Geography
Geography

The wandering North Pole
The North Magnetic Pole has been moving faster than expected from Canada toward Siberia, Russia, in recent years
By Redação
Ecology

The fragile DNA of sharks
Overfishing could further decrease the naturally low genetic diversity of some commercially valuable species
By Suzel Tunes
Photolab

Pre-Columbian Culture
Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America
By Redação
Sociology

Immigrants stimulate the economy in European countries
A study assessing immigration to Europe between 1985 and 2015 has concluded that immigrants have a positive effect on the continent's economy
By Redação
Remote Sensing

Groundwater seen from space
A new satellite system will soon resume collecting aquifer data from around the globe
Geography

A world unequally connected by rivers and roads
Researchers produced a global map that estimates the travel time from any point in the world to the nearest city with 50,000 or more inhabitants
By Redação
Botany

Colonization via water
Group of carnivorous plants recognized for being aquatic species originated in Brazil, indicates phylogenetic study
By Suzel Tunes
Geoscience

Scars of a cataclysm in Central Brazil
Meteorite impact 250 million years ago caused earthquake and tsunami
By Redação
Biodiversity

The first global reptile map
An effort has mapped the global distribution of 10,064 reptile species
By Redação
ATLAS

To take advantage of the Sun
Study indicates favorable areas for exploring solar energy in Brazil
Biology

Study indicates that 4.6% of the world comprises protected areas for mammal conservation
4.6% of the world comprises protected areas for mammal conservation
By Redação
Oceanography
Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise
Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise
By Redação
geography

Private Earth-observing satellites come of age
Earth-observing satellites arouse interest among researchers
By Redação
URBAN GEOGRAPHY

A life within walls
Gated communities and shopping malls accentuate social and spatial separation
Amazon

Age of the Amazon River estimated at 9 million years
A new study estimates that the river formed between 9.4 and 9 million years ago
By Redação
Zealandia

Zealandia, a new continent that is almost entirely submerged, proposed by geologists
A new continent that is almost entirely submerged, proposed by geologists
By Redação
ZOOLOGY

Obama crosses the Atlantic
A flatworm named after a U.S. president is now spreading across Europe
ASTRONOMY

Titan’s landscape
Methane creates canyons and lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Under the force of the Andes
Map subdivided the topographic relief of South America into 35 units
map collection

Stanford offers map collection
Stanford University opened a map center to the public
By Redação