The Amazon rainforest is facing unprecedented challenges as record-breaking wildfires and a severe drought wreak havoc on the region. Wildfires are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration, transforming ecosystems and affecting air quality. The Amazon rainforest port has recorded its lowest water level in 121 years due to the drought, causing rivers to fall to record low levels. Brazil is being smothered in smoke, and the situation is dire for the world's largest tropical rainforest.
In Brazil's Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought https://t.co/uztCe22rgC
Amazonas state in Brasil has been hit by a severe drought, bringing the Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, to it's lowest recorded level. https://t.co/MCGsWAoHvK
Record wildfires and drought hit the Amazon, drying up rivers and smothering Brazil in smoke https://t.co/42PmgjdNFc
BREAKING: scientists warn that as the Amazon Rainforest hits partial/total collapse a rise in climate chaos wildfires threatens to wipe out any gains from recent reductions in deforestation 🧵
Amazon rainforest port records lowest water level in 121 years amid drought https://t.co/saoi315lV4 https://t.co/99OcDhCJBj
⚓️ AMAZON RAINFOREST PORT RECORDS LOWEST WATER LEVEL IN 121 YEARS AMID DROUGHT Full Story → https://t.co/9EklOyiTEB https://t.co/jGWnKxoePN
How Megafires Are Remaking the World: In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them. https://t.co/zpMelfGQLA
How Megafires Are Remaking the World: In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them. https://t.co/33r9uImhUk
From the beaches of Hawaiʻi to the forests of the Siberian Arctic, wildfires are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration. @MelissaSuran reports on how air quality will be affected and how to stay safe from residual smoke. #MedicalNews https://t.co/llh996YhKV