Going Underground on a BGS data trail

We’ve just completed our 3rd round of #EnvironmentalDataDiscovery trails. This trail focused on borehole information and ran 25th – 28th August & 5th – 8th September 2021. It comprised 5 questions to explore the British Geological Survey’s (BGS) online Onshore GeoIndex. Participants started exploring the map view data before looking into the borehole records in […]

A library for understanding the soils of the world

New soil spectral library addresses global food supply through advanced soil analysis A breakthrough in how soils are analyzed, known as soil spectroscopy, is equipping both farmers and government decision-makers with a new tool in combatting land degradation and improving farmers’ crop yields and income. Farmland around the world is becoming increasingly degraded for a […]