Plants living in the shadows grew faster when exposed to excess carbon dioxide. But this short-term effect could vanish in a high-emission-induced warmer future, making the forest a carbon source.
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A Exportação Ilegal de Fósseis É Mais do que um Irritante para o Sul Global
Mais de 2 mil pesquisadores assinaram carta aberta solicitando a repatriação do fóssil de um dinossauro para o Brasil. Alguns dizem que o caso destaca um padrão de colonialismo científico na paleontologia.
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Quase um Ano depois, a Seca na Amazônia Está Longe de Terminar
Fortalecido pelas mudanças climáticas, o período de seca no norte do Brasil poderá durar mais que o originalmente previsto e ter consequências econômicas e ecológicas prolongadas.
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A Long-Lost Tropical Island Lies Off Brazil’s Coast
An undersea volcanic plateau in the southwestern Atlantic was a tropical island 45 million years ago.
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Almost a Year in, Drought in the Amazon Is Far from Over
Strengthened by climate change, northern Brazil’s dry spell might last longer than originally fore-cast, with lingering ecological and economic consequences.
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La exportación ilegal de fósiles es más que un Irritator para el Sur Global
Más de 2,000 investigadores han firmado una carta abierta solicitando la repatriación del fósil de dinosaurio a Brasil. Algunos afirman que el caso pone de manifiesto un modelo de colonialismo científico en la paleontología.
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Illegal Fossil Export Is More Than an Irritator to the Global South
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.
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Using Bayesian Estimation to Improve Methane Inventories
A Bayesian, optimal estimation evaluation of state-of-the-art methane inventory with satellite-based emissions from 2009 to 2018 finds substantial differences for livestock, rice, and coal emissions.
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Biogeochemical Insights from a Major Amazonian River
Underrepresented in global carbon budgets, tropical rivers like Brazil’s Tocantins are in need of study to establish their baseline characteristics in the face of increasing global change.
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Aline Ghilardi: Fighting Against Colonialism and Sexism in Paleontology
The Brazilian scientist is one of the leading voices in the movement to bring a rare fossil back to Brazil.