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☆ Biden makes first presidential visit to the Amazon as incoming Trump administration poses a threat to climate fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Standing on a dirt path with lush palms and other foliage behind him, Biden described the fight against climate change as a “defining” part of his presidency. And he pledged billions to help nations bolster resilience against climate change. President Joe Biden, in Marine One, takes part in an aerial tour of the Amazon during his visit to Manaus, Brazil, on November 17, 2024. Trump has already vowed to withdraw again from the Paris climate accord, which Biden entered back into when he took office four years ago. Trump and his team have pledged to ease restrictions on oil and gas exploration that Biden put in place.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, “, ” Biden, ”, Saul Loeb Organizations: Rio de Janeiro CNN, Amazon, Marine, Rio Negro Locations: Rio de Janeiro, America, Manaus, Brazil, Marine, Paris, South America

☆ Global water cycle off balance for ‘first time in human history’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according to a landmark new report. The water cycle refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. “For the first time in human history, we are pushing the global water cycle out of balance,” said Johan Rockström, co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water and a report author. “Precipitation, the source of all freshwater, can no longer be relied upon.”Graphic showing the movement of "green water" and "blue water" in the global water cycle. The report’s authors say world governments must recognize the water cycle as a “common good” and address it collectively.

Persons: ”, Johan Rockström, Bruno Kelly, Richard Allan, Allan, Robyn Beck, Ngozi Organizations: CNN, Global Commission, Water, Nations, Rio, Reading University ,, Getty, World Trade Organization Locations: Manaus, Brazil, Reading University , England, kilter, Huron , California, AFP

☆ Brazil drought: Stark pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Laura Paddison | Gianluca Mezzofiore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Rio Negro in Manaus in Amazonas state Brazil on September 12, 2021. Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satellite Rio Negro on September 16 2024. Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satellite Satellite images of the Rio Negro on September 12 2021 versus September 16 2024 Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satellitePart of the Rio Negro in Manaus on June 19, 2024. So too is the Solimões River, whose muddy-colored waters converge with the Rio Negro at Manaus to form the Amazon River. Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satellite Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satellite Satellite images of Lake Tefé on August 26 2023 versus August 25 2024 Copernicus, Sentinel-2 satelliteResearcher Miriam Marmontel, from Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, after finding a dead dolphin on Lake Tefé on September 18, 2024.

Persons: It’s, —, Copernicus, Edmar Barros, Lincoln Alves, Jorge Silva, ”, Alves, ” Miriam Marmontel, Miriam Marmontel, Leonardo Benassatto, Romulo Batista, Adriana Cuartas, André Guimarães, El, El Niño, Cemaden’s, ” Guimarães, “, ” Cuartas Organizations: CNN, Amazon, Rio, — Rio, Sentinel, Rio Negro, National Institute for Space Research, Reuters, Mamirauá Institute, Sustainable Development, Greenpeace, Amazon Environmental Research Institute Locations: Brazil, Rio, Manaus, Amazonas, Rio Negro, — Rio Negro, Tabatinga, Brazilian, Colombia, Peru, Tefé, Copernicus, Greenpeace Brazil, “

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

☆ Ancient Amazon River Rock Carvings Exposed by Drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Suamy BeydounMANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region's worst drought in more than a century. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is a greater variety that will help researchers establish their origins, archaeologist Jaime de Santana Oliveira said on Monday. One area shows smooth grooves in the rock thought to be where Indigenous inhabitants once sharpened their arrows and spears long before Europeans arrived. The rocky point is called Ponto das Lajes on the north shore of the Amazon near where the Rio Negro and Solimoes rivers join. (Reporting by Suamy Beydoun; Writing by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Richard Chang)

Persons: Jaime de Santana Oliveira, Oliveira, Suamy Beydoun, Anthony Boadle, Richard Chang Organizations: Beydoun, Rio Negro, National Historic, Artistic Heritage Institute Locations: Beydoun MANAUS, Brazil

☆ Ancient Amazon River rock carvings exposed by drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Suamy Beydoun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of ancient stone carvings on a rocky point of the Amazon river that were exposed after water levels dropped to record lows during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil October 23, 2023. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is a greater variety that will help researchers establish their origins, archaeologist Jaime de Santana Oliveira said on Monday. One area shows smooth grooves in the rock thought to be where Indigenous inhabitants once sharpened their arrows and spears long before Europeans arrived. The rocky point is called Ponto das Lajes on the north shore of the Amazon near where the Rio Negro and Solimoes rivers join. Reporting by Suamy Beydoun; Writing by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Suamy, Jaime de Santana Oliveira, Oliveira, Suamy Beydoun, Anthony Boadle, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio Negro, National Historic, Artistic Heritage Institute, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Rights MANAUS

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

☆ Amazon River falls to lowest level in 121 years amid a severe drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

That is the lowest level since records began in 121 years ago in 1902, passing a previous all-time low set in 2010. After months without rain, rainforest villager Pedro Mendonca was relieved when a Brazilian NGO delivered supplies to his riverside community near Manaus late last week. “It is much hotter than past droughts.”Boats and houseboats stranded in a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Oct 16, 2023. The drought has threatened their access to food, drinking water and medicines, which are usually transported by river. A ruler that measures historical river water levels at the Rio Negro river in Manaus, Brazil, Oct 16, 2023.

Persons: Pedro Mendonca, ”, Mendonca, Santa Helena do, Bruno Kelly, Sustentável, Nelson Mendonca, Santa Helena do Ingles, Luciana Valentin Organizations: Reuters, Rio Negro, Brazil’s Science Ministry, Fundação Locations: Reuters — Rivers, Brazil, Manaus, Brazilian, Santa Helena, Santa Helena do Ingles, Amazonas, Rio Negro, El, parched

☆ Amazon water levels hit lowest point in over a century
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[6/25]Boats and houseboats are seen stranded in a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years, in Manaus, Brazil, October 16. REUTERS/Bruno KellyMANAUS, BRAZIL

Persons: Bruno Kelly MANAUS Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil, BRAZIL

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsMANAUS, Brazil, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote villages, while high water temperatures are suspected of killing more than 100 endangered river dolphins. That is the lowest level since records began in 1902, passing a previous all-time low set in 2010. After months without rain, rainforest villager Pedro Mendonca was relieved when a Brazilian NGO delivered supplies to his riverside community near Manaus late last week. The drought has threatened their access to food, drinking water and medicines, which are usually transported by river.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Pedro Mendonca, Mendonca, Santa Helena do, Nelson Mendonca, Santa Helena do Ingles, Luciana Valentin, Jake Spring, Gabriel Stargardter, Steven Grattan, Marguerita Choy, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio Negro, Brazil's Science Ministry, El, Fundacao Amazonia Sustentavel, Sao Paulo, Thomson Locations: Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil, Rights MANAUS, Brazilian, Santa Helena, Santa Helena do Ingles, Amazonas, parched, Sao

☆ Amazon drought: Floating village stranded on dry lakebed as extreme drought grips the Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A floating village now lies stranded on a lakebed in Brazil’s Amazon as severe drought leaves communities struggling to access food, fresh water and fuel. Lake Puraquequara is part of the Rio Negro river system, which has been near record-low since the end of September, according to the state’s civil defense authority. “There are many people already having difficulty accessing food, food security, drinking water and other important inputs,” he said in a statement at the time. Boats and houseboats stranded on Lake Puraquequara in Manaus, Brazil, October 6, 2023. Lake Puraquequara in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, on October 6, 2023.

Persons: Isaac Rodrigues, “ We’re, ” Ivalmir Silva, Michael Dantas, Wilson Lima, Bruno Kelly, It’s, El Niño, – Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Getty, Amazonas Gov, CNN Brasil Locations: Lake Puraquequara, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Puraquequara, Rio, Amazonas State, AFP, Lake Tefé, Michael, South America

☆ Amazon drought strands floating Brazilian village on lake turned into mud
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Bruno Kelly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Ivalmir Silva digging searches for water on Puraquequara Lake, which has been affected by drought, in Manaus, Brazil, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsMANAUS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Life has come to a standstill for a floating village now stranded on mud flats left by severe drought in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. As Lake Puraquequara dried up, so too has business evaporated for the owners of boats and floating shops that are also stuck in the mud. The Amazon drought, like flooding in the south of Brazil, is a result of the El Niño phenomenon, which warms the Pacific Ocean's surface water, experts say. Things have gotten so bad at Lake Puraquequara that there is little water to drink or cook with.

Persons: Ivalmir Silva, Bruno Kelly, Isaac Rodrigues, Otenisio de, Raimundo Silva, Anthony Boadle, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio Negro, Carmo, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Brazil, Rights MANAUS, Solimoes, Puraquequara, Otenisio de Lima

☆ Brazil sets up task force for unprecedented drought in Amazon, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRASILIA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's government is preparing a task force to provide emergency assistance to inhabitants in the Amazon region hit by a severe drought that has impacted the rivers that are their life support, Environment Minister Marina Silva said. Low river levels and hotter waters have killed masses of fish seen floating on river surfaces, contaminating the drinking water, she said. The drought in the Amazon, like the flooding in the south of Brazil, results from the El Niño phenomenon, which warms the surface water in the Pacific Ocean. Silva said this was the effect of a periodic El Niño mixing with changes in weather patterns brought by global warming. Worsened by climate change, this combination has caused drought not seen before in the Amazon and "is incomparably stronger and could happen more frequently," she added.

Persons: Marina Silva, Bruno Kelly, Silva, Lisandra Paraguassu, Anthony Boadle, Alistair Bell, Jamie Freed Organizations: Environment, Reuters, REUTERS, Air Force, Thomson Locations: BRASILIA, Port, Manaus, Rio, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil, Acre

☆ Brazil sets up task force for unprecedented drought in Amazon -minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Low river levels and hotter waters have killed masses of fish seen floating on river surfaces, contaminating the drinking water, she said. The civil defense agency warned that the drought could eventually impact up to 500,000 people in the Amazon. The drought in the Amazon, like the flooding in the south of Brazil, results from the El Niño phenomenon, which warms the surface water in the Pacific Ocean. Silva said this was the effect of a periodic El Niño mixing with changes in weather patterns brought by global warming. Worsened by climate change, this combination has caused drought not seen before in the Amazon and "is incomparably stronger and could happen more frequently," she added.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Marina Silva, Silva, Lisandra Paraguassu, Anthony Boadle, Alistair Bell, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Environment, Reuters, Air Force, Thomson Locations: Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA, Port, Manaus, Rio, Acre

☆ Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine scientists is one of biggest ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Lucila Sigal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The find in the Pueblo Blanco Nature Reserve, presented on Thursday, was first discovered by scientists in 2018. Paleontologist Nicolas Chimento said scientists decided to name the dinosaur "Chucarosaurus Diripienda", meaning hard-boiled and scrambled, because it had rolled around and survived the accident. At 50 tonnes and 30 meters in length, the Chucarosaurus is the largest-ever dinosaur discovered in the mountainous Rio Negro province. Some 140 dinosaur species have been discovered in Argentina, which ranks among the world's top three countries for research and discoveries alongside China and the United States. Reporting by Lucila Sigal; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Companies Brf Sa FollowMay 15 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's top chicken exporter, has for the first time confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases but only in wild birds, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. The avian influenza virus can kill entire flocks of birds and cause losses for the farming sector. Epidemiological surveillance services will be intensified to detect potential cases in wild and commercial animals in the area close to where the cases were confirmed, a government source said. The agriculture ministry said that because the cases were detected in wild animals, Brazil's status "as a country free of HPAI" was not affected. The main importers of Brazil's chicken products in April included China, Japan, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

☆ Argentina suspends poultry exports as first industrial case of bird flu confirmed
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Argentina has confirmed its first case of bird flu in industrial poultry, its agriculture secretary said on Tuesday, causing it to suspend avian product exports and raising fears the disease could spread and hurt exports from the South American nation. The case was detected in the southern province of Rio Negro, an area with low poultry density, Secretary Juan Jose Bahillo said on Twitter. "Our poultry products continue to be safe for Argentines. Poultry products generate exports for Argentina valued at just over $350 million per year. Reporting by Walter Bianchi; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuador — a country in the literal middle of the earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One researcher told Insider that he could imagine the frog living in Fangorn forest. "The encounter of this frog was very surprising," Sánchez-Nivicela told Insider in an email interview. Because only one Hyloscirtus tolkieni has been discovered thus far, there is still much to learn about how many exist and in what regions they live. Habitat of Hyloscirtus tolkieni (red arrow pointing to collection site); and at the collection site inside the forest (below). The stream frog will take its place among other amphibians that could exist in Middle Earth — including a stubby, wood-loving frog named after Bilbo Baggins that lives on the other side of the Atlantic.

☆ Colombia arrests two more suspects in Paraguayan prosecutor's murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Courtesy of Colombian Attorney/Handout via REUTERSBOGOTA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Two more people suspected of participating in the May murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor have been arrested, the Colombian prosecutor's office said on Sunday. Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, 45, known for fighting organized crime, was shot dead on the island of Baru near the Caribbean city of Cartagena while honeymooning with his wife. In the latest arrests, brothers Andres Perez and Ramon Perez are accused of arranging the logistics behind the murder, including hiring hitmen, who they planned to pay large sums of money, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. Attorneys for the Perez brothers could not be reached for comment. Officials seized documents, clothing and a car that had been used during the planning of the murder, the prosecutor's office added in a statement.

☆ 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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