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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.
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.
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 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,
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.
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 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,
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.
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 ...
'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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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Stark before-and-after pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers
River levels in the Amazon are at record lows, upending lives, stranding boats and threatening endangered wildlfie, as Brazil endures its worst drought on record ...