Amazon River sees fivefold increase in flood frequency
An extensive assessment of the water level records for the last 113 years reveals that the frequency and severity of…
An extensive assessment of the water level records for the last 113 years reveals that the frequency and severity of…
Illegal loggers and militias cleared an area three times the size of Gibraltar in Brazil’s Amazon this year, threatening an…
For three decades, the natural cycle of floods and droughts of the Amazon has been accelerating. In particular, records initiated…
One study considers that every four years there is an extreme overflow in the Amazon River, with water levels exceeding…
Luis Pinheiro, 69, has been looking for gold for the last 50 years in the Tapajós river basin. He is…
The tropical forest of the Amazon has suffered three of the worst droughts in the last fourteen years. In 2005…
The carbon capture capacity of Amazonian forests depends on a complex connection between climate, soil, and trees, but despite much…
According to a study, the warming of the Atlantic Ocean is affecting rain patterns in the Amazon. As rainfall increases,…
WWF-Brazil’s Rios da Amazônia portal was one of the winners of the international award WebAwards, aimed at developing websites. It…
The largest gold mining project in the country should be licensed by IBAMA. That was what determined the Federal Court…