This blog was a very interesting tool that made me understand better the importance of soils and how I could explain people about it. As I was looking for content, I could learn more about the many characteristics of soils and how it relates to all environments. The importance of soils to agriculture and other sectors of the society, being industrial or environmental, is huge. Lands are support to plants, to building, roads, environment of microorganisms, animals, humans and plants. Basically the cycles of nutrients have part in the soil, which is necessary to the maintenance of our lives. A bad sorted and unhealthy soil cannot serve to plant growth. A sandy soil can make difficult the civil construction.
As we can see, there are many functions and characteristics in the soil, which should be learned for everyone. I will not be keeping up with the information in this blog anymore, but there are many other websites that provide interesting content not just to professionals but also to people that want to learn more about it and have no previous experience. For example, one of my favorite sites is the Soil Science Society of America. Their website is full of information for professionals, teachers, students, curious people and even for kids. In their website Soil 4 Kids there are games that entertain kids while teach them about characteristics of soil.
I believe the better understanding about how soils work and its importance for agriculture will make people understand how the consequences of contamination can interfere in their lives. Soils took a huge amount of time to be formed, it is a human duty to prevent contamination and to improve conservation so it can keep providing place for agriculture, industry and the ecosystem in general.
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