Environment
Biodiversity
Jaguar roams 2.8% of the Atlantic Forest
Researchers estimate that jaguars occupies 2.8% of the Atlantic Forest
By Redação
Amazonia
Increasing deforestation in Amazonia
Deforestation increased 29% compared to the previous period analyzed
By Redação
ECOLOGY
The harmful effects of illegal hunting
Hunting increased the risk of environmental imbalance
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
ECOLOGY
Aquatic America
Habitat degradation could threaten the stability of the largest fish diversity
Chrysolaena obovata
Elevated C02 makes for drought-resistant plant
Cerrado species adapts better to drought with high carbon dioxide level
By Redação
Anthropology
Profile: Emilio Moran
Anthropologist speaks on Amazonia and the impacts of Belo Monte hydroelectric
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URBANISM
Heat in the cities
Ways to protect residents of big cities from the effects of high temperatures
By Diego Viana
Oceanography
Studying the sea
A new unit of Unesp, the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Sea was opened
By Redação
environment
Geogenomics
Geogenomics is aimed at explaining biological diversity in tropical rainforests
By Redação
NANOGEOSCIENCE
More productive oil wells
Nanoparticles can increase the oil and gas extracted from reservoirs
Biogeography
When the ocean was forest
The Atlantic Forest may have occupied the continental shelf in the Ice Age
construction
Mining waste
UFMG researchers built a house with waste material from iron ore mining
By Redação
climate change
Draining off carbon dioxide
A regenerating forest drains off more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
By Redação
sewerage
Higher risk of leptospirosis
The risk of contracting leptospirosis in slums is recognizably high
By Redação
larvicide
Plants battle the mosquito
Leaves and seeds display properties that kill Aedes aegypti larvae
By Redação