Sofia Moutinho

Sep 12, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Sofia Moutinho

Mycorrhizal fungi live in symbiosis with plants, providing them with nutrients necessary to thrive and potentially playing a key part in preserving threatened species. Although research into mycorrhizae has so far been sparse in Latin America, efforts are gaining momentum, with experts studying how the fungi could help save the Colombian black oak, an endangered, endemic species.

Jun 28, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Sofia Moutinho |Rachel Feltman |Madison Goldberg |Anaissa Ruiz Tejada |Jeffery DelViscio

[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: Ever wondered what it’s like to travel through the Antarctic Ocean? It’s not exactly a pleasure cruise. But that doesn’t stop scientists who venture out on these rugged trips from having a good time. For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to part three of our Friday Fascination miniseries all about field research in Antarctica.

Jun 21, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Sofia Moutinho |Rachel Feltman |Kelso Harper |Madison Goldberg |Anaissa Ruiz Tejada |Jeffery DelViscio

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to part two of our Friday Fascination miniseries all about Antarctica. [CLIP: Theme music]Last week we met award-winning Brazilian journalist Sofia Moutinho onboard a U.S. icebreaker called the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Today we’ll follow her as she and her fellow passengers hit the ice—literally disembarking onto one of the many ice floes that drift through the Southern Ocean.

May 23, 2024 | eos.org | Sofia Moutinho

As I stood on the bow of the icebreaker, cold wind gently touched my skin, and the never-setting summer Sun shone over snow-covered mountains emerging from the calm sea. Dozens of penguins accompanied the ship. They swam like torpedoes, cutting through the glassy water below while snow petrels surfed on gusts above. And a lazy seal, lying like a giant slug on an ice floe, lifted its head as the sounds of camera shutters filled the air. I was on a cruise in Antarctica.

Apr 29, 2024 | eos.org | Sofia Moutinho

The Amazon plays an essential role in climate, absorbing a quarter of all the carbon stored in the world’s forests. But no one knows how the world’s largest rainforest will respond to the increasing amounts of carbon emitted into the atmosphere by humans. Will it absorb more carbon and thrive, or will it reach a tipping point and become a savanna?