by Bibiana Garrido | 29/10/2021 | News
Brazil’s greenhouse gases emissions in 2020 grew by 9.5%, while worldwide they dropped by almost 7% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in deforestation rates last year, especially in the Amazon, put Brazil on the wrong way and left it at a disadvantage in the...
by Bibiana Garrido | 01/09/2021 | News
Fires in the Amazon, caused by human action, may have affected 95.5% of all known species of plants and vertebrate animals in the biome, reveals a study published by Nature this Wednesday. The research presents evidence on how forest fires affect the biome that holds...
by Bibiana Garrido | 14/08/2021 | News
A group of researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and the Woodwell Climate Research Center, from the United States, ended this Friday (13) a field expedition that went through the three biomes in the state of Mato Grosso to improve the use of...
by Bibiana Garrido | 10/08/2021 | News
A large-scale Pantanal fire that started this weekend in the state of Mato Grosso doubled in size this Monday (9). According to researchers from IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and Woodwell Climate Research Center, the estimated burned area of native...
by Bibiana Garrido | 09/08/2021 | News
A large-scale fire burned areas of Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso this weekend. Nearly one thousand hectares of native vegetation and pasture lands burned in the span of only two days. This active fire started Saturday and is still not under control after two...