The Amazon basin, once likened to an Inland Sea by Alfred ... by the disappearance of the knowledge and the traditional way of life. Sustainable development has received a lot of attention since ...

The research, published on Monday in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, sheds more light on the lives of ancient Indigenous people of the Amazon Basin before the colonial invasion of the region.

Over the past decade or so, multidisciplinary research has transformed our understanding of the history of the Amazon Basin. Previously, the region was seen as largely unfavorable for food ...

People living along the dried-up rivers have had to carry drinking water on their shoulders Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a ...

Perhaps nowhere else on Earth exemplifies this threat to life more than the Amazon ... or critically endangered in the Amazon Basin alone. Concerned? Click through and be alarmed by the wildlife ...

A recent study from the European Union Science Center showed that rivers in the Amazon basin have been severely ... center lists the danger to animal life, the increased risk of fire, and lower ...

The Amazon basin is the largest and most complex river system in the world The Amazon basin could suffer significant and irreversible damage if an extensive dam building programme goes ahead ...

More information: F. Gallo-Cardozo et al, A New Species of Piranha (Serrasalmus, Serrasalmidae) from the Upper Madeira River System, Amazon Basin, Bolivia, Journal of Ichthyology (2024). DOI: 10. ...

The conditions have been particularly dry in the Amazon basin, favoring wildfire activity, and the resulting smoke has reduced solar irradiance along the plume’s path. This winter brought dry ...