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Cemvita Signs Agreement With Government of Rio Grande do Sul to Deploy Industrial Plant in Southern Brazil
Cemvita, the U.S.-based industrial biotechnology company, signed today an engagement agreement with Invest RS, formalizing ...
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Farmers scramble as extreme weather wreaks havoc on critical crops: 'The rainfall was intense'
"Expected to produce well below the initial forecast at harvest." Farmers scramble as extreme weather wreaks havoc on ...
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Six months after its worst floods, Rio Grande do Sul works to bounce back
Santa Maria, RIO GRANDE DO SUL— On the evening of April 29, Jean Paolo Gomes Minella, a hydrologist at the Federal University of Santa Maria in southern Brazil headed to his river monitoring ...
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Some 90% of Rio Grande do Sul municipalities affected by rains
The number of people temporarily living in shelters in Rio Grande do Sul, South Brazil, has reached 80,826, as per figures released Monday (May 13). Due to the heavy rains that wreaked havoc ...
Brazil sees notable drop in homicide rate
The number of homicides has reached its lowest level since 2012. The result is attributed to public security initiatives ...
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A year after historic flood, Rio Grande do Sul continues to face ...
A survey by the Quaest institute, published in May of last year, showed that 99 percent of Brazilians believe the floods in Rio Grande do Sul are somehow related to climate change, and more than ...
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Mega-mining threatens Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul - The Ecologist
In Rio Grande do Sul alone there are more than 150 mining projects that may leverage Brazil's new environmental code to their advantage. Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in the 2018 Brazilian presidential ...
Goalkeeper blunder, Grêmio win, Fortaleza sink further in drop zone
In a rescheduled match from the 14th round of the 2025 Brasileirão, Grêmio defeated Fortaleza 2-1 this Tuesday (29th) at the ...
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Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul's main campus in Porto Alegre is a spacious complex with green trees and amenities. The Biblioteca Central Irmão José Otão, one of Brazil’s ...
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Times Higher Education (THE)
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul or UFRGS) originated as the Escola de Farmácia e Química in 1895, which united with several other higher ...