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Category: Water

Extreme drought creates new park in Manaus, but abnormal vegetation puts ecological balance at risk

By Nicholas Miller 4 de December de 202418 de February de 2025

On the banks of the Rio Negro, Manaus residents take advantage of the grass that has appeared during the dry season, creating a space for relaxation. But as the river returns to its normal level, the vegetation could cause environmental imbalance and even spread disease.

New study suggests that mercury contamination is widespread among residents of the Amazon

By Julia Dolce 17 de March de 202231 de March de 2022

Although living 186 miles away from the area along the Tapajós River where illegal mining is concentrated, Santarém’s inhabitants are at high risk of mercury poisoning.

The distribution of rainfall and droughts is changing in the Amazon Basin

By Aldem Bourscheit 4 de March de 202230 de March de 2022

Through satellite images, researchers shed light on the distribution and circulation of water and other environmental changes in the rainforest. Records help measure the impacts of deforestation, mining, and hydroelectric power in the largest river basin on the planet.

Deforestation in the Amazon reduced rains and increased electricity bills for Brazilians

By Aldem Bourscheit 3 de February de 202211 de February de 2022

Research shows that forest clearing reduced water flow and power generation in hydroelectric plants in the Center-West and Southeast of the country. Despite the environmental and electricity bill impacts, the government wants new power plants and dams on the Tapajós River.

Chemical products and deforestation modify Amazon River water

By Aldem Bourscheit 20 de October de 202124 de October de 2021

A study reveals that activities such as mining, deforestation and agriculture have altered the ecosystems and biodiversity of the waters of 149 major rivers throughout the world, putting entire populations at risk.

Amazon’s largest city dumps almost everything in the river

By Aldem Bourscheit and Steffanie Schmidt 26 de March de 202126 de March de 2021

Jeane Moura da Silva, 34, is a member of the third generation of residents of Educandos Creek, in the south end of Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon region. She lives with her three daughters, husband and grandson in the same place where her grandmother was born and raised and where everyone in the […]

Sargassum: Brown Tide Threatens the Caribbean

By Alejandro Castro 23 de March de 202124 de March de 2021

A decade after the first sargassum blooms were spotted in the South Atlantic, these massive brown mats of macro-algae represent one of the largest ecological threats to the Caribbean, a megadiverse region whose tens of millions of inhabitants heavily depend on tourism and natural resources.

Murky Waters: Amazon Destruction Linked to the Largest Belt of Algae on the Planet

By Aldem Bourscheit 22 de March de 202122 de March de 2021

Scientists are examining why banks of sargassum in the Atlantic have proliferated explosively over the past decade, fouling the Caribbean and extending to the coast of Africa. Growing discharges of organic pollutants from the Amazon River are now believed to be a major cause.

InfoAmazonia carry out workshops with communities in Tapajós River region

By 9 de April de 20152 de March de 2023

Rede InfoAmazonia project began operations for monitoring of water quality with three workshops with riverside communities in two cities in the Brazilian Amazon. The next step is to install inexpensive sensors created by the project.

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Sargassum: Brown Tide Threatens the Caribbean

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Murky Waters: Amazon Destruction Linked to the Largest Belt of Algae on the Planet

22 de March de 2021

Chemical products and deforestation modify Amazon River water

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