Environment
Environment
Dutch court orders government to cut greenhouse gases
An appeals court in the Netherlands ruled that the government must accelerate its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Environment
Hope for the Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest covers 28% of the area it occupied before European colonization
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Environment
Mangroves store more carbon than the rainforest
In the Amazon, every hectare of mangrove contains twice as much carbon as the same area of inland forest
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Environment
Northern Hemisphere suffers from heatwave
Climate change is believed to have contributed to the recent heatwaves in Europe
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Biodiversity
The mysterious death of the baobabs
Between 2005 and 2017, researchers conducted an extensive survey of the largest known baobab species
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Nutrition
Rice loses nutrients as CO2 increases
Rice could become less nutritious over the coming decades if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to rise
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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
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Photolab
Dispersal by water
Biologist José Sabino studies the role fish play in maintaining riparian forest ecosystems
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Video
New species of colorful fish stuns researchers
Discovery off the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago is evidence of a unique and little known fauna
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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Imported efficiency
Cars use less fuel with technologies fostered by the Inovar Auto program, nearly all of which are foreign
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
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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
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Environment
Understanding water shortage
Specialists discuss water resources and how to preserve them
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Environment
Less ozone over the tropics
The ozone layer over Antarctica has increased by 20% since 2005
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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
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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
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Environment
Trees in the Amazon contribute to methane emissions
Trees in the Amazon contribute to methane emissions
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