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Sofia Moutinho

Rio de Janeiro
As seen in: Folha de S.Paulo, UOL, Nature, Scientific American, Science Magazine, SciDev Net
Covers:  Science, Nature, Environment, Health, Climate Change, Biology, Medicine, Indigenous peoples, Neuroscience, Dreams, Sleep
Journalist (science, health, environment) | AHCJ Award | @pulitzercenter Fellow | @risj_oxford Climate Journ Network | @ColumbiaJournMA | sofia.lmdo@gmail.com
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Health in the Amazon

Health in the Amazon

Raimundo Francisco Belmiro, resident of the Riozinho do Anfrísio Extractive Reserve, also in Terra do Meio, i…

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Arduous trip through Amazon brings COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable groups

Arduous trip through Amazon brings COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable groups

"Vaccine! Let's vaccinate everyone!" Shouts go up from the steep and muddy banks of the Iriri River in the he…

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Transgenic glowing fish invades Brazilian streams

Transgenic glowing fish invades Brazilian streams

Fish genetically engineered to glow blue, green, or red under blacklight have been a big hit among aquarium l…

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Sobrepesca amenaza biodiversidad de peces en Amazonía - América Latina y el Caribe

Sobrepesca amenaza biodiversidad de peces en Amazonía - América Latina y el Caribe

La biodiversidad de peces en la Amazonía, la cuenca fluvial más grande del mundo, está amenazada por la sobre…

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Brazil's space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival

Brazil's space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival

It was a source of pride for decades. But Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research is rapidly losing fu…

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Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue

Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue

Meera Yadav gave birth to her first baby in 2013, when she was a 23-year-old living in a slum in Mumbai, Indi…

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Golden mussels are devastating South American rivers. The Amazon may be next

Golden mussels are devastating South American rivers. The Amazon may be next

On a stuffy summer day, Maria Cristina Dreher Mansur peers into the brownish water of Lake Guaíba in the sout…

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Government attacks on higher education in Nicaragua put research-and researchers-at risk

Government attacks on higher education in Nicaragua put research-and researchers-at risk

Repression of academia in Nicaragua has escalated over the past 3 months. President Daniel Ortega's governmen…

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Ciência Fundamental: Nossa terra tem... árvores em perigo

Ciência Fundamental: Nossa terra tem... árvores em perigo

Uma árvore frutífera de longas folhas verdes, cujos ramos se assemelham à cauda de uma ave. Não se pode dizer…

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Nossa terra tem... árvores em perigo

Nossa terra tem... árvores em perigo

Uma árvore frutífera de longas folhas verdes, cujos ramos se assemelham à cauda de uma ave. Não se pode dizer…

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The 'Brazilian Savannah': Severe Drought and Heat if Deforestation is not Stopped

The 'Brazilian Savannah': Severe Drought and Heat if Deforestation is not Stopped

The Cerrado, the "Brazilian savannah", will suffer a sharp rise in temperature and droughts if deforestation …

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'Sabana brasileña': sequía y calor severos si no se frena deforestación - América Latina y el Car...

'Sabana brasileña': sequía y calor severos si no se frena deforestación - América Latina y el Car...

By: Sofia Moutinho [DAVOS, Suiza]. El Cerrado, la "sabana brasileña", sufrirá un fuerte aumento de temperatur…

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Sobrepesca amenaza biodiversidad de peces en Amazonía - América Latina y el Caribe

Sobrepesca amenaza biodiversidad de peces en Amazonía - América Latina y el Caribe

La biodiversidad de peces en la Amazonía, la cuenca fluvial más grande del mundo, está amenazada por la sobre…

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Medicinal knowledge vanishes as Indigenous languages die

Medicinal knowledge vanishes as Indigenous languages die

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND- Uldarico Matapí Yucuna, 63, is often called the last shaman of the Matapi, an Indigenous …

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Fonte de orgulho nacional, INPE luta para sobreviver

Fonte de orgulho nacional, INPE luta para sobreviver

Cuidadosamente guardadas em um armário, Evlyn Novo mantém uma coleção de placas comemorativas recebidas pelo …

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Brazil's space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival

Brazil's space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival

Carefully stowed away in a locker, Evlyn Novo keeps a collection of framed plaques honoring her time as a res…

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A corrida para criar um observatório da saúde do planeta

A corrida para criar um observatório da saúde do planeta

Da comida que comemos ao ar que respiramos, nossas necessidades básicas são providas pela incrível variedade …

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