, and we’d like to do more of it and meet more people trying to do things that matter.

The few people we talked to, who are fighting the important fights, are using broken tools, or no tools at all.

Maybe we can be of use to people protecting and restoring ecosystems, innovating sustainable food systems, or those tracking what’s actually happening to the living world around us.

We don’t have all the answers. I don’t even have most of the questions most days, and I’m trying my best to learn. But we’re good at software, we can build things that work, and we’d rather build things that matter.

To end this thread, I’m casting a wide net but if you’re trying to save one specific part of the world and software is the thing standing between you and doing it better—please talk to us! We want to meet you.

#OpenScience #Conservation #RestorativeAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #EcologyInAction #CitizenScienc #Biodiversity
#ForestRestoration #Agroecology #SoilScience

I figured someone, somewhere, is trying to grow food that doesn’t murder the soil. Someone has terabytes of wildlife camera monitoring and drowning in footage. Someone has a brilliant idea and absolutely no software skills or budget.

Maybe we can help.

We’re just people who can code, but maybe “just people who can code” might be exactly what someone needs right now.

We’re already collaborating with some rewilding projects, and we’d like to do more of it and meet more people trying to do things that matter.

The few people we talked to, who are fighting the important fights, are using broken tools, or no tools at all.

Maybe we can be of use to people protecting and restoring ecosystems, innovating sustainable food systems, or those tracking what’s actually happening to the living world around us.

We don’t have all the answers. I don’t even have most of the questions most days, and I’m trying my best to learn. But we’re good at software, we can build things that work, and we’d rather build things that matter.

To end this thread, I’m casting a wide net but if you’re trying to save one specific part of the world and software is the thing standing between you and doing it better—please talk to us! We want to meet you.

#OpenScience #Conservation #RestorativeAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #EcologyInAction #CitizenScienc #Biodiversity
#ForestRestoration #Agroecology #SoilScience

"Applications for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree Master: International Master of Science in Soils & Global Change (IMSOGLO) for students intake in September 2026 are open until 28 February 2026 for scholarships (EU- and non-EU students)."

"IMSOGLO is a 2 year Master of Science programme through

Ghent University (Belgium)
BOKU University (Austria)
University of Göttingen (Germany)
Aarhus University (Denmark)"

https://imsoglo.eu #SoilScience #GradSchool #Science

"The Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques is looking for a Consultant for the SoilFER Soil Spectroscopy position (TAL-NAFA20260120-001). This role (in the frame of the SoilFER project) is suitable for individuals with good hands-on experience in infrared spectroscopy for soil property monitoring." #SoilScience #Spectroscopy #ScienceJob #GetFediHired

https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=TAL-NAFA20260120-001&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles

"The Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques is looking for a Consultant for the SoilFER Soil Spectroscopy position (TAL-NAFA20260120-001). This role (in the frame of the SoilFER project) is suitable for individuals with good hands-on experience in infrared spectroscopy for soil property monitoring." #SoilScience #Spectroscopy #ScienceJob #GetFediHired

https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=TAL-NAFA20260120-001&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles

"The Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques is looking for a Consultant for the SoilFER Soil Spectroscopy position (TAL-NAFA20260120-001). This role (in the frame of the SoilFER project) is suitable for individuals with good hands-on experience in infrared spectroscopy for soil property monitoring." #SoilScience #Spectroscopy #ScienceJob #GetFediHired

https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=TAL-NAFA20260120-001&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles

"The Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques is looking for a Consultant for the SoilFER Soil Spectroscopy position (TAL-NAFA20260120-001). This role (in the frame of the SoilFER project) is suitable for individuals with good hands-on experience in infrared spectroscopy for soil property monitoring." #SoilScience #Spectroscopy #ScienceJob #GetFediHired

https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=TAL-NAFA20260120-001&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles

"The Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques is looking for a Consultant for the SoilFER Soil Spectroscopy position (TAL-NAFA20260120-001). This role (in the frame of the SoilFER project) is suitable for individuals with good hands-on experience in infrared spectroscopy for soil property monitoring." #SoilScience #Spectroscopy #ScienceJob #GetFediHired

https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=TAL-NAFA20260120-001&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles

2 Billion Acres of NEW Farmland

New technological breakthroughs in soil science and irrigation are opening up billions of acres of previously un-arable land for food production.

#Agriculture #FoodSecurity #SoilScience #FutureFarming #Nature #eco #Conservation #Ecology #Science #news

https://www.naturechannel.org/2-billion-acres-of-new-farmland/

2 Billion Acres of NEW Farmland

New technological breakthroughs in soil science and irrigation are opening up billions of acres of previously un-arable land for food production.

#Agriculture #FoodSecurity #SoilScience #FutureFarming #Nature #eco #Conservation #Ecology #Science #news

https://www.naturechannel.org/2-billion-acres-of-new-farmland/

2 Billion Acres of NEW Farmland

New technological breakthroughs in soil science and irrigation are opening up billions of acres of previously un-arable land for food production.

#Agriculture #FoodSecurity #SoilScience #FutureFarming #Nature #eco #Conservation #Ecology #Science #news

https://www.naturechannel.org/2-billion-acres-of-new-farmland/

2 Billion Acres of NEW Farmland

New technological breakthroughs in soil science and irrigation are opening up billions of acres of previously un-arable land for food production.

#Agriculture #FoodSecurity #SoilScience #FutureFarming #Nature #eco #Conservation #Ecology #Science #news

https://www.naturechannel.org/2-billion-acres-of-new-farmland/