Remembering the auca:Violence and Generational Memory in Amazonian Ecuador [PDF]
Anderson +61 more
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Heat and Cold Waves in Brazil: An ERA5‐Based Analysis of Trends and Seasonality (1980–2024)
This study uses ERA5 reanalysis data to assess changes in extreme heat and cold events across Brazil from 1980 to 2024. Results reveal a sharp increase in heatwave frequency and a general decline in coldwave occurrences, though regional variations are substantial.
Alindomar Lacerda Silva, Scott Sheridan
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Author Correction: Healthy forests safeguard traditional wild meat food systems in Amazonia. [PDF]
Antunes AP +58 more
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Seasonal Variability of Precipitating Systems in Four Radar Domains of Northeast Brazil
This study analyzes the climatology and evaluates how the physical aspects of precipitating systems are influenced by the dry and wet seasons in Northeast Brazil, highlighting seasonal variations in the frequency, size, intensity, and duration of these systems in the regions of Natal, Maceió, Petrolina, and Salvador.
Amanda Carolina da Silva Queiroz +1 more
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Assessing fish diversity in small streams and ponds of the Peruvian Amazon using environmental DNA metabarcoding. [PDF]
Estivals G +6 more
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Modeling Amazon Deforestation for Policy Purposes [PDF]
Brazil has long ago removed most of the perverse government incentives that stimulated massive deforestation in the Amazon in the 70s and 80s, but one highly controversial policy remains: Road building.
Clive W. J. Granger, Lykke E. Andersen
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This open access book examines the untold human history of the Amazon rainforest, from the arrival of the earliest humans to the present. A spate of recent discoveries in unexplored regions and technological breakthroughs have allowed us to peer through the forest canopy to the earth below, revealing an entirely new picture of Amazonian past, which ...
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Sunshine Duration in Brazil From Meteosat (1983–2020): Climatology, Variability and Long‐Term Trends
Using nearly four decades of Meteosat satellite data (1983–2020), this study presents a country‐wide climatology of sunshine duration (SDU) in Brazil. The results reveal marked regional contrasts, dominant modes of variability, and significant long‐term trends, providing new information on the most relevant meteorological systems that influence SDU and
Maria Lívia Lins Mattos Gava +2 more
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Dry‐Season Water Deficits in the Southwestern Amazon Under High Emissions
Projected climatic water deficit in the study region indicates a longer and more intense dry season, with delays in the onset of the wet season under higher emission scenarios. These changes, particularly, pronounced under SSP5‐8.5, suggest increased ecological vulnerability and greater seasonal water stress.
Débora J. Dutra +18 more
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Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance. [PDF]
Tavares JV +94 more
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