Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

• Abstract

  The coastal region of Brazil is historically occupied by anthropogenic, industrial, agricultural and port activities, which impact the environment by releasing contaminants, such as metals. In the Marine Environmental Protection Areas (APAMs) of the State of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, the presence of polluting activities occurs at different levels, as it is home to urbanized regions a…

  Metals in fish: environmental monitoring and food safety in the Marine Environmental Protection Areas of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, AP.R

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  The Antarctic continent is widely recognized as one of the most pristine regions on the planet, due to its remote geographical location far from populated areas. However, in recent decades, the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a significant increase in temperature, surpassing the global average. This temperature rise has led to the loss of glacier area and volume, resulting in greater …

  Analysis of the variation patterns of biogenic sterols as a result of environmental changes in the antarctic ecosystem over the past two decades., AP.R

• Abstract

  The ocean plays a central role in Earth's changing climate. It has absorbed about 30% of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels in the industrial era and taken up, in the form of heat, about 90% of the radiation imbalance caused by the excess greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide included, that remained in the atmosphere. Global warming and its consequences thus depend crucially on the rates…

  Small scales matter: the role of submesoscale dynamics in large-scale ocean circulation and climate, AP.JP

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  Over the past decades coral reef systems have been suffering from anthropogenic climateinducedenvironmental changes. As a result of increasing sea water surface temperatureand accumulated heat stress, coral bleaching events have become more frequent, severe,and widely distributed, leading to a decline in coral cover and reef health. To reverse thisdecline, and increase coral cover and pop…

  Are coral restoration sites doomed? Thermal stress episodes, turbidity, and depth as criteria for the assessment of the suitability of current coral restoration sites, BP.PD

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  Microplastics (MPs) are dispersed in all compartments of the environment, and have already been reported around the globe, including in Antarctica. Currently, studies report concentrations of microplastics in the air, water column, ice and snow, sediment and biota, which can cause impacts on Antarctic ecosystems. However, understanding the transport and identification of sources of these …

  The Influence of Human Activities on the Presence and Distribution of Microplastics in the Antarctic Peninsula (Admiralty Bay), BP.DR

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  Coral reefs form diverse and productive ecosystems, providing important ecosystem services and holding significant ecological and economic importance. However, human activities are increasingly impacting coral reefs, such as rising ocean temperatures, leading to the phenomenon of coral bleaching, which currently affects reefs worldwide. The response to bleaching varies among regions and s…

  Sensitivity and Response to Thermal Stress in Palythoa caribaeorum, BP.IC

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• Abstract

  The comprehension of an ecosystem's biodiversity is fundamental to the understanding of biogeographic patterns and, in particular, to the development of strategies that analyze, prevent, and counteract ecological imbalances. Lately, this aspect has demonstrated growing importance regarding the marine environment since the increase of anthropogenic activities and their influence in this en…

  Validation of species-specific metabarcoding primers of marine habitat-forming species from São Paulo, Brazil, BE.EP.IC

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  Monsoonal regions worldwide are key locations that shelter several people lives.In South America, limited data hampered our knowledge about the future of SouthAmerican Monsoon System (SAMS), and thus it remains unclear how it willbehave facing the global warming. To constrain accurate models about futuremonsoon rainfall is critical evaluate paleoclimate data, and thus we will seekreconstr…

  Orbital Forcing and the evolution of the South American Monsoon from Late Miocene to Early Pliocene, BE.EP.PD

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  The global warming predicted for the next 100 years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports is expected to affect polar ecosystems more significantly. Earth System models have been developed to predict the response of global marine ecosystems to this warming. In the specific case of the Antarctic ecosystem, models predict an increase in phytoplankton primary produc…

  Modelling the effect of global warming on the growth rate of the Antarctic phytoplankton to adjust the uptake of atmospheric CO2 by the Southern Ocean, BE.PQ

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