Through collaboration with Agricuture & Agri-Food Canada and NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, a searchable online version of the 'Canadian System of Soil Classification', 3rd edition is accessible through pedosphere.com. This is a great resource at your finger tips!

The Pedology Subcommittee of the Canadian Society of Soil Science has announced that the new Soils of Canada website is open for business at http://www.soilsofcanada.ca/. The goal for the site is to develop a resource that would be useful for the entire soil science community in Canada but with a special emphasis on content appropriate for a post-secondary course in soil genesis and classification.

Here are links to three important organizations:
USDA-NRCS (U.S. Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service) is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information.
European Soil Portal — This Soil Portal contributes to a thematic data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data and information regarding soils at European level. It serves also as a vehicle to promote the activities of the European Soil Bureau Network.
ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent foundation with a global mandate, funded by the Netherlands Government, and with a strategic association with Wageningen University and Research Centre.

In collaboration with United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pedosphere.com reproduced Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eighth Edition, 1998 in a searchable format in 2001. The information for each Soil Order, Great Group and Subgroup in embedded within the key for the whole system. The current version, i.e., the tenth edition published in 2006, and the summary of changes to Keys to Soil Taxonomy can be downloaded from the NRCS site. Also, the previous versions of Keys to Soil Taxonomy are archived on the NRCS site. It is our intention to update the searchable version to the current version in the near future.

The Soil Monolith Collections and Displays have been recently upgraded to a museum standard at the University of Alberta. A colorful brochure entitled, "The Story of Soil Science in Alberta: A Guided Tour of Soil Resources at the University of Alberta" by Dr. Noorallah Juma and Dr. Jim Robertson, Professor Emeriti and Past Curators of Soil Monolith Collections, provides a complete list of items in the collections. Most of the collections are displayed in the hallways of the second, third and fourth floors of the Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta North Campus. This is a great place to see 'Soil Body Worlds'! There is no admission fee to see these collections!

Welcome! We now have a new template for the Pedosphere.com website and hope that you will be able to navigate the site more effectively.