A seismic shift in understanding soil
The Earth Rover Program unites farmers, researchers, citizens and innovators across disciplines to regenerate the living ground beneath our feet. Using non-invasive approaches to map the world’s soils, we build open scientific tools and partnerships to monitor, understand and restore the land, advancing food security, climate stability, and biodiversity through science, technology, and collaboration.
More than 75 percent of soils worldwide are degraded
A seismic shift in understanding soil
The Earth Rover Program unites farmers, researchers, citizens and innovators across disciplines to regenerate the living ground beneath our feet. Using non-invasive approaches to map the world’s soils, we build open scientific tools and partnerships to monitor, understand and restore the land, advancing food security, climate stability, and biodiversity through science, technology, and collaboration.
More than 75 percent of soils worldwide are degraded
A seismic shift in understanding soil
The Earth Rover Program unites farmers, researchers, citizens and innovators across disciplines to regenerate the living ground beneath our feet. Using non-invasive approaches to map the world’s soils, we build open scientific tools and partnerships to monitor, understand and restore the land, advancing food security, climate stability, and biodiversity through science, technology, and collaboration.
More than 75 percent of soils worldwide are degraded
Welcome to
The Earth Rover Program
We envision a planet where healthy soils are the living foundation of thriving communities. By revealing the hidden dynamics beneath our feet, we seek to transform agriculture, restore ecosystems and strengthen the resilience of the landscapes we depend on.
Our work brings together scientists, engineers, farmers and communities to make soil health visible, measurable and actionable.
Welcome to
The Earth Rover Program
We envision a planet where healthy soils are the living foundation of thriving communities. By revealing the hidden dynamics beneath our feet, we seek to transform agriculture, restore ecosystems and strengthen the resilience of the landscapes we depend on.
Our work brings together scientists, engineers, farmers and communities to make soil health visible, measurable and actionable.
Why the Earth Rover Program
While billions of dollars have been spent on the Mars Rover Program, which seeks to characterise the surface of that planet, we think it’s high time we understood a little more about our own.
While billions of dollars have been spent on the Mars Rover Program, which seeks to characterise the surface of that planet, we think it’s high time we understood a little more about our own.
While billions of dollars have been spent on the Mars Rover Program, which seeks to characterise the surface of that planet, we think it’s high time we understood a little more about our own.
Degraded soils could cut yields by up to 50 percent by 2050
Degraded soils could cut yields by up to 50 percent by 2050
Degraded soils could cut yields by up to 50 percent by 2050
12 Languages spoken
4 Hubs Worldwide
12 Languages spoken
4 Hubs Worldwide
4 Hubs Worldwide
We need to improve our knowledge of the soil, we need to see…
beneath
our feet
beneath
our feet
beneath
our feet
WHY SOIL HEALTH MATTERS
WHY SOIL MATTERS
WHY SOIL MATTERS
We use seismic techniques to uncover the hidden structure and health of soils
Soil is one of Earth’s most vital ecosystems. It provides 99 percent of the calories we eat, holds more carbon than the atmosphere and all living biomass combined, and is home to 59 percent of all species. Yet more than 75 percent of soils worldwide are now degraded through erosion, pollution, intensive agriculture and climate extremes. The combination of land degradation and climate breakdown could reduce crop yields by up to 50 percent in vulnerable regions by 2050.
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all vegetation combined
OUR SOLUTION: SOILSMOLOGY
Towards a global soilcast
We aim to build a world where soil health is visible, measurable and understood in real time. By combining seismic sensing, field data and advanced modelling, we want to give farmers and communities clear insight into how their soils are changing and why. Our goal is a global Soilcast that supports better decisions, strengthens landscapes and helps secure food systems for the future.
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all vegetation combined
OUR SOLUTION: SOILSMOLOGY
Towards a global soilcast
We aim to build a world where soil health is visible, measurable and understood in real time. By combining seismic sensing, field data and advanced modelling, we want to give farmers and communities clear insight into how their soils are changing and why. Our goal is a global Soilcast that supports better decisions, strengthens landscapes and helps secure food systems for the future.
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all vegetation combined
OUR SOLUTION: SOILSMOLOGY
Towards a global soilcast
We aim to build a world where soil health is visible, measurable and understood in real time. By combining seismic sensing, field data and advanced modelling, we want to give farmers and communities clear insight into how their soils are changing and why. Our goal is a global Soilcast that supports better decisions, strengthens landscapes and helps secure food systems for the future.
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