Category: Ecology and Sustainability
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Dolphins Delight Beachgoers at Arpoador and Reinforce Signs of Good Environmental Quality in Rio
The appearance of a group of dolphins at Arpoador Beach in Ipanema, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, delighted beachgoers and visitors on Sunday (22), in a rare and symbolic scene on World Water Day. According to Agência Brasil, the animals were seen close to the shore, including many calves, which amplified the episode’s repercuss…
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Dolphins Delight Beachgoers at Arpoador and Reinforce Signs of Good Environmental Quality in Rio
The appearance of a group of dolphins at Arpoador Beach in Ipanema, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, delighted bathers and visitors on Sunday (22), in a rare and symbolic scene right on World Water Day. According to Agência Brasil, the animals were spotted close to the shore, including many calves, which amplified the episode’s…
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Community Transforms Environmental Landscape of Guanabara Bay (RJ)
Community involvement from traditional peoples is transforming the environmental landscape of mangroves in Guanabara Bay through cleanup projects and environmental education initiatives.
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Brazilian study warns of accelerated melting of polar ice caps
A study titled Planeta em Degelo (“Thawing Planet”), based on new data from the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar), warns of the acceleration in glacier melting, which totaled 9,179 gigatons since 1976, threatening coastal cities primarily. Nearly all (98%) of this volume reached the oceans in liquid form since 1990, and 41% just from 2015 to…
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Brazilian study warns of rapid melting of polar ice caps
A study titled Planeta em Degelo, based on new data from the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar), warns of the acceleration of glacier melting, which totaled 9,179 gigatons since 1976, threatening coastal cities mainly. Almost all of this amount (98%) reached the oceans in liquid form since 1990, and 41% only between 2015 and 2024. In…
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Peer Pressure Can Make This Clownfish Change Its Stripes
In the Disney movie Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son Nemo might have suffered an injury and asks him to count how many stripes he has. Nemo gets the answer right — three. But in another species, the tomato clownfish, all but one of those stripes disappear as the young fish mature.…
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
In Disney’s Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son Nemo might be hurt and asks him to count how many stripes he has. Nemo gets the answer right: three. But in another species, the tomato clownfish, all the stripes except one disappear as the young fish mature. Now, in an article published in…
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“The sertão resists in the face of climate change,” researcher states
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When Carlos Magno de Medeiros Morais states that “The sertão resists in the face of climate change,” he is not talking about an academic abstraction. He is talking about a concrete territory, a lived experience, and a productive agricultural model that has resisted for generations in the Brazilian Semi-Arid region. Mestre in Agroecology and coordinator…
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“The Sertão resists in the face of climate change,” says researcher
When Carlos Magno de Medeiros Morais states that “The Sertão resists in the face of climate change,” he is not talking about an academic abstraction. He is talking about a concrete territory, a lived experience, and a productive agricultural model that has endured for generations in Brazil’s Semi-Arid region. With a master’s degree in Agroecology…
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Historic Rains Leave 20 Dead in Minas Gerais’ Zona da Mata Region
At least 20 people died in Minas Gerais’ Zona da Mata region due to historic rains since Monday night, with Juiz de Fora the hardest hit, confirming 16 deaths.