Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns

Mongabay
Oct 1, 2024, 3:24 pm411 pts
For the second year in a row, record-breaking drought in the Amazon has caused environmental havoc and left entire communities stranded. Water levels in the major Amazonian rivers have dropped to historical lows. And because they serve as the main transport conduit in the region, the consequences of critically…

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