The Amazon basin, once likened to an Inland Sea by Alfred ... very often involved little more than the drawing of lines on a map. Perhaps guards were assigned to the area and a few signs posted ...

British adventurer Ash Dykes recently uncovered the source of an uncharted river deep in the Amazon rainforest. Alongside his ...

The timing and location ... oxygen. Maps from Cams show this carbon monoxide - a pollutant that is toxic at high levels - being carried beyond South America's coastlines. The Amazon basin ...

Across the Amazon region, communities are facing isolation due to lower river navigability. A drone picture shows floating houses and boats which are stranded due to the drought affecting the Rio ...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...

The Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) has warned that water levels have been falling since June and all rivers in the Amazon basin are expected to drop below their historical levels. In Manaus ...

The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were previously navigable waterways. The Solimoes ...

The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting ...

The dolphins, that are in danger of extinction, were brought ashore for blood tests and other examinations and returned to Lake Tefé in the Amazon basin as ... like to be located, just off ...

Firstly, the Amazon basin is typically receiving less rainfall than it used to between June and November as climate patterns change. Secondly, hotter temperatures increase the evaporation from ...