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Sound archives, a neural network, and two specimens collected in 1941 were enough to split the Baturité Antthrush from one of South America's most widespread forest birds.
Federal agencies say the 2026-27 event could be the strongest since 1950. The health system has a plan. The dredges are, once again, running late.
A new study projects that dry spells in the Paraíba do Sul basin — the water source for more than 20 million people — will grow longer and far more severe.
Anomalies turned up in 60.5% of the otoliths sampled at the mouth of the São Mateus River, more than double the previous national high.
Justices upheld the agreement's validity but said a private pact cannot bind state action. But states were also allowed to withhold tax breaks from companies that take part.
Amazon deforestation is linked to falling rainfall in the Iguaçu River basin, the hydrological engine of southern Brazil's economy
Rare July windstorms killed five people and cut power to half a million properties, days after Brasília unveiled a package built for a slower kind of disaster.
A new study puts a number on what three decades of warming cost Brazilian agriculture — and finds the damage concentrated exactly where the country can least absorb it.
The country's 2026 dam-safety audit shows an expanding inventory, a shrinking inspection workforce and a budget moving the wrong way.
A new study finds green activities have been stuck since 2014 — and the workers most exposed to decarbonization are the least prepared for it.
Brazil signed onto an initiative targeting fossil-fuel leaks. Its real methane emergency is elsewhere.
A Brazilian Alpine destination joins a global tourist-tax wave
A major Brazilian airline has been found liable for misleading customers about its carbon-offset program — and more suits are expected to follow
Severe heat and climate matters are set to be central to the 2026 World Cup, which kicks off today in the US, Mexico and Canada.
Illegal gold mining can devastate protected lands and poison indigenous communities. Brazil's federal government wants to clean it up, but Congress may have other ideas.
Brazil’s agro caucus pushed through a quartet of bills last week, weakening environmental oversight. We take them apart, and explain why the industry may have shot itself in the foot.
Forecast models are showing an increasing probability of a severe El Niño event forming this year. What does that mean for Brazil, and is the country prepared?
The extraction of rare earth elements is all the rage in Brazil and around the world. But the country’s urgency to extract these critical minerals leaves large environmental gaps.
Brazil launched its new bioeconomy development plan last month, and the massive pirarucu river fish is at the center of the model’s first steps.
Away from the consensus-driven COP talks, representatives of countries dead-set on eradicating fossil fuels met in the Colombian city of Santa Marta this week.
Many of Brazil’s municipalities most exposed to climate disasters are also those with the least financial capacity to ward them off.
A new rule forces Brazilian banks to check for illegal deforestation before granting any subsidized loans to agricultural producers.
Marina Silva leaves the Environment Ministry, after managing to rebuild the country’s governance and oversight apparatus after years of Bolsonaro-era dismantling.
Brazil held the COP15 conference on migratory species this past week, managing to deliver on several international accords to protect migrating birds, fish and mammals.
In Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park, organizations have embarked on bold (and successful) animal reintroduction projects, seeking to bring back long-lost species.
