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Climate Change Threatens to Alter Methane Emissions in the Amazon, Study Reveals
Publicado em 16 outubro 2024
Climate change could significantly disrupt emissions and uptake of greenhouse gases in the Amazon rainforest, with wide-reaching global consequences. Rising temperatures and increased flooding are affecting microbial activity in floodplain and upland forest soils, leading to contrasting changes in methane dynamics, warns new research from the University of São Paulo.
The study, recently published in the journal Environmental Microbiome, points to an alarming shift in methane uptake [...]
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Resilient trees can help protect cities from climate change, scientists say
Publicado em 11 agosto 2024Tipuana trees are emerging as a beacon of hope amidst the serious threat of climate change, which is altering weather patterns and leading to extreme conditions like heatwaves and droughts. In São Paulo, Brazil, scientists have discovered that these remarkable trees not only survive but thrive in challenging environments, continuing to provide invaluable contributions to the ecosystem. In a study focusing on the 2013-14 drought, scientists observed how this extreme weather event [...]ver notícia -
Climate change: Brazilian semi-arid biome to lose over 90% of mammal species by 2060, study reveals
Publicado em 14 janeiro 2024The foreseeable effects of climate change on the Caatinga, the semi-arid shrubland and thorn forest biome in Brazil’s Northeast region, will be catastrophic for most terrestrial mammal species that live there. A study reported in the journal Global Change Biology by researchers in Brazil affiliated with the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the Federal University of (UFPB) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) forecasts species loss for 91.6% of species assemblages in [...]ver notícia