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Helicopters drop 6,000 logs into 38 km of remote rivers in Washington to reverse decades in which biologists removed wood from the water thinking they were doing the right thing.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 18/06/2026 at 00:59

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Few remember, but the 2024 drought in the Amazon already affects transport, energy, and agriculture. Rivers are reaching critical levels, smoke covers cities, and the scenario triggers a global alert about climate change.

Flavia Marinho 30/04/2026 at 14:23

Science and Technology

Scientists identify 3,100 glaciers capable of triggering sudden advances, and global warming makes avalanches, floods, and river blockages more unpredictable, with 81 ice masses already identified as a direct threat to communities and infrastructure in regions like Karakoram and the Arctic

Carla Teles 29/04/2026 at 13:17

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As dams and pollution advance, migratory freshwater fish are facing a silent global crisis that has already decimated populations, threatened fisheries, and raised alarms in major basins.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 04/04/2026 at 11:22

Estudo revela que lagos e rios de águas negras na bacia do Congo liberam carbono ancestral de turfeiras com até 3.500 anos para a atmosfera.

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Scientists Make Unexpected Discovery in the Congo Basin: Dark Lakes and Rivers Are Releasing Carbon Up to 3,500 Years Old and Raising Alarm About Giant Natural Reservoir

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 12/03/2026 at 18:26

pântanos ganham força com sedimento dragado, dragagem, margens degradadas e Engenharia com a Natureza em West Bay.

Interesting facts

U.S. Strategically Repositions Dredged Sediment to Revive Coastal Wetlands and Strengthen Degraded Shorelines, Using River “Mud” as Natural Protective Brick

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 09/03/2026 at 21:59

Entenda como limpar rios virou startup com barcos que recolhem plástico e vendem matéria-prima em Manaus, mantendo renda e atraindo investimento.

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Entrepreneur Launches Startup with Boats to Clean Rivers, Attracts R$ 2 Million Investment, Transforms Plastic Removed from Water into Raw Material and Earns Around R$ 12,000 per Month

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 24/02/2026 at 22:24

lixo do Pacífico: IA e drones, interceptores, reciclagem hidroquímica e microplásticos explicados com foco no que muda e no que falta.

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The “Pacific Trash” Has 80,000 Tons and 1.8 Trillion Pieces, but Now Robots, Drones, and Interceptors Come In: 21 Have Already Blocked 21,000 Tons in Rivers, While Hydrochemical Recycling Promises to Recycle Unwanted Dirty Plastic

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 18/02/2026 at 12:48

Robôs como Interceptor e WasteShark removem lixos do rio em projetos que ajudam a combater a poluição e proteger ecossistemas aquáticos ao redor do mundo

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See How Robots Are Eliminating Waste in Rio: Projects That Could Change the Way We Protect Our Greatest Natural Resources

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 15/02/2026 at 06:50

Estudo revela que muitos deltas afundam mais rápido do que o nível do mar, aumentando riscos de inundações e intrusão salina.

Science and Technology

Planet Giants Are Sinking: Study Reveals That 18 Of The World’s Largest Deltas, Such As The Amazon, Nile, And Mississippi, Are Sinking Faster Than Global Sea Levels Rise

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 02/02/2026 at 14:22

Descubra a estrada N5 em Madagascar, uma rota desafiadora que liga Marranchesh a Tamatave por 250 quilômetros de terra.

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Road Of Fear In Madagascar: 250 Km Of Mud, Rotted Bridges And Rivers Swallowing Cars Expose Overloaded Passengers, 500 Kg Timber Smuggling And A Journey That Can Last Days

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 01/02/2026 at 13:55

Remoção de US$ 500 milhões em um dos rios mais importantes para o salmão no oeste dos EUA retira quatro barragens, libera migração após mais de 100 anos e usa sonar para medir sinais do renascimento

Science and Technology

Removal Of Four Dams On One Of The Most Important Rivers For Salmon In The Western U.S. Mobilizes $500 Million, Reopens Migration After More Than 100 Years And Uses Sonar To Measure Signs Of Revival

Noel Budeguer 25/01/2026 at 07:51

Helicopters drop 6,000 logs into 38 km of remote rivers in Washington to reverse decades in which biologists removed wood from the water thinking they were doing the right thing.

Few remember, but the 2024 drought in the Amazon already affects transport, energy, and agriculture. Rivers are reaching critical levels, smoke covers cities, and the scenario triggers a global alert about climate change.

Scientists identify 3,100 glaciers capable of triggering sudden advances, and global warming makes avalanches, floods, and river blockages more unpredictable, with 81 ice masses already identified as a direct threat to communities and infrastructure in regions like Karakoram and the Arctic

As dams and pollution advance, migratory freshwater fish are facing a silent global crisis that has already decimated populations, threatened fisheries, and raised alarms in major basins.

Scientists Make Unexpected Discovery in the Congo Basin: Dark Lakes and Rivers Are Releasing Carbon Up to 3,500 Years Old and Raising Alarm About Giant Natural Reservoir

U.S. Strategically Repositions Dredged Sediment to Revive Coastal Wetlands and Strengthen Degraded Shorelines, Using River “Mud” as Natural Protective Brick

Entrepreneur Launches Startup with Boats to Clean Rivers, Attracts R$ 2 Million Investment, Transforms Plastic Removed from Water into Raw Material and Earns Around R$ 12,000 per Month

The “Pacific Trash” Has 80,000 Tons and 1.8 Trillion Pieces, but Now Robots, Drones, and Interceptors Come In: 21 Have Already Blocked 21,000 Tons in Rivers, While Hydrochemical Recycling Promises to Recycle Unwanted Dirty Plastic

See How Robots Are Eliminating Waste in Rio: Projects That Could Change the Way We Protect Our Greatest Natural Resources

Planet Giants Are Sinking: Study Reveals That 18 Of The World’s Largest Deltas, Such As The Amazon, Nile, And Mississippi, Are Sinking Faster Than Global Sea Levels Rise

Road Of Fear In Madagascar: 250 Km Of Mud, Rotted Bridges And Rivers Swallowing Cars Expose Overloaded Passengers, 500 Kg Timber Smuggling And A Journey That Can Last Days

Removal Of Four Dams On One Of The Most Important Rivers For Salmon In The Western U.S. Mobilizes $500 Million, Reopens Migration After More Than 100 Years And Uses Sonar To Measure Signs Of Revival

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.