Issue # 331 _ September 2023
Cover
- July was the hottest month in recent history and broke temperature records
- Global warming shows no signs of letting up, causing forest fires in the Northern Hemisphere’s summer and a mild winter below the Equator By Marcos Pivetta
- Urban heat islands make even small and midsized towns warmer
- Temperatures can vary by as much as 10 degrees Celsius between areas covered by concrete and neighborhoods with more vegetation By Marcos Pivetta
- Temperature variations may cause five million deaths per year
- The number is equivalent to 9.5% of all global deaths, with 75% of fatal victims living in Asia and Africa By Marcos Pivetta
SCIENCE OUTREACH
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Theater company highlights women scientists
YouTube web series and plays include Brazilian and foreign researchers
By Letícia NaísaIMMUNOLOGY
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Studies identify actions of immune cells that harm the body during sepsis
By Ricardo ZorzettoEPIDEMIOLOGY
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Falls in uptake of the MMR vaccine occurred at different rates between 2006 and 2020
By Giselle SoaresGEOLOGY
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Rain, erosion, and dams have shaped the São Francisco river over the last 90,000 years
Previously winding and shallow, the river has straightened and deepened
By Carlos FioravantiASTROPHYSICS
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Artificial intelligence helps distinguish spiral galaxies from elliptical ones
By Marcos PivettaDEMOGRAPHY
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