Soils are widely recognized as a non-renewable natural resource and as biophysical carbon sinks. As such, there is a growing requirement for global soil information. Although several global soil information systems already exist, these tend to suffer from inconsistencies and limited spatial detail.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/soilgrids1km-%E2%80%94-global-soil-information-based-automated-mapping
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tomislav-hengl
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jorge-mendes-de-jesus
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/robert-macmillan-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-resources
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks