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A brief reflection on the use and application of these terms in Soil Science Luiz Francisco da Silva Souza Filho1, Maria Eugenia Ortiz Escobar2 It has become increasingly common in scientific publications – including…
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Carlos Rogério de Mello¹, Luís Carlos Timm² and Nilton Curi³ Introduction The water cycle is the most important phenomenon for life on Earth. Our planet holds approximately 1,380 Mkm³ of water, covering around 70% of…
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Opinion Article Ladislau Martin Neto ¹ Introduction Agriculture, which is fundamental from a social, economic, and environmental perspective, is responsible for approximately 20% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG)…
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Danielle Mendes Thame Denny¹ The approval, on October 23, of the European Soil Monitoring and Resilience Law marks a turning point: soil health is no longer merely an agronomic issue — it now becomes part of the risk…
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José Alexandre Demattê¹, Raúl Roberto Poppiel¹, Deorgia Tayane Mendes de Souza², Gustavo de Mattos Vasques³ The Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BESB), described in an article published on the SBCS blog…
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José Alexandre M. Demattê1, Cássio Marques Moquedace1, Eduardo Couto2, Raul R. Poppiel1, Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos3, Lúcia Helena Cunha dos Anjos4, Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin5, Carlos R. Espindola6, Elpídio…
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AUTHOR: CLISTENES WILLIAMS ARAÚJO DO NASCIMENTO Professor at UFRPE and member of the Pernambuco Academy of Sciences Soils: the basis for sustaining life and the future of Brazil When we think of essential natural…
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Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento é professor da UFRPE e membro da Academia Pernambucana de Ciências Imagine a world where the solution to cleaning a soil contaminated with heavy metals such as lead, nickel and…
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In a text originally published on the Blog of the Brazilian Society of Zoology in May 2024, and recently published in the journal Biodiversity, the authors listed below make an appeal for researchers who work with or…
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The gullies* that threaten cities have been taking up a lot of space in our various media outlets. But it is not a new subject. Unfortunately, it is an old disaster that, due to the inaction of our public…
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The purpose of the SBCS blog is to behave articles on contemporary topics of interest to soil science and Brazilian society. Therefore, they will be welcome: Opinion articles produced to comment on certain topics on the…
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The University of São Paulo (USP) inaugurated, on June 6, the building of the CCarbon Administrative Center – Center for Carbon Studies in Tropical Agriculture. The new headquarters is located at the Luiz de Queiroz…
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Authors: Marta Vasconcelos Ottoni; Carlos Rogério de Mello; Márcio de Oliveira Candido and Quirijn by Jong Van Lier * The complexity of nature manifests itself in the continuous transformation of terrestrial…
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ARCANGELO LOSS, Guilherme; Wilbert Ferreira; Jucinei José Comin (UFSC) Soil conservation is a prominent theme for Brazil, given its role as agricultural power and diversity of biomes. However, inadequate soil management…
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Over the course of three decades of work, the Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BESB) has consolidated itself as a milestone in soil science. Created in the 1990s, it was effectively implemented in 2019 (Demattêtetal.,…
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Marta Ottoni A condutividade hidráulica saturada (Ksat) e a taxa de infiltração básica dos solos são propriedades essenciais e necessárias para diferentes aplicações geocientíficas. Dados dessas propriedades hidráulicas…
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Tips to stay on top of what happens in Brazilian science How to measure soil health? solo? The 5th episode of the series How to Measter Soil Health, promoted by initiative 4 PER 1000 “Soil Carbon Science Webinar Series…
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I dare ask the following question to the academic investigation community: Should we all publish fewer articles? With this proposition, I am not arguing that we all “relax”, but that we work more to ensure the…
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