Environment

Climate

Cerrado under threat

The Cerrado is getting hotter, drier, and more prone to fire

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Climate Change

The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100

The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100

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Atmosphere

Greatest threat to global health

Editorial published in more than 200 medical journals highlights the risks of ignoring climate change

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Atmosphere

Pollution that causes global cooling

Aerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third

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INTERVIEW

Carlos Alfredo Joly: It’s time to focus on biodiversity

Botanist who created the Biota program states that defending the preservation of biological wealth is key to fighting climate change

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Environment

Food and greenhouse gases

Global food production accounts for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity, and foods of animal origin are the worst polluters

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Geology

Earth’s climate in the distant future

A team used computer simulations of the movement of tectonic plates to investigate what Earth's climate might look like in the distant future

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Environment

CO2 extraction plant

The largest plant designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere began operating in Ireland on September 8

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Cover

Cities battle the climate crisis

Research in the human and social sciences is helping cities develop plans to adapt to the new reality of life on Earth

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Cover

Boosted atmosphere

Studies indicate that almost 80% of 405 recent extreme events were more frequent or intense due to changes caused by humans

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Cover

Climate in the Anthropocene

Human activity is driving global warming and amplifying extreme droughts and rainfall, says the IPCC

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Environment

The Amazon is losing gas

Studies indicate that the east of the rainforest, which has suffered greater deforestation, has become a source of carbon dioxide in the last decade, while the west is trying to remain a carbon sink.

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Cover

Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit

Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields

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Cover

INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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Environment

Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking

The ice that covers the Earth decreased by an average of 87,000 square kilometers per year between 1979 and 2016, possibly due to climate change

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Video

Harpy eagles are disappearing from parts of the Amazon

Preys for the largest eagle on Earth dwindle in deforested areas | 1'58

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ENVIRONMENT

Less forest, more agriculture

South America loses natural vegetation while livestock and crops gain ground over the last three and a half decades

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REGULATIONS

Weakened legislation

Brazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic

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Photolab

Vital swamp

Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world

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Environment

Fighting global warming

US academies of science propose a research program to study the feasibility of Earth cooling measures

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Climate change

Risk of more natural disasters

Global warming may lead to more flash floods and landslides caused by extreme rainfall in the South, Southeast, and Northeast of Brazil

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Environment

Hidden losses

The size of the Atlantic Forest has remained almost stable for 30 years, but old forest is losing ground to newer formations with lower biodiversity and carbon stock

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Environment

Causes of extreme drought in the Pantanal

Across 2019 and 2020, the Pantanal faced the worst drought recorded in the last 50 years

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Award

Responsibility and diplomacy in science

Two Brazilians—physicist Ricardo Galvão and climatologist Carlos Nobre—were honored on February 10 at the annual meeting of the AAAS

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Careers

Public well-being

Public health experts are responsible for creating and implementing ways of protecting the health of the population

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Environment

Drones map Brazilian forests

Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to quickly and efficiently monitor rainforests in great detail

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Geology

Coastal mountains moving

Subject to constant erosion, they are slowly advancing inland, and within a few million years could form a vast coastal plain

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Oceanography

Deep heating

Sensors installed up to 4,700 meters below the ocean’s surface record increased temperatures in abyssal regions of the South Atlantic

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COVID-19

Lockdown and the city air

The strict social distancing measures adopted by governments to try to contain the spread of the pandemic have improved air quality in some of the world's major cities

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Biodiversity

Damage beyond deforestation

Fragments of Atlantic Forest have already lost 23–42% of their biodiversity and forest carbon stocks

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