Is the Amazon river drying up?
Is the Amazon river drying up? Tackling these challenges necessitates coordinated action on local, national, and global levels. “We need immediate support. The Amazon river is drying up in the worst possible way, and all that's left for our Indigenous brothers to drink is dirty water,” says Hernández.
Is the Amazon still on fire 2023?
While deforestation has decreased significantly in the Amazon this year, the forest is still burning at an alarming rate.
Why are there no bridges over the Amazon river?
There are no bridges across the entire width of the river. This is not because the river would be too wide to bridge; for most of its length, engineers could build a bridge across the river easily. For most of its course, the river flows through the Amazon Rainforest, where there are very few roads and cities.