Environment

Environment

Fighting extinction

Researchers identify priority conservation areas in the state of Pará

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Cover

Variations on a suffocating theme

Asthma may be a group of illnesses instead of just one

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Nobel

Networking party

Brazilians celebrate the prizes awarded to scientists with whom they worked

Botany

Submerged in stand-by mode

Native tree from the Amazon Region saves energy to survive constant floods

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Energy

Electricity from waste

São Paulo landfill site produces biogas for lighting and for engines

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Memory

Hans Staden, the naturalist

Author of classic work on Brazil was the first to describe stingless bees 452 years ago

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Cover

Dry land, full rivers

Air mass circulation affects areas far from deforested regions

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Climate change

Vulnerable megacities

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

Ecology

Faithful gardeners

Ants help seeds germinate in the Mata Atlântica and in the Cerrado

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Recycling

Constructive residue

Sludge from the paper industry is a compound for construction materials

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climatic changes

Eclectic cast

FAPESP program announces winning projects in its first call for proposals

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climatic changes

Effort on three fronts

Agreement encourages collaboration between São Paulo, Pernambuco and France

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botany

The woods are on the move

Forests and fields have advanced and receded in Brazil for 30 thousand years

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Ecology

Impoverished rivers

Hydroelectric increase erosion of the Parana river

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energy

Hydrogen-powered buses

Bus is among the global experiments aiming at lower air pollution

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Environment

Needed: cleaner air

Car running on alcohol emits 92% less composite pollutants

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Environment

The human factor

Institute is going to measure financial losses from air pollution

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Oceanography

Underwater warehouse

Fauna from Antarctica have resources to stay alive even in winter

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Cover

From the edge of the forest

Reduction in rainfall reduces Amazon's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

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Chemistry

Versatile and clean thread

Company creates a new process to manufacture acrylic fibers

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Deforestation

Brazil’s targets

The government set limits to control the devastation in the Amazon

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Ecology

Danger at sea

Pollution and reduction of fauna increase shark attacks on bathers

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Environment

Water and air

Rivers in the Amazon Region release 1% of the carbon gas emitted on the planet

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young environmental ambassadors

Environmental projects

Four projects were selected to represent Brazil in an international meeting

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climate change

More floods in 2100

A model reproduces the rise to the level of the sea of Santos and São Vicente

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bioenergy

Less waste

Catalysts can make biodiesel production more efficient and cleaner

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Environment

Islands in the forest

Stretches of the Atlantic rainforest are home to fewer species of animals

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Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: No leniency for deforestation

Society cannot be lenient toward environmental damage

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Chemistry

Difficult decomposition

Oxybiodegradable plastics do not decompose in the wild as expected

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Dieter Muehe

Dieter Muehe: Don’t forget the sea

Geographer says that it is crucial to monitor the coast and the ocean to find out what is actually going to change in terms of the climate

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