Geology
GEOLOGY

Why the earth shakes in Brazil
Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil
By Igor Zolnerkevic and Ricardo Zorzetto
Antarctica

A Path in the Snow
Experts identify focal points for Brazilian science on the frozen continent
Geology

Why the earth shakes in Brazil
Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil
By Igor Zolnerkevic and Ricardo Zorzetto
GEOLOGY

Evidence of a catastrophe
Sediments tell the story of a climate change that occurred 8,200 years ago
GEOLOGY

Dance of the river basins
The São Francisco River Basin has lost area to the Doce River Basin
Corporate research

Mining expansion
Vale invests in projects with a focus on mining and sustainable development
Borborema range

The origin of the mountain
Northeastern plain may have been formed around 30 million years ago
Colonia crater

A detailed portrait of the Colonia crater
Detailed description of geological formation is put together
biochemistry

The great oxygenation event
Oxygen only started accumulating in the atmosphere 2.5 billion years ago
Cover

… and South America emerged
Huge blocks of rock from different ages and origins formed the continent
Cover

The magnetic history of Brazil
Magnetic field in South America is weakening, analysis points out
Memory

A single land
Reinhard Maack found evidence of the origin of continents in Brazil 85 years ago
Mineralogy

The past in grains of sand
Radioactive material allows to track the geological origin of the beaches