“The Amazon Basin is facing ... killing dozens of river dolphins, choking cities with smoke for months and isolating thousands of people who depended on water transportation.

The Xambioá Bridge is set to become the longest bridge over a river in Brazil, connecting Tocantins and Pará across the mighty Araguaia River. Stretching 1,727 meters and costing over 200 million ...

The river has two hydroelectric dams, Jirau and Santo Antonio, and transportation is impacted on one of the main waterways for the north of Brazil. Across the Amazon region, communities are facing ...

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to ... to reach nearby urban centers to cast ballots. Transportation chaos has also hit the major international ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Francisco Mateus da Silva, 67, spent an hour walking across sandbanks and dry riverbeds where he lives in the Amazon to fetch food and water amid the worst ...

Since the 1960s, Brazil has invested heavily in dam construction, increasingly targeting the Amazon basin, one of the most ecologically ... where the powerhouse is located, along a 130-km river ...

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 ...

All told, the Amazon River basin holds perhaps a quarter of the world’s terrestrial species; its trees are the engine of perhaps 15 percent of photosynthesis occurring on landmasses; and ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Region Surge for Third Month By Stefanie Eschenbacher SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) - Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for ...

“The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts ... The depth of Madeira River, one of the largest Amazon tributaries and an important waterway for soybeans and fuel, went below ...