Rays of the family Rhinopteridae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 are highly migratory and widely distributed in warm tropical and temperate waters. Along the Brazilian coast, the presence of two species has been recorded: Rhinoptera bonasus Mitchill, 1815 and Rhinoptera brasiliensis Müller, 1836. These stingrays are commonly caught as bycatch in trawl fisheries, however, the two species lack distinctive external morphological features...

Malaria remains a major public health challenge, causing an estimated 600,000 deaths and 250 million infections annually. Most malaria control efforts focus on freshwater mosquito vectors, leaving saltwater‐tolerant vector mosquitoes inhabiting coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests understudied. Historically, the role of mangrove forests as breeding grounds for malaria vectors often motivated their destruction. However, man...

The seasonality of forage production is one of the main challenges in semi-arid regions, where environmental conditions limit agricultural productivity. One promising option is the use of elephant grass ‘BRS Capiaçu’, together with deficit irrigation. This study evaluated the impact of different irrigation depths with brackish water (50%, 75%, 100% and 125% of the reference evapotranspiration – ET 0 ) on the productive, physio...

Carbonyl compounds (CCs) are relevant atmospheric pollutants due to the high toxicity and carcinogenicity of some species. This study assessed the lifetime carcinogenic (LCR) and non-carcinogenic (hazard quotient, HQ; hazard index, HI) risks for three age groups exposed by inhalation, using Monte Carlo simulations based on CCs’ atmospheric levels measured at seven sites in Salvador, Brazil, during the rainy and dry periods. Te...

Heavy metals and phenolic compounds are frequently present in industrial effluents. These accumulate in environmental matrices such as soil, air, and water due to their resistance to degradation, posing significant risks to ecosystems and human health. Here, sepiolite was grafted with (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane, and MPTMS-Sep was used in the adsorption of Cu 2+ . Subsequently, Cu-MPTMS-Sep was evaluated in the photocat...

Dryland ecosystems cover 41% of Earth's land surfaces, account for 44% of cultivated lands and 60% of food sources, and make large contributions to the global water and carbon cycles. However, these ecosystems are experiencing unprecedented extremes including heatwaves, floods, and droughts as well as hotter temperatures and often declining water resource availability. These ecosystems are some of the most challenging to monit...