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Research Highlights
Extreme weather events
Early warning systems and plans to avert disasters due to extreme rainfall are still flawed, study shows
Researchers analyzed landslides caused by storms in São Sebastião (Brazil) in 2023, when at least 65 people died, and suggest involvement of the local community in contingency programs.
Biodiversity
Multiple systems use satellites to monitor deforestation in the amazon
At least five initiatives calculate the area of native vegetation removed annually and support the goal of zero deforestation by 2030.
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Field Diary – Negro River series
After a 24-hour journey from Manaus, the DEGy Negro River Expedition finalize preparations at the mouth of the Jauaperi River (Roraima state) in search for Iracema caiana, an electric fish species whose only four specimen known to science were collected in 1968 at an inaccurately-described, nearby site. Agência FAPESP followed the work in the field.
Supercomputers
Capable of complex operations, machines enable to investigate matters such as the effects of deforestation on climate and Milky Way evolution.
Teacher blackout
To improve its basic education, Brazil needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Biotechnology
Tilapia skin offers innovative treatment for corneal ulcers in dogs, preventing eye loss.
Public Health
Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of superbacteria defying science and health systems.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report
FAPESP allocated $ PPP 400.5 million to the funding of 19,692 research projects in 2021, for growth of
3.5% compared with 2020.
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