Exploring the Soil

This book is a compilation of basic techniques for qualitative soil analyses in the field and laboratory. A field experiment was also carried out to compile the use of some of the methods shown in the body of the book, and how they could have been improved through other more refined soil analyses. Exploring Soil is a book by ecologists Natália Coelho Ferreira and Juliano Barbirato, who see soil science as a key factor in identifying environmental impacts and restoring the environment. Through this work, we hope to gain a greater understanding of soil and its methodology, as well as making a contribution to improving methods of analysis. Methods of analysis focused not only on soil, but on the landscape as a whole.