This study documents the lifecycle and large-scale environment of a large-hail producing supercell that occurred in southern Brazil (SB) on 6 October 2015. The supercell underwent a merger with a nascent supercell near a Doppler weather radar and rapidly intensified shortly after the interaction. The original (premerger) supercell developed in a high-shear, high-instability pre-cyclogenesis environment and remained isolated un...

The objective of this study was to generate new data on the distribution of the Aptian−Albian palaeoichthyofauna of the Araripe Basin, examine its associations with other fossil groups, and reassess its palaeoecological characteristics and taxonomic distribution within the basin and globally. A total of 712 specimens from 27 localities across ten municipalities in the states of Pernambuco, Ceará, and Piauí were analysed, resul...

Socio-environmental conflicts associated with large-scale economic projects in Indigenous territories are well documented, but conflicts in coastal areas remain largely unexplored, despite the crucial differences between inland and coastal ecosystems. While the empirical literature about socio-environmental conflicts in Indigenous territories in coastal areas is growing, the role of financial institutions and corporations in t...

Anthropogenic land-use change drives biodiversity loss by altering habitat structure, reducing connectivity, and reshaping ecological processes, even within protected areas. Although protected areas are key for biodiversity conservation, their effectiveness may depend on the surrounding landscape context. This study evaluates the effects of land use around and within protected areas on species richness and functional diversity...