In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous people and researchers join hands to monitor the impacts of a controversial dam _SCIENCE
The last hunt?
Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’ _THE GUARDIAN
Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
TB is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts 1/4 of the world’s population _SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Falling Star
It was a source of pride for decades. But Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research is rapidly losing funding, brains—and hope _SCIENCE
Health in the Amazon
Local communities protect the rainforest but lack adequate healthcare _NATURE
Amazon delivery
A rainforest expedition brings COVID-19 vaccines to some of Brazil’s most remote and vulnerable groups _SCIENCE
A Golden Menace
An invasive mussel is devastating ecosystems as it spreads through South American rivers, threatening the Amazon basin _SCIENCE MAGAZINE
Dangerous heat, unequal consequences
How two neighborhoods shaped by racial segregation became hotspots for sickening heat _CPI, MOTHER JONES, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, AZ CENTRAL
How Llama Poop Is Helping an Andean Community Adapt to Melting Glaciers
Reintroducing these animals can enrich barren soils and potentially reduce water contamination, a study shows _EOS
Illegal Fossil Export Is More Than an ‘Irritator’ to the Global South
Researchers request the repatriation of a dinosaur fossil to Brazil. Some say the case highlights a pattern of scientific colonialism in paleontology _EOS
South American Rainforests Are on the Brink of Becoming Carbon Sources
Plants’ ability to stock carbon ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, as temperatures skyrocketed and trees died _ EOS
Farming Is Intensifying Floods in the South American Plains
The replacement of native vegetation by crops has raised groundwater levels in the Pampas _EOS
Brazil’s Amazon Summit falls short on charting meaningful goals to protect forest, researchers say
Leaders recognize the threat of a tipping point, but lack a concrete plan to halt deforestation and fossil fuel exploitation _SCIENCE
Clinical trials assess a precision-medicine approach to cancer screening
Risk-based screening approaches can reduce over-detection, while self-testing and new diagnostics find early disease _NATURE MEDICINE
Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting
The Montreal Protocol has unintentionally slowed global warming and pushed back the first ice-free Arctic summer by 15 years _EOS
Researchers and regulators plan for a future with fewer lab animals
The US Food and Drug Administration has reduced requirements for preclinical animal testing, leading to a surge of interest in organoids, tissue chips and in silico testing _NATURE MEDICINE
Seafloor plastic pollution is not going anywhere
The amount of microplastics at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is growing as global production increases and plastic breakdown is halted_EOS
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