Environment

Environment

Pollen reveals the history of the Caatinga

5,000 years of flora in rural northeastern Brazil reconstructed by pollen analysis

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Geology

When the Earth started to crack

Tectonic plates likely formed 3.2 billion years ago, when Earth’s surface cracked

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Acknowledgment

Three awards for Brazilian scientists

Biologist, parasitologist, mechanical engineer, and computer scientist receive the Bunge Foundation Award

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PHOTOLAB

Seeing trees differently

High-resolution drone images used to monitor the characteristics and degradation of coastal vegetation

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AGRICULTURE

The seeds of modernity

Now reaching its 50-year mark, EMBRAPA seeks to reconcile different models of agricultural production and promote environmental preservation

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ENVIRONMENT

Biochar can have benefits in agriculture

Prospective savings on fertilizers, increased productivity, and carbon sequestration encourage the use of fertilizer produced from agricultural waste

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GEOLOGY

The future landscape of the northeast and the coastline

There will be more high areas, since the sedimentary basins are rising especially in these regions

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Biology

Mimicking smell key to survival

Similar smell prevents fighting between termites of different species within the same termite mound

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Video

What is El Niño?

Animation explains why warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean can cause increasingly frequent extreme events | 7'16

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Environment

Signs of the next El Niño

The 2023 El Niño could be one of the most intense of the last three decades

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Pollution

Plastic-eating microbes

Bacteria and fungi from icy areas degrade plastics at room temperature

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Ecology

Coastal vegetation, carbon sponges

Coastal ecosystems with vegetation are essential for storing organic carbon

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Environment

Another plan to stop deforestation in the Amazon

Federal government relaunches plan to achieve zero deforestation in the north of Brazil by 2030

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INTERVIEW

Virginia Ciminelli: Mining territories

UFMG hydrometallurgist argues that the benefits of exploiting natural resources should be better shared with local communities

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ECOLOGY

Vestiges of the sea in the Amazon interior

Fossils of marine microorganisms indicate that Caribbean waters inundated the Solimões basin at least 11 times over the last 23 million years

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