Geography

Geography

The wandering North Pole

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

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Interview

Alexandre Antonelli: At the forefront of science in royal gardens

In February, Brazilian biologist will take the role of scientific director of Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom

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Ecology

The fragile DNA of sharks

Overfishing could further decrease the naturally low genetic diversity of some commercially valuable species

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Photolab

Pre-Columbian Culture

Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America

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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

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GEOSCIENCES

Polarized opinion

Declining strength of Earth's magnetic field fuels debate on the chances of the poles reversing for the first time in 780,000 years

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COVER

More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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GEOSCIENCES

Scars of a cataclysm in Central Brazil

Rocks found in the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, and São Paulo reveal earthquake and tsunami caused by a meteorite some 250 million years ago

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Remote Sensing

Groundwater seen from space

A new satellite system will soon resume collecting aquifer data from around the globe

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Occupation of primordial “Brazil”

Evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago

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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

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Botany

Colonization via water

Group of carnivorous plants recognized for being aquatic species originated in Brazil, indicates phylogenetic study

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Geoscience

Scars of a cataclysm in Central Brazil

Meteorite impact 250 million years ago caused earthquake and tsunami

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Biodiversity

The first global reptile map

An effort has mapped the global distribution of 10,064 reptile species

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Photolab

At the bottom of the Amazon

At the bottom of the Amazon

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ATLAS 

To take advantage of the Sun

Study indicates favorable areas for exploring solar energy in Brazil

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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

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Oceanography

Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise

Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise

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geography

Private Earth-observing satellites come of age

Earth-observing satellites arouse interest among researchers

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URBAN GEOGRAPHY

A life within walls

Gated communities and shopping malls accentuate social and spatial separation

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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

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Zealandia

Zealandia, a new continent that is almost entirely submerged, proposed by geologists

A new continent that is almost entirely submerged, proposed by geologists

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GEOLOGY

The exposed depths of the Earth

Mapping helps to uncover origins of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago

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MEMORY

The Empire’s river

Halfeld was the first to conduct a survey of the São Francisco River

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ZOOLOGY

Obama crosses the Atlantic

A flatworm named after a U.S. president is now spreading across Europe

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ASTRONOMY

Titan’s landscape

Methane creates canyons and lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Under the force of the Andes

Map subdivided the topographic relief of South America into 35 units

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Institution

Winning the West

Geography research is a centerpiece in Presidente Prudente

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map collection

Stanford offers map collection

Stanford University opened a map center to the public

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Cerrado

Agriculture dries out the Cerrado

The larger the area for agriculture, the smaller the rainfall volume

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