Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes.

Drought affects grain exports and essential supplies in Manaus Sixty-two municipalities in Amazonas state under emergency, over half a million affected Hydropower plants sapped, daylight saving time ...

Brazil is in the grip of severe drought for the second time in as many years — this one already topping 2023 as the worst, most widespread drought in Brazil’s recorded history. Major rivers throughout ...

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Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as drought ...

The Nile and the Amazon are both long — no one is arguing that point — but scientists still don't agree on which one is actually longer. Some say the Nile, some say the Amazon. Explorer, filmmaker and ...

TEFÉ, Brazil — Each morning for the last several weeks, researcher Miriam Marmontel has gazed out at Lake Tefé and the Amazon River, through a thick curtain of smoke from thousands of wildfires raging ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59 percent of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the ...