Images of one of the Amazon River's main tributaries, the Negro River, show just how dramatically water is dwindling. Drought is devastating Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling ...

“These pipelines are going to cross the Negro River, which is our only water basin, the one that crosses the province. This is madness. In 20 years hydrocarbons will cease to be a source of ...

A state of emergency has been declared in local municipalities According to reports released in Brazil Tuesday, the Solimões River has dried up and has become a desert while the Negro River in ...

The Rio Negro, one of the Amazon River’s biggest tributaries, is at record lows for this time of year near the city of Manaus in Amazonas state. Its water levels are falling at around 7 inches a ...

The Port of Manaus measured the Rio Negro river at 12.66 meters on Friday, according to its website, surpassing the previous all-time low recorded last year and still falling rapidly. The Rio ...

He maneuvers his small rig around a huge sandbar that has emerged at the popular point where the black waters of the Rio Negro meet the pale-green Amazon River. The two don't mix. He says watching ...

Last month, a portion of the Negro River in the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil, shrank to a depth of just 12.7 metres — its lowest level in 120 years, when measurements began. In Lake ...

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 ...

The Negro River, a major tributary of the Amazon, has reached its lowest level on record, exacerbating the drought in the Amazon rainforest. The crisis follows a period of intense flooding just ...