Caatinga

Science and Technology

The great Atlantic current will lose 51% of its strength by the end of the century even if all countries meet their emission targets, and the reduction of this ocean circulation that balances the global climate could affect Brazilian biomes such as the Amazon and the Caatinga by altering rainfall and temperature patterns.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 18/05/2026 at 22:52

Science and Technology

A rare plant from the Caatinga and unprecedented in the world, Isabelcristinia aromatica had its chemical composition analyzed for the first time and surprised the researchers at Univasf.

Ruth Rodrigues 14/05/2026 at 16:13

Interesting facts

The Brazilian city that hides a 25-million-year-old volcano in the middle of the Caatinga and holds one of the country’s rarest and most impressive geological formations

Ana Alice 25/04/2026 at 23:59

Science and Technology

Discovered in 2026, a new plant from the Caatinga intrigues scientists after centuries “invisible” in nature and was named Machaerium guidone, in honor of archaeologist Niède Guidon.

Ruth Rodrigues 24/04/2026 at 18:17

Projeto no deserto da Arábia Saudita muda o caminho da água, faz o solo voltar a infiltrar chuva e vira exemplo que pode inspirar soluções contra a seca até no Brasil (3)

Science and Technology

Project In Saudi Arabia’s Desert Changes Water Flow, Restores Soil Infiltration, and Becomes Example That Can Inspire Solutions Against Drought Even in Brazil

Carla Teles 09/03/2026 at 14:37

Montes de cupins no Nordeste do Brasil formam um padrão gigante visível por satélite e revelam uma das maiores obras naturais já estudadas.

Interesting facts

Termite City Is In Brazil And Can Be Seen From Space: 200 Million Ancient Mounds Form Giant Geometric Pattern In The Northeast, Larger Than Great Britain And Comparable To Thousands Of Pyramids

Alisson Ficher 30/01/2026 at 20:15

Rio São Francisco cruzando a Caatinga e garantindo a sobrevivência no semiárido

Interesting facts

For Over 3,000 Kilometers, the Old Chico Crosses the Sertão as a Line Between Life and Death, Keeps the Caatinga Alive, and Sustains Millions Where Water Is a Matter of Survival

Felipe Alves da Silva 29/01/2026 at 15:45

Animais da Caatinga exibem comportamentos que indicam a chegada da chuva no sertão brasileiro.

Interesting facts

Few People Know, But Five Animals from the Caatinga Can Predict the Arrival of Rain with Amazing Accuracy, Long Before Any Weather Forecast

Felipe Alves da Silva 29/01/2026 at 12:59

Animais trazidos de fora resistiram ao calor e à seca da Caatinga e moldaram o sertão após dura seleção natural no semiárido brasileiro.

Agribusiness

They Did Not Emerge From the Caatinga: The Resilient Breeds That Conquered the Sertão, Faced Thirst and Extreme Heat, and Today Number Millions – A Brutal Natural Selection Shaped the Champions of the Semiarid Region.

Alisson Ficher 07/01/2026 at 14:15

Planta invasora resistente a herbicidas avança nas lavouras e impulsiona pesquisa com bactéria da Caatinga para controle biológico.

Science and Technology

Embrapa Scientists Use Caatinga Microorganism to Curb Invasive Plant That Raises Agricultural Production Costs

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 05/01/2026 at 19:33

Maior reserva de Caatinga do Brasil com 823 mil hectares reúne biodiversidade adaptada e paisagens marcantes

Interesting facts

The Largest Caatinga Reserve in Brazil, Covering 823,000 Hectares, Impresses with Its Vastness, Rare Biodiversity, and Otherworldly Landscapes

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 01/12/2025 at 17:25

Projetos no semiárido mostram como agroflorestas recuperam solo degradado e aumentam a produção de alimentos em regiões vulneráveis do Brasil.

Interesting facts

‘Green Wall’ In The Brazilian Semiarid Will Transform Depleted Soil Into Food

Alisson Ficher 17/11/2025 at 18:51

A rare plant from the Caatinga and unprecedented in the world, Isabelcristinia aromatica had its chemical composition analyzed for the first time and surprised the researchers at Univasf.

The Brazilian city that hides a 25-million-year-old volcano in the middle of the Caatinga and holds one of the country’s rarest and most impressive geological formations

Discovered in 2026, a new plant from the Caatinga intrigues scientists after centuries “invisible” in nature and was named Machaerium guidone, in honor of archaeologist Niède Guidon.

Project In Saudi Arabia’s Desert Changes Water Flow, Restores Soil Infiltration, and Becomes Example That Can Inspire Solutions Against Drought Even in Brazil

Termite City Is In Brazil And Can Be Seen From Space: 200 Million Ancient Mounds Form Giant Geometric Pattern In The Northeast, Larger Than Great Britain And Comparable To Thousands Of Pyramids

For Over 3,000 Kilometers, the Old Chico Crosses the Sertão as a Line Between Life and Death, Keeps the Caatinga Alive, and Sustains Millions Where Water Is a Matter of Survival

Few People Know, But Five Animals from the Caatinga Can Predict the Arrival of Rain with Amazing Accuracy, Long Before Any Weather Forecast

They Did Not Emerge From the Caatinga: The Resilient Breeds That Conquered the Sertão, Faced Thirst and Extreme Heat, and Today Number Millions – A Brutal Natural Selection Shaped the Champions of the Semiarid Region.

Embrapa Scientists Use Caatinga Microorganism to Curb Invasive Plant That Raises Agricultural Production Costs

The Largest Caatinga Reserve in Brazil, Covering 823,000 Hectares, Impresses with Its Vastness, Rare Biodiversity, and Otherworldly Landscapes

‘Green Wall’ In The Brazilian Semiarid Will Transform Depleted Soil Into Food

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Four times faster than the Concorde, capable of taking passengers from New York to London in less than an hour at Mach 5.5, and with an engine that switches from turbojet to ramjet mid-flight at Mach 3.5, the Hermeus Quarterhorse went from paper to its first flight in just 19 months.

SpaceX will dock a $843 million vehicle to the International Space Station to push a nearly 420-ton laboratory against the atmosphere and make the debris fall in a controlled manner into the ocean.

China opens the world’s first school where more than 100 humanoid robots from different brands will study together, each movement will be repeated up to 600 times a day and the data will feed a collective brain that will teach all the robots of the future.

Cambodia has started digging a nearly 180-kilometer canal to connect the Mekong River directly to the sea and reduce its dependence on the ports of neighboring Vietnam.

Scientists considered detonating 213 nuclear bombs in the Sahara to create an artificial sea the size of El Salvador, with each explosion being a hundred times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, and the goal was to generate more energy than Egypt’s largest hydroelectric plant.