Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Leading soil scientists from Europe, Russia, Canada and the United States of America have collaborated under the auspice of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 to produce the first ever ATLAS OF NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR SOIL. This unique document, using state-of-the-art computer mapping techniques, uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to answer and explain origin and role of soil in northern latitudes, describes the different soil types that can be found in this cold environment and their relevance to global issues such as climate change. The atlas also discusses the principal threats to soil and the strategies being taken to protect soil resources within the EU and other countries. \n\nThe ATLAS OF NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR SOIL is more than just a collection of maps. Rather, this publication aims present an interpretation of an often neglected natural resource that surrounds and affects us all. Plants and crops are dependent on soil for the supply of water, nutrients and as a medium for growing. Soil stores, filters, buffers and transforms substances that are introduced into the environment. This capability is crucial in producing and protecting water supplies and for regulating greenhouse gases. Soil is a provider of raw materials. Soil is also an incredible habitat and gene pool. Soil is a fundamental component of our landscape and cultural heritage. Critically, soils in northern latitudes are especially interesting as they are governed by very cold temperatures and where the effect of frost action and ground ice are the principal soil forming factors. Soils in the north store huge amounts of frozen organic matter that in the event of global warming could release potentially catastrophic quantities of greenhouse gases in to the atmosphere.\n\n The ATLAS OF NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR SOIL is an essential reference to a non-renewable resource that is fundamental for life on this planet. The Atlas aims to raise the awareness of policy makers and the general public of the importance of soil in the northern circumpolar region.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.005 | 0.010 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.011 | 0.004 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".