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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 […]

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.

Indigenous community takes hostages in an effort to draw attention to oil spill

By Annika McGinnis 16 de March de 201614 de September de 2020

A helicopter from Peru’s Air Force that was helping to monitor the area has been stopped and held by a group of locals. There were food and fresh water aboard, meant to be distributed among the people of Mayuriaga.

La República: The headwaters of the Amazon are in the Mantaro river

By Giovanny Vera 10 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

James “Rocky” Contos by kayak navigated from the headwaters of the Mantaro River to the mouth of the Amazon River, creating a new hypothesis about the origins of this river.

Phys.org: Where does the Amazon start? Study points to source

By Giovanny Vera 17 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

A study published makes the case for Amazon’s source to be the Mantaro River in southwestern Peru.

Amazon river digests trees dragged

By Giovanny Vera 3 de June de 201314 de September de 2020

Research shows that the rivers of the Amazon basin have bacterias capable of digesting stems and trunks of trees and turn them into CO².

MOST READ

Amazon’s largest city dumps almost everything in the river

26 de March de 2021

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

20 de October de 2021

La República: The headwaters of the Amazon are in the Mantaro river

10 de March de 2014

Phys.org: Where does the Amazon start? Study points to source

17 de February de 2014

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