BRASILIA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for ...

In today’s modern age, it might be fair to assume that science has decisively answered some of the bigger questions regarding the natural world – or at least those dependent upon sheer physical ...

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and ...

Rivers, the Earth's lifelines, sustain ecosystems and civilizations. From the Nile's historical significance to the Amazon's biodiversity, these waterways are crucial for water supply, agriculture, ...

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less-than-usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years. A state of emergency has been ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Aug 22 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 22 story has been corrected to clarify the chip's role, satellite tags not attached, in paragraph 5) A team of biologists, vets and fishermen temporarily ...

Brazil's environmental agency Ibama greenlit state-run oil company Petrobras to conduct exploratory research by drilling ...

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River ...

The government has granted the state-run Petrobras a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Petrobras said Brazil's Ibama environmental agency awarded a license to drill one exploratory well in the Foz do Amazonas region near the mouth of the Amazon river.