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US teenagers create a filter for storm drains capable of capturing and degrading microplastics released by ordinary car tires before rain carries this invisible pollution to rivers, lakes, and oceans without almost anyone noticing.

Carla Teles 09/06/2026 at 23:02

Science and Technology

Extratropical cyclone brings storms to the South on Monday after a weekend with heavy rain, winds up to 100 km/h, and risk of hail, warns INMET forecast.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 23/05/2026 at 21:31

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Scientists look at the Pacific Ocean and find a signal that worries meteorologists: heat accumulated below the surface may anticipate a strong El Niño, capable of altering rainfall, droughts, and temperatures in various regions of the planet.

Carla Teles 20/05/2026 at 20:33

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Rains above 60 mm in the North and parts of the Northeast, as well as isolated storms with lightning and wind gusts in the South, according to INMET’s forecast for May 20 to 27.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 20/05/2026 at 09:37

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Australia positions a barge with 78-meter legs at sea to install ocean sockets connected to tunnels under the seabed to supply a desalination plant that will produce 150 million liters of water per day in Alkimos until 2028.

Carla Teles 17/05/2026 at 23:54

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El Niño is already showing signs in the Pacific and may form starting in May, bringing above-normal rainfall to Southern Brazil while the North and Northeast face the risk of prolonged drought.

Bruno Teles 28/04/2026 at 13:35

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El Niño raises alert in the South with an 80% probability between July and August and could push Paraná and Santa Catarina into a spring of extreme storms, rainfall well above average, strong winds, and hail, in a scenario that threatens to replicate the billion-dollar impacts of the last climatic event in the region.

Valdemar Medeiros 27/04/2026 at 11:49

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One of the most feared climate phenomena on the planet is advancing over Brazil with the risk of suffocating heat, chaotic rains, severe drought, and impacts that could disrupt the country in 2026.

Noel Budeguer 14/04/2026 at 10:41

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Rare rains are changing the Sahara, and satellites detect that an ephemeral lake has filled up again, covering 191 km², reaching a depth of 2.2 meters, and reigniting the discussion about the possible greening of the desert.

Noel Budeguer 13/04/2026 at 17:24

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Dutch people are replacing common fences with “rain fences,” fences that store rainwater in the garden: up to 2,160 liters, relieving the sewage system during storms and helping to cope with drought in the summer.

Carla Teles 13/04/2026 at 14:35

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The day when 1,825 mm of rain fell in 24 hours: a world record recognized by the WMO on Réunion Island shows how tropical cyclones and extreme terrain can produce absurd amounts of precipitation.

Carla Teles 07/04/2026 at 14:24

Interesting facts

It seems to have come out of a science fiction movie: A Brazilian city where it rains almost every day, recording over 4,000 mm per year, driven by climatic factors — a direct result of its strategic location in the Amazon.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 01/04/2026 at 08:20

US teenagers create a filter for storm drains capable of capturing and degrading microplastics released by ordinary car tires before rain carries this invisible pollution to rivers, lakes, and oceans without almost anyone noticing.

Extratropical cyclone brings storms to the South on Monday after a weekend with heavy rain, winds up to 100 km/h, and risk of hail, warns INMET forecast.

Scientists look at the Pacific Ocean and find a signal that worries meteorologists: heat accumulated below the surface may anticipate a strong El Niño, capable of altering rainfall, droughts, and temperatures in various regions of the planet.

Rains above 60 mm in the North and parts of the Northeast, as well as isolated storms with lightning and wind gusts in the South, according to INMET’s forecast for May 20 to 27.

Australia positions a barge with 78-meter legs at sea to install ocean sockets connected to tunnels under the seabed to supply a desalination plant that will produce 150 million liters of water per day in Alkimos until 2028.

El Niño is already showing signs in the Pacific and may form starting in May, bringing above-normal rainfall to Southern Brazil while the North and Northeast face the risk of prolonged drought.

One of the most feared climate phenomena on the planet is advancing over Brazil with the risk of suffocating heat, chaotic rains, severe drought, and impacts that could disrupt the country in 2026.

Rare rains are changing the Sahara, and satellites detect that an ephemeral lake has filled up again, covering 191 km², reaching a depth of 2.2 meters, and reigniting the discussion about the possible greening of the desert.

Dutch people are replacing common fences with “rain fences,” fences that store rainwater in the garden: up to 2,160 liters, relieving the sewage system during storms and helping to cope with drought in the summer.

The day when 1,825 mm of rain fell in 24 hours: a world record recognized by the WMO on Réunion Island shows how tropical cyclones and extreme terrain can produce absurd amounts of precipitation.

It seems to have come out of a science fiction movie: A Brazilian city where it rains almost every day, recording over 4,000 mm per year, driven by climatic factors — a direct result of its strategic location in the Amazon.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.