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Ecology Electoral cycles influence destruction of Atlantic Rainforest areas in South and Southeast Brazil
Study led by researchers at USP analyzed data for the period 1991-2014 and revealed that deforestation increased in election years. The phenomenon could cancel out the environmental gains achieved by conservation policies and actions.
Research Infrastructure INPE under pressure
Brazil's most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead.
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Harpy eagles are disappearing from parts of the Amazon
A study by biologists from Brazil, South Africa and UK indicated that, to survive, the birds need at least 50% of preserved forest in their range, where they nest and forage. Due to deforestation, the world's largest eagle is disappearing from parts of the Amazon.
Aquatic life Culture of damaged fragments onto 3D-printed cribs is a promising technology for restoring threatened reefs.
Physics Superimposing sheets of the material – composed of a single layer of carbon atoms in a beehive-like pattern – reveals new properties and gives rise to a new field of research: twistronics.
Conservation Unmanned aerial vehicles are used to monitor tropical forests in a speedy, efficient and detail-rich manner.
Space Research Above the Earth's atmosphere, space is a hostile place, dominated by particles and radiation which can cause substantial damage to living beings and machinery - airplanes, telescopes, even the ISS.
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