Environment

Video

Fishes and corals also suffer with climate change

Altered ocean currents carry less of the microorganisms which feed deep and cold water corals. Closer to the surface, rising temperatures pose energetic challenges for fishes | 3'02

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PROFILE

Scarred forests

International recognition for Brazilian geographer who has spent almost three decades studying the transformations caused by forest fires

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Energy

Airline industry strives to eliminate its carbon footprint

Brazil has the technology and raw materials needed to be a global leader in sustainable aviation fuel production

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AGRONOMY

Strategies aim to reduce external dependence on fertilizer feedstock

Techniques to help farmers use fertilizers more efficiently, inserting microorganisms into seeds, and identifying new feedstock sources have the potential to reduce the need for imports

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Environment

The damaging effects of fire

Intense forest fires make plants less able to perform photosynthesis, hindering the recovery of native vegetation

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biodiversity

From captivity to the skies

Eight Spix’s macaws bred in captivity were released into the wild in Bahia

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Recognition

Carlos Joly wins 2022 Conrado Wessel award

UNICAMP’s Carlos Joly wins the 2022 FCW Science Award

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OCEANOGRAPHY

A refuge for giant algae

Southern coast of Chile appears to be a safe haven for giant kelp forests

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Environment

Forests and water supply in the USA

USA’s national forest system produces almost half of all water used in the country

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photolab

Europe in China

Project investigates connections between Asian, European, and Indigenous cultures in Brazil

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Chemistry

Medicine pollutes rivers on every continent

International research group found drug residues in water samples from every continent

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Environment

Wildfires accelerate the melting of glaciers

Wildfires can accelerate the melting of glaciers and impact populations who rely on them for water

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RETROSPECT

Rio-92 consolidated environmental concepts

World conference 30 years ago expanded the international debate on environmental problems started in the late 1960s

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BIOGEOGRAPHY

Water from the Amazon River separates Brazilian and Caribbean marine species

A sediment plume from the river penetrates thousands of kilometers into the Atlantic, home to its own fauna that differs to other regions of the ocean

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Geography

Coastal cities sinking

Several coastal cities are sinking faster than sea level rises

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