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Archaeology
New glyphs found in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists from Japan have identified 143 new drawings—or geoglyphs—of animals, plants, and people in the Nazca desert, near the coast of Peru
By Redação
Geology
Why the Nile is so unchanging
The Nile has followed the same path in North Africa for almost 30 million years
By Redação
Geology
Titan’s landscape
Of all the celestial bodies in our solar system, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has the most similar geology to Earth
By Redação
Astronomy
Water in the atmosphere of other worlds
A group has identified water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b by studying images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
By Redação
Geology
A hidden continent in Europe
An international group of geologists has reconstructed the history of an ancient continent that collided with southern Europe approximately 120 million years ago
By Redação
Geology
Diamonds as old as the Earth
Mined in the municipality of Juína, Mato Grosso State, the diamonds were formed 410–660 kilometers deep inside the Earth
By Redação
Photolab
A landscape in an egg
A group led by paleontologist Sérgio Alex Azevedo, from the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, was able to identify the fossil by analyzing its microstructure
By Redação
Botany
Plants with miner roots
Study demonstrates a new function of the roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha
By Redação
Geology
Light Brazilian earthquakes
Brazil experiences earthquakes of a low to medium magnitude, similar to those of central-eastern USA and the interior of Australia
By Redação
Geology
Looking deep into Mars
Almost six months after leaving Earth, NASA's InSight probe landed safely in Elysium Planitia, in the equatorial region of Mars
By Redação
Geology
More water dragged into the interior of the earth
Slow collisions of tectonic plates beneath the ocean may be dragging three times as much water into the earth's interior as previously predicted
By Redação
Geology
Continuous expansion of the Amazon River
The Amazon River is still expanding as it captures water from the Orinoco River, which flows through Colombia and Venezuela
By Redação
the Meghalayan age
A new chapter in Earth’s history
The proposal approved by the IUGS divides the Holocene into three ages: the Greenlandian, Northgrippian, and Meghalayan
By Redação
Oceanography
The sea’s advance
Brazilian beaches under erosive processes have increased from 40% to 60% since 2003.
By Redação
Geology
Try not to complain that the days are too short
Some 1.4 billion years ago, Earth rotated faster and the days were only 18 hours and 40 minutes long
By Redação
Geology
The secret behind Pluto’s dunes
An international group of researchers seems to have found the explanation behind Pluto's dunes
By Redação
INTERVIEW
Igor Pacca: In search of the secrets of inner Earth
Physicist Igor Pacca trailblazed geophysics research in Brazil and studied continental drift by investigating changes in Earth’s magnetic field
By Carlos Fioravanti and Bruno de Pierro