Release of the Geochemical Soil Atlas of Switzerland
To mark World Soil Day 2023, Agroscope has published the Geochemical Soil Atlas of Switzerland. The atlas presents a survey of the geogenic distribution of 20 toxic and/or essential elements in Swiss soils, and several other soil parameters, using soil samples from across the country and interpolation to produce the cartographic visualisations. Jolanda Reusser, based at Agroscope and the IBP is lead author, and Ruben Kretzschmar is a contributing co-author.
Produced by Agroscope on behalf of FOEN with the support of the AGIR working group, ETHZ and EAWAG, the Geochemical Soil Atlas of Switzerland presents a survey of the geogenic distribution of 20 toxic and/or essential elements in Swiss soils, and several other soil parameters. The survey was based on a sampling density of around one soil sampling site per 35 km2, meaning that the newly published Geochemical Soil Atlas of Switzerland provides high spatial resolution snap shot of the distribution of elements in Swiss soils. More information about the project and access to the full document (in German), are external pagenow available on the website of the Swiss Federal office for the Environment (FOEN). The interpolated maps are available on a external pagewebsite hosted by Agroscope.