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Climate change expected to affect Brazilian coffee

As a result of climate change, coffee farms are likely to migrate again in the coming years in search of more suitable weather conditions

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Coffee consumption caution required

Avoid excess and avoid drinking it at inappropriate times

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Innovations elevate Brazilian coffee

New cultivation techniques and improved analyses highlight the aroma and flavor of the most consumed nonalcoholic drink in the country

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Brazil invests in housing-first program

Initiative is based on the theory that homeless people need a place to live before they can access psychological and social services and earn professional qualifications

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Life on the street

Brazilian cities face the challenge of reducing homeless populations, which have tripled in the last 10 years

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Region in the north of Minas Gerais suffers its driest period in over seven centuries

The conclusion is based on analysis of the chemical composition of cave rocks in the municipality of Januária, located in the São Francisco River basin

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Global warming accelerates the water cycle and increases evapotranspiration

Excess atmospheric moisture can generate both heavy rainfall and prolonged droughts

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Brazil getting drier

Global warming makes the climate less humid, leading to emergence of the country’s first arid zone

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The exaflop era

With the power to perform 1 quintillion mathematical operations per second, Frontier has set a new standard in data processing

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More powerful supercomputers

Through modernization and new machines, Brazil is increasing its processing power for scientific research, weather forecasting, and energy generation

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Travel itinerary

The Tumucumaque Mountains National Park (PNMT) is isolated from urban areas, leaving the forest unaltered by human activity

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Amazonian Giants

Expedition investigates the scientific enigma of 80-meter-tall trees in Amapá

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Testing of candidate antibiotics has increased in the last decade

The number of compounds entering clinical use is still too low to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise in Brazilian hospitals

Microorganisms killed at least 33,000 people in the country in 2019

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The return of TerraClass

EMBRAPA and INPE resume the mapping of land use and cover in the Amazon, 14% of which is occupied by pasture and agriculture

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Forest guardians

Multiple satellite systems monitor deforestation in the Amazon and provide support for the target of zero deforestation by 2030

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Maps show that 14% of the Amazon is occupied by pasture and agriculture

EMBRAPA and INPE restart the TerraClass project, which monitors land use and cover in deforested areas of the biome

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Forest Guardians

Multiple systems are used to monitor deforestation in the Amazon and guide oversight

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The path to sustainable hydrogen

Brazil begins producing the fuel, which is seen as key to the transition to a low-carbon economy

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Teaching profession at risk

Low salaries, lack of structure in schools, and absence of social appreciation damage interest in the career

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Teaching degree crisis

Policies designed to improve the attractiveness of a teaching career and reformulate curriculums aim to reverse the teacher shortages in Brazilian primary education

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Temperature variations may cause five million deaths per year

The number is equivalent to 9.5% of all global deaths, with 75% of fatal victims living in Asia and Africa

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Urban heat islands make even small and midsized towns warmer

Temperatures can vary by as much as 10 degrees Celsius between areas covered by concrete and neighborhoods with more vegetation

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July was the hottest month in recent history and broke temperature records

Global warming shows no signs of letting up, causing forest fires in the Northern Hemisphere’s summer and a mild winter below the Equator

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Impact on food production

The way basic Brazilian ingredients are cultivated needs to be adapted to withstand the effects of the climate crisis

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Insufficient food

In addition to poverty, research on hunger is starting to examine bottlenecks in the journey that food takes from farm to fork

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The era of whole genome sequencing

New techniques are changing the way genetic material is understood and promising to transform our understanding of diseases, human genetic diversity, food production, and evolutionary processes

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At least 1.76 million people in Brazil suffer from dementia

The number of cases of the disease is increasing as the population ages and could reach 5.5 million by 2050

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Climate crisis impacts food production

Rice and beans, two staples of the Brazilian diet, need to be made more resistant to drought and high temperatures

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Science takes a broader look at how to end hunger in Brazil

In addition to poverty, studies are starting to look at bottlenecks in the journey food takes from farm to fork

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