Environment

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Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit

Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields

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Cover

INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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Environment

Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking

The ice that covers the Earth decreased by an average of 87,000 square kilometers per year between 1979 and 2016, possibly due to climate change

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Video

Harpy eagles are disappearing from parts of the Amazon

Preys for the largest eagle on Earth dwindle in deforested areas | 1'58

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ENVIRONMENT

Less forest, more agriculture

South America loses natural vegetation while livestock and crops gain ground over the last three and a half decades

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REGULATIONS

Weakened legislation

Brazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic

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Photolab

Vital swamp

Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world

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Environment

Fighting global warming

US academies of science propose a research program to study the feasibility of Earth cooling measures

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Climate change

Risk of more natural disasters

Global warming may lead to more flash floods and landslides caused by extreme rainfall in the South, Southeast, and Northeast of Brazil

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Environment

Hidden losses

The size of the Atlantic Forest has remained almost stable for 30 years, but old forest is losing ground to newer formations with lower biodiversity and carbon stock

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Environment

Causes of extreme drought in the Pantanal

Across 2019 and 2020, the Pantanal faced the worst drought recorded in the last 50 years

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Award

Responsibility and diplomacy in science

Two Brazilians—physicist Ricardo Galvão and climatologist Carlos Nobre—were honored on February 10 at the annual meeting of the AAAS

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Careers

Public well-being

Public health experts are responsible for creating and implementing ways of protecting the health of the population

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Environment

Drones map Brazilian forests

Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to quickly and efficiently monitor rainforests in great detail

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Geology

Coastal mountains moving

Subject to constant erosion, they are slowly advancing inland, and within a few million years could form a vast coastal plain

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