Alberta Digital Soil Mapping Optimization Project and Plant Communities App Validation

This project is part of a larger project that seeks to develop an effective, accurate, and cost-effective way to measure soil carbon, improve soil health, and sequester carbon. The interns will gather process samples from across Alberta. The resulting data will contribute to the creation of a digital soil organic carbon map for Alberta that is correlated with other biological, chemical and physical aspects of the soil, as well as help us to understand the links between soil carbon and soil physiochemical and biological properties and their effect on overall soil health and fertility. They will also assist in developing training data for a plant communities app that will help link plant community structure to the carbon sequestration potential and interface with the dynamic soil map for the province of Alberta.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jeff Battigelli;Nikki Cook

Student:

Partner:

Food Water Wellness Foundation

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; Olds College

Program: