Abel Rodríguez, Amazon Basin Artist and Plant Expert, Has Died The Nonuya (Indigenous Colombian) painter was revered for his bright ink-on-paper renderings of the region’s lush flora and fauna ...

Forest fires have consumed tens of millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and illegal burning of forests and pastures.

In Peru, National Geographic Explorer Jennifer Angel-Amaya monitors the toxin, used in some mining operations, and aims to establish mercury-free gold as a hot commodity.

Amazon River: This article explains in detail the source, climate, flora and fauna and frequently asked questions related to the Amazon River. It also includes information about the Amazon Basin ...

Serrasalmus magallanesi sp. nov., UMSS 11070, holotype 115.3 mm SL, Laguna 27 de Mayo, Beni River sub-basin, Beni Department, upper Madeira River, Amazon basin, Bolivia.

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu.

In 2023, all nine countries in the Amazon basin recorded their lowest rainfall in more than 40 years for July through September. According to recent research by the European Union Science Center ...

“The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years in 2024, with significant impacts on several member countries,” stated a technical note issued Wednesday by the ...

They found 10 per cent of the Amazon basin is at risk of being exposed to at least two of these stressors by 2050, and therefore has a higher potential of transitioning to degraded forest or to a ...

Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low. 18 September 2024. Share Save. Mark Poynting, Climate and environment researcher & Vanessa Buschschlüter, Online Latin America editor.

Firstly, the Amazon basin is typically receiving less rainfall than it used to between June and November as climate patterns change. Secondly, hotter temperatures increase the evaporation from ...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...