ISRIC World Soil Museum welcomes an artist-in-residence to bring new perspectives to education about the importance and diversity of soils. The artist, Kate Foster, will work with the World Soil Museum during 2022 to generate dialogue and engagement around peatland and wetland soils.

For 55 years, ISRIC – World Soil Information has worked together with many international partners to achieve sustainable use of soil, one of our most precious global resources. Take a journey with us back in time to explore where five and a half decades of soil information service work has led.

Celebrate World Soil Day 2021 with the Global Soil Museum Network by virtually visiting four soil museums around the world and learning about soil science and this year's theme: "Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity."

ISRIC – World Soil Information guest researcher David G. Rossiter recently published “Are soil phenoforms the new normal? Soil classification and soil mapping in the Anthropocene” in the journal Soil Security.

The FOSS4G conference is an annual global conference around Open Source Geospatial software. ISRIC – World Soil Information is an active participant in various open source communities, which shared their current and upcoming activities at the conference. This post highlights some of the presentations and contains links to the videos.

From 1 November until 17 December a new exhibit, Earth as Superfood, showcasing edible soils from around the world begins in two locations on Wageningen University and Research (WUR) campus, in the World Soil Museum and in the Impulse building.

On 13 October 2021, ISRIC senior soil scientist Johan Leenaars delivered a guest lecture to the Soil Science Society of Nigeria and the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science on the topic: “Compiling a Nigerian Soil Profiles database for agricultural development.”

Though we may not recognise it on a daily basis, standards are important for all of us. They help us work together, to measure progress, and to ensure quality and fairness. At their heart, standards are about cooperation, which is crucial to our mission at ISRIC – World Soil Information

ISRIC – World Soil Information is pleased to welcome visiting PhD candidate Eric Asamoah from the Fertilizer Research and Responsible Implementation (FERARI) program in Ghana.

Multi-element soil extractions, like Mehlich 3 (M3), have recently gained popularity. M3 is a cost-effective method as it extracts macronutrients, including phosphorus and potassium, and micronutrients from soil samples. The availability of M3 data presents challenges for using soil and crop models that are calibrated based on different soil tests.