Spectroscopic solutions for generating new global soil information
Peng, Yi, Ben-Dor, Eyal, Biswas, Asim, Chabrillat, Sabine, Demattê, José A.M., Ge, Yufeng, Gholizadeh, Asa, Gomez, Cecile, Guerrero, Cesar, Herrick, Jeffrey, Maynard, Jonathan J., Mouazen, Abdul Mounem, Ma, Yuxin, McBratney, Alex B., Minasny, Budiman, Ramirez-Lopez, Leonardo, Robertson, A.H. Jean, Viscarra Rossel, Raphael A., Shi, Zhou, Stenberg, Bo, Wadoux, Alexandre M.J.-C., Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, and Zhang, Ganlin (2025) Spectroscopic solutions for generating new global soil information. The Innovation, 6 (5). 100839.
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Abstract
While global efforts to operationalize soil spectroscopy are progressing, cooperation is needed to fully leverage its potential for generating digital soil information to support sustainable soil management worldwide. The Global Soil Laboratory Network’s soil spectroscopy initiative (GLOSOLAN-Spec), led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), is dedicated to the further development and adoption of soil spectroscopy by fostering international collaboration via a scientific community of practice to produce accurate and reliable soil information for sustainable soil management and decision-making. To support this effort, we, a global consortium of soil scientists under the auspices of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) and GLOSOLAN-Spec, aim to address seven key challenges hindering the adoption of soil spectroscopy worldwide. Here, we offer perspectives on what is needed to advance soil spectroscopy as a routine soil analysis method, emphasizing its potential to generate new and reliable spatial and temporal soil data.
| Item ID: | 94096 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Commentary) |
| ISSN: | 2666-6758 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Youth Innovation Co., Ltd. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2026 06:13 |
| FoR Codes: | 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4106 Soil sciences > 410602 Pedology and pedometrics @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1806 Terrestrial systems and management > 180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems @ 100% |
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