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The River Amazon Drought [1]

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Date: 2023-10-03  

El Niño plus climate chaos equals a drought in the Amazon. There’s a great visual article by Deutsche Welle (DW) at https://www.dw.comenbrazil-dramatic-drought-in-the-amazong-66956604. The Amazonian drought is hitting hard in the northwestern states of Amazonas and Acre. The Rio Negro is way down, there are mass fish die-offs, and at Manaus the water level has been dropping 30 cm a day since mid-September.

At close to the same time, flooding in southern Brazil killed 40 and displaced thousands.

The good news is that Lula is president and Bolsonaro is not. Lula has been working seriously on environmental issues since getting back in office, and he is getting results. The deforestation rate in Brazil has fallen 40% in a year, for example.

There’s a lot more work that has to be done in Brazil, especially with regards to fossil fuels, but they as a nation are working with some urgency.

Side Note: If you want to go down a rabbit hole, go to Wikipedia and do a search of “floods 2023”. You’ll need to set the view results count to 50.

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