{"id":12321,"date":"2020-11-19T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T12:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/?p=12321"},"modified":"2020-11-19T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T12:24:55","slug":"earthquakes-and-disasters-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/earthquakes-and-disasters-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquakes and Disasters in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 2020<\/p>\n

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Popular belief holds that Brazil is a \u201cblessed country,\u201d where hurricanes, severe earthquakes, volcanoes, and other intense natural disasters do not occur. However, researchers Maria Margaret Lopes (University of Brasilia) and\u00a0Silvia Fernanda de Mendon\u00e7a Figueir\u00f4a (Unicamp)\u00a0reveals many examples that contradict these assumptions.<\/p>\n
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In southeastern Minas Gerais seismic activity still persists.\u00a0Eighty-eight earthquakes were recorded in 2016. Map of the region\u00a0struck by an earthquake\u00a0in Minas Gerais on May 2nd, 2016. Source: UnB Seismological Observatory<\/a>\/ Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The History of Geology Meets Disasters: A Brazilian Perspective<\/a>, published in ISIS<\/a>, the Journal of the History of Science Society, focuses on Brazilian volcanism and earthquakes since the sixteenth century.\u00a0The essay explores earthquakes and disasters in colonial Brazil, geological vestiges of extinct volcanoes in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries and recent disasters.<\/p>\n

FISCHER, Georg.\u00a0Min\u00e9rio de ferro, geologia econ\u00f4mica e redes de expertos entre Wisconsin e Minas Gerais, 1881-1914<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2014, vol.21, n.1, pp.247-262.<\/p>\n

SILVA, Marina Jardim e; FERNANDES, Antonio Carlos Sequeira \u00a0and\u00a0 FONSECA, Vera Maria Medina da.\u00a0Silva Coutinho: uma trajet\u00f3ria profissional e sua contribui\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s cole\u00e7\u00f5es geol\u00f3gicas do Museu Nacional<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>\u00a0. 2013, vol.20, n.2 , pp.457-479.<\/p>\n

More articles by Maria Margaret Lopes and\u00a0Silvia Fernanda de Mendon\u00e7a Figueir\u00f4a:<\/p>\n

LOPES, Maria Margaret \u00a0and\u00a0 PODGORNY, Irina.\u00a0Entre mares e continentes: aspectos da trajet\u00f3ria cient\u00edfica de Hermann von Ihering, 1850-1930<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2014, vol.21, n.3, pp.809-826.<\/p>\n

PALHARINI, Luciana Aparecida \u00a0and\u00a0 FIGUEIROA, Silvia Fernanda de Mendon\u00e7a.\u00a0G\u00eanero, hist\u00f3ria e medicaliza\u00e7\u00e3o do parto: a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o \u201cMulheres e pr\u00e1ticas de sa\u00fade\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2018, vol.25, n.4, pp.1039-1061.<\/p>\n

FERRARO, M\u00e1rio Roberto \u00a0and\u00a0 FIGUEIROA, Silvia Fernanda de Mendon\u00e7a.\u00a0A desfloresta\u00e7\u00e3o no Mato Grosso no livro Viagem ao redor do Brasil 1875-1878, do m\u00e9dico Jo\u00e3o Severiano da Fonseca<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2017, vol.24, n.2, pp.483-498.<\/p>\n

FIGUEIROA, Silvia F. de M.\u00a0Batedores da ci\u00eancia’ em territ\u00f3rio paulista: expedi\u00e7\u00f5es de explora\u00e7\u00e3o e a ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o do ‘sert\u00e3o’ de S\u00e3o Paulo na transi\u00e7\u00e3o para o s\u00e9culo XX<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2008, vol.15, n.3, pp.763-777.<\/p>\n

FIGUEIROA, Silvia.\u00a0Trajet\u00f3rias divergentes da ci\u00eancia na Argentina e no Brasil<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>. 2002, vol.9, n.1, pp.232-234.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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