Category: Environment
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Earth’s Inner Core May Have Stopped and Started Spinning in the Opposite Direction, Study Suggests
A study conducted by researchers from Peking University has reignited the scientific debate about the behavior of Earth’s inner core. According to a CNN Brasil report, the research suggests that the rotation of this deep layer of the planet may have slowed significantly over the past decade and even begun to move in the opposite…
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Earth’s Inner Core May Have Stopped and Begun Rotating in Reverse, Study Indicates
A study conducted by researchers from Peking University has reignited the scientific debate about the behavior of Earth’s inner core. According to a CNN Brasil report, the research suggests that the rotation of this deep layer of the planet may have slowed significantly over the last decade and even begun moving in the opposite direction…
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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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Area occupied by favelas nearly tripled in 40 years in Brazil
Brazilian favelas grew and occupied an area of 92.3 thousand hectares over the last 40 years, according to the Annual Mapping of Urbanized Areas in Brazil by MapBiomas, released this Wednesday (4). According to the study, favelas nearly tripled in size over four decades, becoming 2.75 times larger, while cities in general grew 2.5 times.…
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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…