Amazon, Brazil and drought
Brazil plans to dredge the Amazon River. Scientists say the consequences may be devastating.
Experts believe dredging could unearth buried mercury deposits, which would harm the Amazon’s fragile ecosystem.
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.
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 other parts of the country.
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.
Amazon fires hit 10-year high as drought devastates Brazil's rainforest
According to preliminary government data, fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region skyrocketed to the highest for September in nearly 15 years almost a decade and a half followed by severe drought affecting much of South America due to climate change.
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surge for third month
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, ...
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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 ...
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Brazil Is Burning: Fires, Drought, and the Looming Environmental Crisis
Fire has been used as a tool for land clearing and fertilization in Brazil since pre-colonial times. While current laws ...
'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.
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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 ...
ASU earns grant for Amazon biology research
Angelo State University has been awarded thousands of dollars through a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation ...
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200 feared trapped in Brazil's landslide
Some 200 people may have been buried after a landslide occurred Monday in a port area of Manacapuru, Brazil's Amazonas state, ...
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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 ...