The Amazon rainforest is experiencing a record-setting drought, with scientists predicting further dry conditions in the coming months. Brazil, particularly Rio de Janeiro, is facing an extreme heatwave, prompting health warnings and 'high danger' alerts. The heatwave, intensified by the El Nino phenomenon and global warming, has led to people flocking to beaches to cool down. Additionally, fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetland have surged to a November record due to lack of rain. In Australia, bushfires in the north have burned an area larger than Spain. Rio de Janeiro recently hit a record temperature of 42.5°C, with high humidity making it feel like 58.5°C, prompting calls for immediate economic system change to address the rapid mass extinction crisis.
BREAKING: Rio de Janeiro hits a record 42.5°C with high humidity making it feel like 58.5°C and yet state-corporate media remain silent on scientists' pleas for immediate economic system change for survival as rapid mass extinction accelerates. https://t.co/xWMOg4R7z4
Bushfires in Australia’s north this year have burned an area larger than Spain https://t.co/EFfaExrLsY
Brazil hits nearly 60°C https://t.co/HGc0qff0o4 https://t.co/eJFv6GoUyq
Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetland surge to November record on lack of rain https://t.co/qY0O2IGtxd https://t.co/c6ylMq8Kpm
Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave https://t.co/rxKzUxBO4j
People in Rio de Janeiro are flocking to beaches as an extreme heatwave scorches Brazil. It is the fourth heatwave to hit Brazil this year and has been intensified by the El Nino phenomenon and global warming https://t.co/VbIHe11W2j
People in Rio de Janeiro flocked to the sea to cool down as the Brazilian meteorology institute issued a ‘high danger’ alert from a heat wave baking the country https://t.co/K0fxT94TTL
The Amazon’s record-setting drought: how bad will it be? Scientists tell Nature why the rainforest has dried out, and what to expect in the coming months https://t.co/MVUuUXBMvE