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Brazil drought sinks Amazon rainforest port river level to 122-year low
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. Researchers say climate change is the main culprit.
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was at 12.66 meters on Friday, as compared with a normal level of about 21 meters.
Amazon River tributaries fall to record low levels
Water levels in the main tributaries of the Amazon River have fallen to record lows as drought worsens across Brazil. Some central areas of the country have had no rain for more than 150 days.
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
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.
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,
River level at Amazon rainforest port hits 122-year low amid drought
The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region's lifeline.
Drought has dried an Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in 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 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.
'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.
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 ...
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 ...
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surge for third month
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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 ...
Queen Mary feeds a baby manatee in Brazil and the photos are adorable!
Queen Mary and the manatees! On Thursday, King Frederik of Denmark's wife paid a visit to the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Manaus, where the royal mom of four gave a manatee calf a ...
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Relief in Brazil, Asia over delay to EU deforestation rules
Brazil's government on Thursday joined Asian palm oil and coffee producers in welcoming a European Union decision to delay implementation of new anti-deforestation rules which had faced strong global ...