Environment
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
Environment

Predicting the paths of wildfires in the Cerrado
New system uses climate data and remote sensing to predict how wildfires will spread in the Cerrado, assisting firefighters
By Redação
RESEARCH ITINERARIES

From physics to the environment
Marco Aurélio Nalon talks about the use of data geoprocessing to map native vegetation in the state of São Paulo
Photolab

Long-life intruders
Image of a bottle trapped inside a tree trunk illustrates the longevity of plastic in the environment
By Redação
Environment

Antarctica losing ice
The area of sea ice around Antarctica is the smallest it has been since records began in 1979
By Redação
Biodiversity

The climate, a driver of diversification
Regional rainfall patterns can be a decisive factor in plant diversification
By Redação
PHOTOLAB

Seeing trees differently
High-resolution drone images used to monitor the characteristics and degradation of coastal vegetation
By Redação