Sofia Moutinho
@sofiamoutinho.bsky.social
Multimedia journalist (Science, Health, Climate, Environment). AHCJ Award. Pulitzer Center Fellow. Oxford Climate Network. Words: Science, Scientific American, Nature, The Guardian, BBC, EOS, Mongabay, Sci.Dev Brazilian https://sofiamoutinho.com
Following a restitution campaign by Brazilian scientists and other stakeholders, Germany recently announced its willingness to return the contested Irritator challengeri dinosaur fossil to Brazil. eos.org/articles/ger...
Germany to Return Contested Dinosaur Fossil to Brazil - Eos
Following a long restitution campaign, both countries announced their willingness to repatriate the 110-million-year-old spinosaurid Irritator challengeri.
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The sustainability of fisheries in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean,along the coasts of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, are threatened by fractured governance, biodiversity data gaps, and accelerating climate change, according to a new study. www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
Weak regional governance threatening marine biodiversity, fisheries in Southwest Atlantic amid climate shifts
The sustainability of fisheries in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean are threatened by fractured governance and climate change.
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A 2,400-year-old alerce tree in Chile hosts twice the fungal diversity of its younger peers. This underground "web of life" supports the entire forest floor, but real estate and climate change threaten these endangered conifers. @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study
In an isolated valley within Alerce Costero National Park in southern Chile, one tree towers above all others. At 30 meters (100 feet) high, this alerce abuelo or grandpa alerce, is estimated to be…
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Estimated to be more than 2,400 years old, one alerce tree in Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park hosts about twice as much fungal diversity underground as younger alerce trees, a team of researchers found news.mongabay.com/2026/04/chil...
Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study
In an isolated valley within Alerce Costero National Park in southern Chile, one tree towers above all others. At 30 meters (100 feet) high, this alerce abuelo or grandpa alerce, is estimated to be more than 2,400 years old. Its massive trunk and branches are covered in lichens, mosses and even other woody plant species […]
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Used for centuries by the Cacua people but unknown to science, the táam palm is now officially described as Attalea taam. By co-authoring the study with Indigenous experts, researchers in Colombia prove that traditional knowledge is essential for modern botany. @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports.
Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm
In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride down the Vaupés River in the Colombian Amazon, followed by a two-hour hike to the village of Wacará,…
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Scientists discovered South America’s first field of space glass, or tektites, in Brazil. These rare glasses were formed by an asteroid impact ~6.3 million years ago. 🧪 eos.org/articles/sci...
Scientists Discover South America’s First Space Glass Fields, in Brazil - Eos
Tektites, rare natural glasses formed by ancient asteroid impacts, were found stretching across more than 900 kilometers of the country’s interior.
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⬆️ Research by Álvaro Crósta at @unicampoficial.bsky.social and colleagues; input from Christian Köberl at the University of Vienna; story by @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social.
For the first time in South America and only the sixth time in history, researchers have identified a field of tektites, in Brazil. Nicknamed space glass, these form by collision of a meteorite with silica-rich rocks on Earth’s surface eos.org/articles/sci...
Scientists Discover South America’s First Space Glass Fields, in Brazil - Eos
Tektites, rare natural glasses formed by ancient asteroid impacts, were found stretching across more than 900 kilometers of the country’s interior.
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A foundation of in-depth research can improve the chances that a publication will finance your reporting, writes @bwfund.bsky.social early-career fellow @skylerdware.bsky.social, in this story with @astrolisa.bsky.social, @goesbykim.bsky.social, @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social, and others. 🧪
Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook
Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...
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Una base de investigación profunda también puede mejorar las probabilidades de que una publicación financie tu reporteo, escribe becaria de TON/@bwfund.bsky.social @skylerdware.bsky.social, en esta historia con @astrolisa.bsky.social, @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social, y otros. #TONenEspañol 🧪
Estar en el lugar de los hechos: cómo financiar y planear viajes de reporteo de campo - The Open Notebook
El reporteo de campo aporta color y contexto a una historia que a menudo es imposible capturar a distancia. Pero colocarte en el lugar de los hechos no es tarea fácil. Reporteros intrépidos deben enfr...
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The golden mussel, an invasive species that began to plague South American rivers decades ago, has reached the Amazon region, one of the richest biodiversity worldwide. The march of the mussel threatens water quality, native species, and local fishing communities www.science.org/content/arti...
Highly destructive mussel has started to invade the Amazon
After ravaging waterways across South America, the fast-spreading species threatens a biodiversity stronghold
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Most genomic databases worldwide focus on European populations, creating a biased foundation for research and medical treatments. But lately, several efforts have been pushing for greater diversity by studying populations in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #genome
Silenced genomes - Nature Medicine
Projects worldwide push for more diverse genomic databases across Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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The future of the Amazon may rely on its past. According to study, landscape interventions by the forest’s pre-Columbian Indigenous inhabitants might still affect its ecological functions, including its capacity to store biomass, absorb carbon, and withstand climate change eos.org/articles/how...
How Ancient Indigenous Societies Made Today’s Amazon More Resilient - Eos
Portions of the forest managed by pre-Columbian populations hold higher biomass and are more able to withstand climate change.
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Amazon forest areas managed by pre-Columbian populations contain higher levels of biomass and are more resilient to climate change, suggests a new study to be presented today at #AGU25. eos.org/articles/how...
How Ancient Indigenous Societies Made Today’s Amazon More Resilient - Eos
Portions of the forest managed by pre-Columbian populations hold higher biomass and are more able to withstand climate change.
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A aldeia Ipatsé no território Indígena do Xingu é cercada por dezenas de sítios arqueológicos descobertos nos últimos 30 anos por arqueólogos em parceria com os kuikuros. Juntos, eles mapearam mais de 20 cidades de até 1.500 anos em 1.200 km² de floresta www1.folha.uol.com.br/ciencia/2025...
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Photographer Thomas Peschak was the 1st to document the Amazon's pink river dolphins stealing fish from fishermen. My story for BBC discusses his photography, the threats the dolphins face, and the involvement of scientists with local communities to protect them. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The photos showing why pink dolphins are the Amazon's 'great thieves'
Dramatic underwater photos capture the elusive Amazonian pink dolphins red-handed.
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How #bird #flu has decimated elephant #seal populations ... | #AvianFlu | #BirdFlu | #pathogen | #AvianInfluenza | #H5N1 | #infections | By @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social via BBC .com
'It was a horrible scene to witness': How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.
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I'm glad to talk about my latest feature on #SciencePodcast! “Contributing Correspondent Sofia Moutinho visited the Xingu Indigenous territory in Brazil to learn about a long-standing collaboration between scientists and the Kuikuro to better understand early Amazon communities.” scim.ag/4ooVo5t
Understanding early Amazon communities and saving the endangered pocket mouse
On this week’s show: A 30-year partnership between archaeologists and an Indigenous community shows the complexity of early Amazon societies, and introducing genetic diversity in an endangered species
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Em junho, tive a oportunidade de visitar a aldeia Ipatsé, do povo Kuikuro, no Território Indígena do Xingu. Lá conheci de perto uma parceria única entre arqueólogos e os Kuikuros, que há mais de trinta anos vem desvendando o passado da ocupação humana na Amazônia. www.science.org/content/arti...
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
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This week, in Science, I tell the story of a unique partnership between archeologists and the Kuikuro Indigenous peoples of Brazil. For more than 30 years, they have been working together to uncover the past of human occupation in the Amazon forest www.science.org/content/arti...
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
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Buscando ideias de pauta para reportagem sobre estudos e projetos de conservação de aves, especialmente migratórias. Tem alguma sugestão? Conhece algum pesquisador ou ativista com um projeto legal? Me conta!
Most health interventions related to climate change have not been tested by science. Still, some nice studies exist, especially in low-income countries. More in mystory for Nature Medicine. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A window on health adaptations in a changing climate - Nature Medicine
From cool roofs to mental health support, researchers worldwide evaluate the effects of climate adaptations on human health.
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Na torcida para o livro “Espécies de aves da região do Rio Cubate”, um guia produzido pelos Baniwa em parceria com pesquisadores do Inpa e que está concorrendo ao Jabuti Acadêmico. Escrevi uma reportagem sobre esse projeto incrível para a revista Audubon www.audubon.org/magazine/how...
How an Indigenous Community in the Amazon Created a Bird Guide of Their Own
Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural...
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Na torcida para o livro “Espécies de aves da região do Rio Cuibate”, um guia produzido pelos Baniwa em parceria com pesquisadores do Inpa e que está concorrendo ao Jabuti Acadêmico. Escrevi uma reportagem sobre esse projeto incrível para a revista Audubon www.audubon.org/magazine/how...
How an Indigenous Community in the Amazon Created a Bird Guide of Their Own
Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural...
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Cientistas, especialistas em ética e autoridades apontam que concurso da OpenAI para encontrar "cidades perdidas” na Amazônia ignora normas arqueológicas e direitos indígenas. Minha história para a Science www.science.org/content/arti...
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Scientists, ethicists, and officials worry the OpenAI contest to find “lost cities” in the Amazon sidesteps archaeological norms and Indigenous rights. My story for Science www.science.org/content/arti...
AI challenge to find lost Amazonian civilizations draws critics
Scientists, ethicists, and officials worry the OpenAI-sponsored contest sidesteps archaeological norms
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Ministra Marina discutiu com senadores após apresentar dados oficiais de desmatamento na área de impacto da BR-319.