Main Amazon tributary in Brazil at lowest level in a century
Brazil drought drops Amazon port river level to 122-year low
The drought is draining waterways and snarling the transport of grain exports and supplies that are the region's lifeline.
Main Amazon tributary in Brazil at lowest level in a century as drought hits
One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded Brazil’s geological service said on Friday.
Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
The environmental risks of dredging include ecosystem disruption, increased erosion, water contamination, and harm to aquatic species such as manatees and river dolphins.
Extreme drought isolates Amazon communities in Brazil
Francisco Mateus da Silva, 67, spent an hour walking across sandbanks and dry riverbeds where he lives in the Amazon to fetch food and water amid the worst drought on record in the region, which has paralyzed river transportation.
Brazil's Amazon River Drought Reveals Bottom...a threat to the livelihood of the people
The level of the Negro River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River, has fallen to record lows, Brazil's geological agency said.Brazil's geological
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
Brazil’s geological service says that one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and
River Level at Amazon Rainforest Port Hits 122-Year Low Amid Drought
A drone view shows boats stranded on the Rio Negro as the river reached its lowest point in its history during the most intense and widespread drought the country has experienced since records began in 1950,
Drought shrinks river that feeds the Amazon to lowest level ever recorded
One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
River level in Amazon rainforest hits 122-year low amid drought, wildfires
Below-average rainfall — even through the rainy season — has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, also feeding the worst wildfires in more than a decade in Brazil and Bolivia.
Amazon rainforest port sees lowest river level since 1902
A major port in the Amazon rainforest is seeing itslowest water level in 122 years due to drought:: Manaus, Brazil::Below-average rainfall - even through the rainy season - has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year,
'It kills everything' - Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in Brazil
Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon.
Brazil's Lula talks climate at UN, but Amazon fires back home undermine his message
When Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opens the United Nations’ General Assembly on Tuesday, he is expected to ...
Brazil's Lula to Talk Climate at U.N. but Amazon Wildfires Undermine Message
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to open the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with a call for ...
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Brazil’s race to approve the end of the Amazon: The BR-319 highway needs a new environmental impact assessment (commentary)
The proposed reconstruction of Brazil’s BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) highway (Figure 1) needs a new environmental impact ...
Brazil’s Farmers Are Plowing Over an Ancient Amazon Civilization
An underfunded agency is up against the agriculture industry’s unstoppable expansion of cash crops — and humanity’s heritage hangs in the balance.
Thousands of soldiers and volunteers tackle destructive fires in BoliviaN Amazon region
Over 20 houses made from palm trees were reduced to ash in a community in the Bolivian Amazon region of Riberalta near the border with Brazil, authorities reported.
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New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches
Researchers in Brazil are lobbying to register archaeological sites as national monuments, which would confer a new layer of ...
Scientists sound the alarm over weather phenomenon taking place in Brazil: 'We are heading toward an apocalyptical situation'
Brazil's worst drought on record has helped fuel wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. The Pantanal, a region that encompasses ...