A prolonged drought and heat wave in September 2023 turned lakes in Brazil’s Amazonas state into “shallow simmering basins” with water temperatures above 40ºC — hot enough to kill more than 200 ...
Severe drought and soaring temperatures are causing lakes and rivers in the Amazon to reach dangerously high temperatures, threatening species like the Amazon river dolphin, according to a recent ...
TEFE, Brazil >> The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that has been drying up in the worst drought on record. Researchers recovered ...
Pink river dolphins and tucuxi dolphins perished after Amazon lakes reached temperatures hotter than most spa baths and hot tubs REUTERS/Bruno Kelly In 2023, Amazon lakes reached deadly temperatures ...
(CNN) — Lakes in the Amazon became hotter than the maximum temperature recommended for hot tubs as unprecedented heat and drought in 2023 turned them into “shallow, simmering basins,” according to a ...
More than 100 dolphins are dead after several days of triple-digit water temperatures and an ongoing drought in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, researchers say. The news comes out of the Mamirauá ...