incêndios florestais

Interesting facts

Greece’s old power grid came under suspicion after 15 major fires, 51,000 acres burned, and low-hanging cables crossing dry areas like clotheslines on windy days.

Flavia Marinho 13/06/2026 at 16:14

Science and Technology

São Paulo sets up a “Wall of Fire” with satellites, artificial intelligence, thousands of cameras, and a partnership with Waze to tackle a severe El Niño, anticipate fire outbreaks, and protect 613 municipalities during the most critical phase of the year.

Ana Alice 02/06/2026 at 23:17

Science and Technology

NASA satellite image shows a giant mark left by fires in Georgia, where extreme drought, winds, and remnants of Hurricane Helene helped the fire advance over more than 22,000 hectares in an area visible from space.

Carla Teles 16/05/2026 at 15:07

Interesting facts

Brazil surprises by reducing forest fires by 32% even in a year of extreme heat, brought together 120 experts, forecasts risks in all biomes, and reveals a strategy that could change firefighting.

Flavia Marinho 28/04/2026 at 18:20

Interesting facts

Brazil surprises by reducing forest fires by 32% even in a year of extreme heat, gathers 120 experts, forecasts risks in all biomes, and reveals a strategy that could change the fight against fire.

Flavia Marinho 28/04/2026 at 18:18

Science and Technology

Scientists warn and humanity must prepare, as fires no longer slow down as they used to when night falls; the climate has increased the hours favorable to fire by 36% and demands a response to the impacts on forests and cities.

Alisson Ficher 19/04/2026 at 12:08

Jovens criadores do robô Trovador durante demonstração em área florestal

Agribusiness

Portuguese Youth Create Autonomous Robot With Recycled Materials That Plants 200 Trees Per Hour and Could Revolutionize Reforestation After Wildfires

Jefferson Augusto 25/02/2026 at 13:07

Trincheiras sendo abertas na Califórnia em áreas urbanas e florestais.

Construction

In California, Thousands of Miles of Trenches Are Being Dug in Cities, Forests, and Mountain Regions — And the Real Reason Behind This Decision Shocked the United States

Felipe Alves da Silva 05/02/2026 at 16:07

Interesting facts

Wildfires In Patagonia Become Environmental Threat For The Entire World And Are Among The Worst In History; Science Points Out Main Causes Of This Phenomenon Affecting The Fauna And Flora Of The Country In South America

Noel Budeguer 03/02/2026 at 19:46

A emergência climática se intensifica com a onda de calor na Austrália, elevando o risco catastrófico de incêndios florestais.

Sustainability

Catastrophic Risk: Heatwave in Australia Revives Fears of Black Summer

Sara Aquino 08/01/2026 at 20:22

FireSat: rede de satélites financiada pelo Google começa a operar para combater incêndios florestais

Science and Technology

Google Launches FireSat, Network of Satellites That Combats Wildfires in Real Time

Carla Teles 18/03/2025 at 23:07

Greece’s old power grid came under suspicion after 15 major fires, 51,000 acres burned, and low-hanging cables crossing dry areas like clotheslines on windy days.

São Paulo sets up a “Wall of Fire” with satellites, artificial intelligence, thousands of cameras, and a partnership with Waze to tackle a severe El Niño, anticipate fire outbreaks, and protect 613 municipalities during the most critical phase of the year.

NASA satellite image shows a giant mark left by fires in Georgia, where extreme drought, winds, and remnants of Hurricane Helene helped the fire advance over more than 22,000 hectares in an area visible from space.

Brazil surprises by reducing forest fires by 32% even in a year of extreme heat, brought together 120 experts, forecasts risks in all biomes, and reveals a strategy that could change firefighting.

Brazil surprises by reducing forest fires by 32% even in a year of extreme heat, gathers 120 experts, forecasts risks in all biomes, and reveals a strategy that could change the fight against fire.

Scientists warn and humanity must prepare, as fires no longer slow down as they used to when night falls; the climate has increased the hours favorable to fire by 36% and demands a response to the impacts on forests and cities.

Portuguese Youth Create Autonomous Robot With Recycled Materials That Plants 200 Trees Per Hour and Could Revolutionize Reforestation After Wildfires

In California, Thousands of Miles of Trenches Are Being Dug in Cities, Forests, and Mountain Regions — And the Real Reason Behind This Decision Shocked the United States

Wildfires In Patagonia Become Environmental Threat For The Entire World And Are Among The Worst In History; Science Points Out Main Causes Of This Phenomenon Affecting The Fauna And Flora Of The Country In South America

Catastrophic Risk: Heatwave in Australia Revives Fears of Black Summer

Google Launches FireSat, Network of Satellites That Combats Wildfires in Real Time

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Hidden beneath a small entrance in Namibia’s underground, the largest underground lake in the world is the size of 2 football fields, 264 meters deep, and even has rare animals that survive without sunlight.

Heir bought 23,000 degraded acres in the Scottish Highlands, fenced the area, planted nearly 1 million native trees, and transformed empty mountains into a forest officially recognized after meeting 15 evaluation criteria over 20 years.