Environment

Environment

Islands in the forest

Stretches of the Atlantic rainforest are home to fewer species of animals

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Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: No leniency for deforestation

Society cannot be lenient toward environmental damage

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Chemistry

Difficult decomposition

Oxybiodegradable plastics do not decompose in the wild as expected

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Dieter Muehe

Dieter Muehe: Don’t forget the sea

Geographer says that it is crucial to monitor the coast and the ocean to find out what is actually going to change in terms of the climate

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Botany

Through leaves and roots

Teams identify tree-based strategies to guarantee water supply

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Cover

Clean fire

Families from poor Asian and African nations use stoves that pollute less

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The human face of weather

Plan is to prevent natural disasters from affecting millions of people

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Bringing people together

Researchers join program to increase Brazil's global climate change studies

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Charles Naspitz

Charles Naspitz: Epidemic in the air

Child allergy expert talks about the challenge of understanding and treating asthma

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agrobusiness

More than sustainable

New projects for sugar and alcohol mills eliminate wasting water

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Chemistry

Reverse recycling

Plastic bottles are being transformed into raw material derived from oil

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Physiology

More food and forests in the air

Plants insatiability paves the way to producing more food in less space

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Climate change

Forest in a bind

Cleaner air in the Northern Hemisphere may lead to droughts in the Amazon

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Amazon Region

Forest society

Restructuring underscore new phase of social sciences research program

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Greener than we thought

The country has consumed 30% of its natural vegetation

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