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The Amazon is often treated as a single forest, yet the risks its people face from extreme weather vary sharply across borders.

A new analysis by researchers from Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and the United States suggests those risks are also widely undercounted.

Even with major gaps, the picture is grim.

by Rhett Ayers Butler
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/weather-disasters-are-surging-in-the-amazon-reporting-isnt/

#news #amazondrought #climatechange #extremeweather #disasters #environment #amazon

#Amazon #drought: 'We've never seen anything like this'

The #AmazonRainforest experienced its worst drought on record in 2023. Many villages became unreachable by river, #wildfires raged and wildlife died. Some scientists worry events like these are a sign that the world's biggest #forest is fast approaching a point of no return.

By Stephanie Hegarty
25th December 2023, 08:07 EST

"In a matter of weeks they found 276 dead #dolphins. Dr Marmontel believes it's the temperature of the water that is killing them. It reached 40.9C in places, nearly 4C higher than dolphin - and human - body temperature.

"'You can imagine, the animal that has its whole body immersed in that water for so many hours,' Dr Marmontel says. "What do you do? That's where you live, then all of a sudden, you're in the middle of this soup and you can't get away.'

"In her 30 years living in the Amazon, Dr Marmontel never imagined she would see it so dry. She is shocked by how quickly the climate is changing.

"'It was like a slap in the face. Because it's the first time that I see and I feel what's happening to the Amazon,' she says.

"'We always say these #animals are #sentinels because they feel first what's going to come to us. It's happening to them, it's going to happen to us.'

"For Oliveira, too, this year has been a wake up call.

"We know that we are very much to blame for this, we haven't been paying attention, we haven't been defending our #MotherEarth. She is screaming for help,' he says.

"It's time to defend her."

Full article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67751685

#ClimateCrisis #AmazonDrought #WaterIsLife #ClimateCatastrophe #SouthAmerica #Brazil #EarthDefenders #ForestDefenders #LatinAmerica