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Brazilian Researchers Work to Transform Agave into the ‘Sugarcane of the Sertão’
Publicado em 15 outubro 2024
Karina Toledo, from Bologna | FAPESP Climate change has caused an increase in the semi-arid climate region in Brazil. Data from the National Center for Monitoring and Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) and the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) in the South American country indicate an expansion of 7,500 square kilometers per year since 1990, which is equivalent to five times the area of the city of São Paulo. A similar phenomenon has been observed in some regions of Europe [...]
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Religion Is Not the Factor That Most Influences Rejection of Evolutionary Theory in Schools
Publicado em 14 dezembro 2022A survey of 5,500 Brazilian and Italian school students aged 14-16 pointed to nationality, social perceptions of science and household income as more influential than religion. The findings are published in PLOS ONE (photo: Taylor Flowe/Unsplash) Religion influences secondary school students’ understanding and acceptance of evolutionary theory, but social and cultural factors such as nationality, perceptions of science and household income are more influential, according to a study [...]ver notícia -
Amazon deforestation threatens newly discovered fish species in Brazil
Publicado em 16 maio 2022Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History researcher Murilo Pastana and his colleagues have discovered and described two new species of Amazonian fish—one with striking red-orange fins and the other so small it is technically considered a miniature fish species—in a paper published today, May 16, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Both species inhabit waters located at the bleeding edge of human encroachment into the Amazon [...]ver notícia -
Properly Managed Fire Enhances Functional Diversity and Carbon Fixation in Savannas
Publicado em 23 fevereiro 2022The grasses that grow in tropical savannas evolved some 8 million years ago, in the presence of fire, long before humans emerged on the planet. Fire continues to play a key evolutionary role in this type of biome. The role of fire in savannas has been the subject of articles published by Agência FAPESP since 2017, and is further elucidated in a new study led by ecologist Alessandra Fidelis, a professor at São Paulo State University’s Institute of Biosciences (IB-UNESP) in [...]ver notícia -
Listening to music while driving reduces cardiac stress
Publicado em 14 novembro 2019Stress while driving is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac complications such as heart attack (myocardial infarction), according to studies published in recent years. Selecting suitable driving music may be one way to mitigate this risk. A study by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Marília, Brazil, suggests that listening to instrumental music, for example, may relieve cardiac stress. The results of the study, which [...]ver notícia