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Historically low water levels in Brazil's Amazon have caused widespread impacts on people and wildlife, with experts warning that the drought may continue until early 2024. The severity of the situation is evident in before-and-after imagery of the rapidly drying Negro River, the largest tributary of the Amazon River. The lengthening dry season in the Amazon over the past 40 years is seen as a potential early warning signal of a critical threshold being approached in the rainforest and South American monsoon systems. In response, Brazil's Indigenous people are urging the government to declare a climate emergency. The government has also instructed landowners to cease setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, as dense gray smoke continues to worsen the air quality. These developments highlight the urgent need for action to address the climate emergency in the Amazon.
Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon 'climate emergency' https://t.co/KTTeJFuWHX https://t.co/i98NcY3YEE
🇧🇷 BRAZIL TELLS LANDOWNERS TO STOP SETTING FIRES IN AMAZON 'CLIMATE EMERGENCY' Full Story → https://t.co/vGZQPGTPHh Brazil's government told ranchers and farmers on Friday to stop setting fire to the Amazon rainforest as clouds of dense gray smoke make the air increasingly… https://t.co/F0mEu6qNCF https://t.co/8IBd9I3dwn
Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up https://t.co/TXzlBxzvg1 https://t.co/UqdNTGsMAb
“Over the past 40 years, the Amazon’s dry season has already become longer, the paper finds. This might be the early warning signal that the combined rainforest and South American monsoon systems are approaching a critical threshold, the authors say.” https://t.co/vClJ7ftw6s
Severe drought is plaguing Brazil's Amazon. This before-and-after imagery of the Negro River is shocking as the largest tributary of the Amazon River rapidly dries up. https://t.co/Z1bSo9QXL1
Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon. With experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024, the problems stand to intensify. https://t.co/JLdPxVN1vQ