Category: Ecologia e Sustentabilidade

Nothing draws more attention on beaches or in heaps of trash, landfills, and floating garbage piles in the oceans than plastic waste. The well-known soda, water, or juice bottle will certainly last hundreds of years longer than the person who consumed its contents, unless it is recycled. Two of the most recognized companies in the…

When we think about the relationships of indigenous peoples with nature, we must be aware that nature does not present itself homogeneously but is composed of a very diverse variety of ecosystems.

The environmental organization BirdLife International released a study revealing that eight bird species are extinct or highly likely to be extinct in the wild, including four Brazilian species.

The fish of the class Agnatha were the first in the vertebrate group to differentiate. They are currently considered primitive fish compared to sharks, rays, and bony fish; however, in relation to Protocordates, agnatha present many evolutionary novelties. Despite the word “primitive” suggesting extinction, some agnatha fish still live today. They are: the Witchfish (witches)…

Banning the consumption of plastic straws has become an almost irreversible trend in 2018. The Starbucks coffee chain announced that it will stop using plastic straws in stores worldwide by 2020, avoiding the consumption of over a billion straws. The fast food chain McDonald’s also recently announced that it will stop using the accessory in…

Did you know that disposable plastic takes, on average, 250 to 400 years to decompose? And that to produce one kilogram of paper, 540 liters of water are needed? Furthermore, for every ton, two to three tons of wood are used? Now imagine how much we use these materials in our daily lives and how…

One of the great advantages of agroecological production is that the vegetables are more nutritious and healthy, free from toxic chemical residues, and contribute to improving the quality of soil, water, and air. While artificial fertilizers have been used for the last 150 years, until the 1940s, practically all vegetables were grown organically. After World…

Carps, which are species of fish from the family Cyprinidae, are also considered invasive exotic species. They adapt to the environment where they were introduced, develop a great power of reproduction and dispersion, which contributes to the extinction of animals and plants and the modification of habitats, among other impacts. There are several species in…

The araponga is a widely occurring species in the Atlantic Forest, with a distribution that ranges from the northeast to the south of Brazil, passing through Argentina and Paraguay. It stands out in the forest thanks to the contrasting white color of the male against the vegetation, and an unmistakable vocalization that resembles a hammer…

Kilauea is an active volcano located in the Hawaiian archipelago, one of the five shield volcanoes that make up the island of Hawaii (the island of Hawaii is the largest in the Hawaiian archipelago, thus giving its name to the U.S. territory of Hawaii). In Hawaiian, the word “kilauea” means “spewing” or “spreading,” referring to…