Environment
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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
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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
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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
Environment
Pollen reveals the history of the Caatinga
5,000 years of flora in rural northeastern Brazil reconstructed by pollen analysis
By Redação
Geology
When the Earth started to crack
Tectonic plates likely formed 3.2 billion years ago, when Earth’s surface cracked
By Redação
Acknowledgment
Three awards for Brazilian scientists
Biologist, parasitologist, mechanical engineer, and computer scientist receive the Bunge Foundation Award
By Redação
PHOTOLAB
Seeing trees differently
High-resolution drone images used to monitor the characteristics and degradation of coastal vegetation
By Redação
Biology
Mimicking smell key to survival
Similar smell prevents fighting between termites of different species within the same termite mound
By Redação
Video
What is El Niño?
Animation explains why warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean can cause increasingly frequent extreme events | 7'16
By Redação
Environment
Signs of the next El Niño
The 2023 El Niño could be one of the most intense of the last three decades
By Redação
Pollution
Plastic-eating microbes
Bacteria and fungi from icy areas degrade plastics at room temperature
By Redação
Ecology
Coastal vegetation, carbon sponges
Coastal ecosystems with vegetation are essential for storing organic carbon
By Redação
Environment
Another plan to stop deforestation in the Amazon
Federal government relaunches plan to achieve zero deforestation in the north of Brazil by 2030
By Redação
PHOTOLAB
Carnival at sea is no party
Glitter particles that end up in the sea and lakes have damaging impacts
By Redação
photolab
Give me shelter
Transparent, stripy shrimp seen on an endangered Condylactis gigantea anemone
By Redação
Environment
New tools to track forest products
In efforts to curb deforestation in the Amazon, environmental agencies, universities, and NGOs are developing technologies to trace the origins of wood
By Tiago Jokura
Environment
The effects of small power plants
Small hydroelectric power plants stimulate the multiplication of some fish species while discouraging others
By Redação
Geography
Asian metropolises under threat from the sea
Metropolises in Southeast Asia could suffer from rising sea levels caused by global warming
By Redação