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Sofia Moutinho

A model of a complete dinosaur fossil hung by cables
Posted inNews

Illegal Fossil Export Is More Than an Irritator to the Global South

by Sofia Moutinho 14 September 202322 September 2023

More than 2,000 researchers have signed an open letter requesting the repatriation of a dinosaur fossil to Brazil. Some say the case highlights a pattern of scientific colonialism in paleontology.

A rural road in Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, is flooded.
Posted inNews

Farming Is Intensifying Floods in the South American Plains

by Sofia Moutinho 10 August 202310 August 2023

The replacement of native vegetation by crops has raised groundwater levels in the Pampas, a new study suggests.

The Sun sets over a thick cover of sea ice in the Arctic.
Posted inNews

Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting

by Sofia Moutinho 20 June 202320 June 2023

The Montreal Protocol has unintentionally slowed global warming and pushed back the first ice-free Arctic summer by 15 years, according to new research.

Sediment cores in vertical tubes sitting on a ship deck. Two people crouch next to cores.
Posted inNews

Seafloor Plastic Pollution Is Not Going Anywhere

by Sofia Moutinho 14 February 202314 February 2023

The amount of microplastics at the bottom of the Mediterranean is growing as global production increases and plastic breakdown is halted.

Aerial view of a solar photovoltaic power generation system on a reservoir in Taiwan.
Posted inNews

Could Floating Solar Panels Help Mitigate Climate Change?

by Sofia Moutinho 9 December 20221 June 2023

“Floatovoltaics” are an emerging technology, but their environmental impacts are still unknown.

Researcher at an observation tower in a plot where the towers will be installed
Posted inNews

Testing the Resilience of the Amazon

by Sofia Moutinho 10 November 202222 December 2022

A mega-experiment in Brazil will evaluate how tropical rain forests absorb carbon as emissions increase.

Illustration of underserved communities in Phoenix and Florida suffering from heat illnesses
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Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences

by Sofia Moutinho and E. Gawthrop 23 February 20215 October 2021

How two neighborhoods in Arizona and Florida became hot spots for sickening heat.

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