News Reports on EPTV and Jornal Hoje

Professor Dr. Maurício Roberto Cherubin, coordinator of the SOHMA group, participated in reports made on EPTV and Jornal Hoje, where he explained the importance of soil health for agriculture. In the report made on EPTV, entitled "Soils: the importance of preservation for food production", the professor explains what soil is, saying that "it is the reflection of a last layer of rock" and that "the process of forming a soil of just one centimeter can take up to 400 years to complete". In addition, he highlights the importance of soil in maintaining biodiversity, stating that "more than 50% of global biodiversity is in the soil".

In the report on Jornal Hoje, which is the second in the series "'USP 90 years': advances in science that make a difference in the world", the professor talks about the mechanisms of carbon sequestration, and how soil health favors this process, collaborating with the mitigation of climate change. According to him, "soil health is the basis for having more productive agriculture and less vulnerable to extreme events that we will have more and more frequent and intense in the coming years due to climate change.

Source: EPTV

Source: Jornal Hoje