Environment
Environment

Fighting extinction
Researchers identify priority conservation areas in the state of Pará
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Variations on a suffocating theme
Asthma may be a group of illnesses instead of just one
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Mariluce Moura
Climate change

Vulnerable megacities
Panel discusses impact of global warning on Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Recycling

Constructive residue
Sludge from the paper industry is a compound for construction materials
climatic changes

Eclectic cast
FAPESP program announces winning projects in its first call for proposals
climatic changes
Effort on three fronts
Agreement encourages collaboration between São Paulo, Pernambuco and France
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From the edge of the forest
Reduction in rainfall reduces Amazon's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide
Environment

Water and air
Rivers in the Amazon Region release 1% of the carbon gas emitted on the planet
young environmental ambassadors

Environmental projects
Four projects were selected to represent Brazil in an international meeting
By Redação
climate change

More floods in 2100
A model reproduces the rise to the level of the sea of Santos and São Vicente
By Redação
Environment

Islands in the forest
Stretches of the Atlantic rainforest are home to fewer species of animals
Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: No leniency for deforestation
Society cannot be lenient toward environmental damage
By Fabrício Marques and Neldson Marcolin
Chemistry

Difficult decomposition
Oxybiodegradable plastics do not decompose in the wild as expected