Tag Archives: climate change

The alliances and overlaps between organized crime and environmental crimes are at the center of the studies of Aiala Colares, a professor and researcher at Uepa (State University of Pará). From 2019 to 2021, he coordinated a survey on the subject developed in partnership with the Brazilian Public Security Forum. …

The planet’s glaciers will liquefy much faster than scientists have predicted so far. Half of them will have disappeared by the end of this century, a quarter by 2050. This is the warning of a new study, published this week in the journal Science, which points to the acceleration of …

The official timeline of Earth’s history — from the oldest rocks to dinosaurs and the rise of primates, from the Paleozoic to the Jurassic and every point before and after — could soon include the age of nuclear weapons, of man-made climate change and the proliferation of plastics, garbage and …

An international satellite mission led by NASA will launch from Southern California on Thursday in a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed Swot, short for ocean and surface water topography, the advanced radar satellite is …

From November 6th to 18th of this year, the world accompanied COP27 (27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change), held in Egypt. In English, COP means “Conference of the Parties”, which in international relations generally implies the creation of a committee after the signing of an international treaty. This committee …

1. A World Cup in Qatar? By FIFA standards, nothing new. In 1934, it was in Mussolini’s Italy. In 1978, it was in Argentina during the military dictatorship. And, not to go that far, what to say about Russia, in 2018, after the illegal occupation of Crimea? Qatar is just …

1. A World Cup in Qatar? By FIFA standards, nothing new. In 1934, it was in Mussolini’s Italy. In 1978, it was in Argentina during the military dictatorship. And, not to go that far, what to say about Russia, in 2018, after the illegal occupation of Crimea? Qatar is just …

Although COP27, the UN climate conference, has not yet been concluded, amid major disagreements between the countries, the Minister of the Environment, Joaquim Leite, has already left the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt, where the event happens. Early this Saturday (19th; Friday night, 18th, in Brazil), he left for …

While officially assuming the position of head of the Brazilian delegation at COP27, the UN climate conference, the Minister of the Environment, Joaquim Leite, went to a diving practice space to visit the corals on the Red Sea coast, in Sharm El- Sheikh, in Egypt, this Friday (18). The resort …

In the old days, large green sea turtles were very afraid of humans, from which they fled as fast as they could. “When the turtles saw people, it was like they saw a ghost,” said Mario Pascobello, a resident of Apo Island in the Philippines. “We used to kill them,” …