Tag: drought

A man searches for water on Puraquequara Lake, which has been affected by historic drought in the Amazon, in Manaus Brazil - REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Amazon Drought Can Turn the Forest into a Savannah

A severe drought in Brazil’s Amazon has damaged the forest ecosystem, brought chaos for ...

Community of Catalão suffers from drought in Amazonas - Photo: Gato Júnior/Rede Amazônica

Amazon Drought Becomes Time Bomb for Pandemic Diseases

Home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet, the Amazon is also a ticking ...

Dry ground of the Jaguari dam, during a drought in Joanópolis, near São Paulo, Brazil. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation

Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...

Jaguar that survived the fire in Brazilian Pantanal.

World’s Largest Tropical Wetland, the Brazilian Pantanal, Being Converted into Ashes

Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath ...

A Brazilian Army soldier rescues a boy - Exército Brasileiro

In Brazil, When They Can’t Deal with the Flood They Call the Army

Thousands of people benefited from actions to deliver supplies and provide transportation and first ...

The Rush to Save a Brazilian Town Dying of Thirst

The shrunken carcasses of cows lie in scorched fields outside the city of Campina ...

Brazil’s Search for Transgenic Drought-Resistant Soy, Bean, Cotton, Sugarcane and Corn

You know that crop landscape where corn stems grow pretty and green, ears of ...

Drought Won’t Prevent Brazil from Getting Largest Cereal Crop Ever

The Brazilian government is forecasting a record crop of cereals and oilseeds totaling 148.9 ...

For Months Without Rain Brasília’s Green Turns to Brown

The dry season in central Brazil lasts from April/May to September/ October. The last ...