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Finally Souza, an innkeeper and community leader in Bela Vista do Jaraqui, said he rallied two dozen neighbors to drill a 60-meter well in the heart of the world's largest freshwater basin. With rivers forming the backbone of transportation across the Amazon region, the drought has disrupted access to food and medicine in dozens of cities. The Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, is regarded by scientists as a bulwark against climate change because its dense vegetation absorbs carbon and emits oxygen. The five researchers predicting a 2026 recovery said the effects of the drought could endure even longer if El Nino is prolonged. That would release huge amounts of carbon dioxide, contributing to climate change and wiping out a wealth of plant and animal species found only in the Amazon.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Raimundo Leite de Souza, Souza, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Michael Coe, we're, El Nino, Coe, El, Philip Fearnside, Henrique Barbosa, Eduardo Taveira, Taveira, Paulo Brando, Brando, Barbosa, Brad Haynes, Jake Spring, Ana Mano, Andre Romani, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio, cobras, United, Reuters, Research Center, National Institute of, Research, University of Maryland, Honda, LG, Positivo, GIANTS, Yale University, Sao Paulo, Thomson Locations: Tefe, Amazonas, Brazil, Rights MANAUS, caimans, Bela Vista, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, United Nations, U.S, South America, South, Pacific, North America, El Nino, University, Baltimore, Western Europe, Brazil's Amazonas, Manaus, Itacoatiara, Madeira Rivers, Sao Paulo, Sao

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSAO PAULO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Severe drought in the Amazon is forcing Brazilian grain exporters to divert a small number of export cargos to southern port terminals instead of northern ports, grain exporters group Anec said on Wednesday. Brazil is the world's biggest soybean exporter and expected to overtake the U.S. this year as top corn exporter. The drought, which has limited volumes of grain transported on barges via northern ports in recent days, will not impact Brazilian overall grain exports this year, Anec said. Anec is maintaining projections for record 2023 Brazilian soy exports at 99 million metric tons, and record corn exports between 52 million and 53 million tons, Mendes said. From January to August, 44% of Brazil's corn exports went through four main northern ports including Barcarena, Itaqui, Itacoatiara and Santarem, according to crop agency Conab, while some 31% of corn shipments from Brazil left through Santos.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Anec, Sergio Mendes, Mendes, Ana Mano, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, SAO PAULO, ADM, Cargill, Thomson Locations: Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil, China, Santos, Mato Grosso, Itacoatiara, Santarem

☆ Brazil clears bottlenecks to oust US as top corn exporter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ana Mano | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"We celebrated a lot... when (corn export) volumes via northern ports equaled Santos," said Sergio Mendes, head of Brazilian grain exporter group Anec. "By using northern ports... you are saving 20 reais ($4.12) per ton (of corn)." Treemap with data from Cargonave show the percentage share of corn exports of Brazil ports in north and south part of the country. CHEAPER ROUTE TO CHINAThe new export capacity has helped grains shipped from Brazil's northern ports to compete on logistics costs with U.S. farmers. "The greater share of shipments through northern ports reflects cheaper freight costs compared to routes to the ports in the south and southeast," said Thome Guth, a Conab official.

Persons: Adriano Machado, Sergio Mendes, Louis Dreyfus, Brazil's, Thiago Pera, Santos, ", Thome Guth, Ana Mano, Brad Haynes, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, SAO PAULO, China, U.S, Cargill, Bunge, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, TCU, Shipping, U.S . Department of Agriculture, COFCO, Santos, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil, Santos, Ukraine, China, U.S, Northern, Madeira, Santarem, Barcarena, Itaqui, Canada, Argentina, Mato Grosso, CHINA, Iowa, Shanghai, Itacoatiara, Chicago, Para, Norte Sul, Tocantins, Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato

☆ Inundaţii severe în Brazilia, după ce afluenţi ai Amazonului au atins niveluri record
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Râurile din jurul metropolei braziliene Manaus, capitala statului federal Amazonas, au atins niveluri record şi au provocat inundaţii severe în urma unor ploi torenţiale, informează DPA.Rio Negro, care se varsă în Amazon, lângă Manaus, a înregistrat cel mai ridicat nivel al său din 1902, ajungând la cota de 29,98 metri, a relatat marţi site-ul de ştiri G1.Râul ajunsese la cota de 29,97 metri în urma unor inundaţii majore în 2012, potrivit agerpres.ro Nivelul desemnat drept "inundaţii grave" este cel aferent cotei de 29 de metri, iar specialiştii se aşteaptă ca nivelul apelor să depăşească de această dată cota de 30 de metri.Peste 24.000 de familii şi 15 districte din Manaus au fost afectate de intemperii, mulţi dintre locuitori fiind nevoiţi să îşi părăsească locuinţele, conform G1.Poduri din lemn - cunoscute sub numele de "marombas" - cu o lungime de peste 9.000 de metri au fost construite în zonele cele mai afectate.Părţi din zona portului şi centrul istoric al Manausului se află sub apă. De asemenea, apa a intrat în magazine şi a inundat piaţa principală a oraşului.Apele ieşite din matcă au provocat inundaţii în aproape tot statul Amazonas.Intemperiile au provocat pagube în circa 60 dintre cele 62 de municipalităţi ale statului şi au afectat peste 450.000 de persoane. Amazonul a atins, de asemenea, niveluri maxime în oraşe cum ar fi Itacoatiara.

Locations: Manaus, federal Amazonas, Amazon, Amazonas.Intemperiile

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