Atmospherical Sci.
Atmospherical Science
Half of the world’s annual rain falls in 12 days
Approximately 75% of annual rainfall falls on the 30 wettest days of the year
By Redação
Climate
Understanding extreme storms
Some of the strongest and most devastating storms on the planet are formed in a wide strip of the Pampas region in the north of Argentina
By Redação
Environment
The most intense drought since the 1980s
The drought that hit Northeast Brazil from 2012 to 2017 was the longest, largest, and most intense that the region has seen since 1980
By Redação
Environment
Reducing household pollution
A review article argues in favor of replacing household stoves that run on biofuel with ones that use liquefied petroleum gas
By Redação
Atmospherical Sci.
Sahara Desert grows by 10% in a century
The Sahara has grown by about 10% over the last century and today occupies an area of almost 7.4 million km2
By Redação
Environment
Understanding water shortage
Specialists discuss water resources and how to preserve them
By Redação
REMOTE SENSING
Help facing the fire
Brazilian states begin using new tools to analyze data on forest fires
Environment
El Niño and the silent melting of Antarctica
In years with strong El Niño events, the ice shelves that float off the west coast of Antarctica melt faster, even if it snows more than normal
By Redação
Environment
Genomics applied to climate change
The Center for Research in Genomics Applied to Climate Change, based at the University of Campinas, was formally constituted
By Redação
SOS Chuva
Rain updates on your cell phone
Application to see where it is raining in real time in São Paulo
By Redação
Atmospheric sciences
Danger in the skies of São Paulo
Air pollution has declined in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
By Diego Freire
Atmospherical Sciences
The chaotic mathematics of whirlwinds
Computational model forecasts the stages of whirlwinds
By Redação
Atmospherical Science
A national map of large hailstorms
Southern Brazil is one of the planet’s major hailstorm hotspots
By Redação
Cover
A risk map of the world
Poor and developing countries are most vulnerable to natural disasters
recognition
Climate of recognition
Meteorologist Carlos Nobre was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize
By Redação
INPE
INPE has a new director
Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão is the institute's new director
By Redação
METEOROLOGY
The lightning capital
Lake Maracaibo, in Venezuela, is the world’s top lightning hotspot
Halley VI
Change of address in Antarctica
Scientific station in Antarctica will be transported
By Redação
COVER
Prevention is worth the effort
Adaptive measures would reduce the damage caused by rising sea levels
pollution
The cars and the air of São Paulo and Rio
Incompletely burned fuels generates 20% of the fine particulate matter
By Redação
CLIMATE CHANGE
From deforestation to urban pollution
Forest code is expected to help Brazil reduce greenhouse gases
budget
New directions in Antarctica
United States changes the science strategy in Antarctica
By Redação
