Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and ... - Associated Press News
WEB3 days ago · In Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, Almeida and other farmers have started grappling with the nation’s worst drought in more than seven decades and above-average temperatures. Almeida expected to harvest 120 sacks of coffee beans this harvest season, but instead managed just 100.
Wildfires sweep Amazon as Brazil suffers worst drought on record
WEBSep 14, 2024 · Brazil is fighting wildfires that have cast smoke across swaths of its territory, fuelled by heatwaves and the nation’s worst drought on record.
Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low - BBC
WEB5 days ago · 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...
South America drought brings wildfires and blackouts - BBC
WEBExtreme drought has devastated vast areas of the Amazon and the Pantanal in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. In Colombia, firefighters are battling dozens of fires, which have so far ravaged almost...
During Brazil's worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S.
Brazil faces its worst drought as wildfires rage and Amazon River …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of...
‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is ...
WEBOct 8, 2023 · The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife.
Amazon rivers fall to lowest levels in 121 years amid a severe drought
WEBOct 17, 2023 · Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people...
The Amazon’s record-setting drought: how bad will it be? - Nature
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped between January and July this year — by 42.5% compared with the same period in 2022, according to data from Inpe — but this follows a number of years...
Amazon drought: 'We've never seen anything like this' - BBC
WEBThe Amazon rainforest experienced its worst drought on record in 2023. Many villages became unreachable by river, wildfires raged and wildlife died.
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