Greenpeace activists from Brazil, Argentina, Spain, usa, Germany and Ghana cemented a discharge pipe belonging to a Dow Chemicals plant at Guaruja in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pipe,

Dinosaurs were tormented by parasitic mites, new research suggests. Dave Martill of the University of Portsmouth and his colleague Paul Davis used an electron microscope to study a

It is no use trying to save the rainforests, warns a new study

Brazil has slashed funds which it had promised to contribute towards a pilot project aimed at preserving the Amazon forests. The US $250-million-project was backed by seven leading industrial

Brazil approves of transgenic crops

Teenagers in Brazil gave birth to a staggering 900,000 babies in 1997, thus accounting for 26.5 per cent of all live births in the country. According to the ministry of health, girls between the age

Porto Privamera Dam, which is under construction for the last 20 years, may soon be commissioned. The dam will have serious environmental and social implications as it is being commissioned

Wildfires and a prolonged drought spurred by the El Ni

Brazil has planned