The Shocking Power of Internal Tides Alongside the extraordinary fluvial discharges and the intense tidal currents, vigorous currents induced by the wind and an active western boundary current make ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated ...

In June 2024, satellite images taken of the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries captured healthy rushing waters and high water lines. Now, a mere three months later, images of the same locations ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years. A state of emergency has been ...

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their knees. The problem is greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 trap heat and ...

By André Schröder On the afternoon of Oct. 7, 2024, a section of banks along the Solimões River abruptly collapsed at the ...

Professor Bohumír Janský, guest of Czechast, is the Czech geographer who led the expeditions that uncovered the true ...

Shocking photos shared on social media show the extent of a severe drought plaguing the Amazon. The Rio Negro in Brazil is suffering from low water levels as El Niño grips the region. The climate ...

The jungle town of Leticia provides Colombia’s only access to the Amazon River. But as the river changes course the town could soon be left high and dry and that’s fueling a border dispute with ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 16 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 16 story has been corrected to reflect a record low for a major tributary, not the Amazon River itself, in the headline and paragraph 1) A major tributary ...

After being outfitted with lifejackets and mud boots, we boarded skiffs for the brief ride across the river to the boat. No more than halfway across, our guide shone his flashlight on some bats in the ...

A woman was swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma, Bolivia, when a river dolphin bit her foot, peeling off a chunk of flesh and exposing the bone. Claire Bye, a 28-year-old from the U.K., had ...