Brazil drought: Stark pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major
Sep 30, 2024 · CNN — Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as...
Dramatic images show drought’s toll on Amazon and its rivers - AP News
Sep 26, 2024 · MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows. Images of one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, show just how dramatically water is dwindling.
Brazil drought drops Amazon port river level to 122-year low
MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Climate Change Is Scorching Stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil ...
Oct 6, 2024 · The Amazon River, battered by back-to-back droughts fueled by climate change, is drying up, with some stretches of the mighty waterway dwindling to shallow pools only a few feet deep. Water levels ...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest …
Aug 8, 2024 · BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement.
Brazil's Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world's ...
Aug 9, 2023 · BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by …
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC
Nov 19, 2021 · Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation...
Wildfires sweep Amazon as Brazil suffers worst drought on record
Sep 14, 2024 · The area of the Amazon in Brazil, home to about two-thirds of the world’s largest rainforest, suffered its highest number of blazes for 14 years in August, according to the national space...
Amazon deforestation down by a third in 2023, says Brazilian ... - BBC
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell by 33.6% in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's term compared with the same period in 2022, the government says.
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023 - BBC
Jan 12, 2024 · The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell by nearly 50% in 2023 compared to the previous year, space agency data suggests.