Environment
Crop science

Soil genetics
New mineral mapping technique can help farmers save on farm inputs and minimize environmental impacts
COVID-19

Vaccines and sharks
A compound extracted from the livers of sharks is used in five coronavirus vaccine candidates
By Redação
Anthropogenic mass

The weight of human production
Asphalt and concrete make up most of the mass produced by humans
By Redação
Environment

The scale of the thaw in Greenland
Greenland's three largest glaciers lost nearly 2.9 trillion tons of ice between 1880 and 2012
By Redação
Energy

Electric cars, the economy, and health
Replacing 25% of American cars with electric vehicles would save the country US$17 billion per year
By Redação
Environment

Record fires in the Pantanal in 2020
There were 2,534 wildfires in the Pantanal in the first half of 2020
By Redação
Environment

Microplastics in the heart of the jungle
Researchers found microplastics in the sediment of the Negro, Solimões, and Amazonas rivers
By Redação
Biodiversity

At risk of disappearing
Hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are at risk of disappearing in the next two decades as a result of environmental degradation caused by humans
By Redação