That river starts in Brazil and flows through Paraguay and Argentina to the Atlantic. The same extreme heat and dryness is helping drive surging fires in the Amazon and neighboring Pantanal ...

Research in Brazil and Colombia shows that nearly all Amazon deforestation occurs within a few kilometers of roadways. Road by road, Amazon cities grew with their "backs to the river," as locals ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched ...

a research scientist Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research. So too is the Solimões River, whose muddy-colored waters converge with the Rio Negro at Manaus to form the Amazon River.

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway. As a punishing ...

Just a year ago, standing where he cast his net would have been impossible—the river was far higher then . Water levels in some parts of the Amazon have ... that!" In Brazil, the situation ...

Brazil is hosting the 2025 United Nations ... The city is situated on the Pará River, close to where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean, and serves as a key entry point for the Amazon ...

Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes. Authorities say an artificially deeper river will restart the steady flow ...

Lago do Soares, Brazil — Indigenous leader Filipe ... It is planned near the mouth of the Madeira River, which flows into the Amazon River. The build-out will include two shafts reaching a ...

The setting for Biden’s visit was Manaus, a city that has more than 2 million residents but is situated along the Amazon River and is cut off from Brazil’s main highway system. Officials said ...