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February 5th, 2011
Amazon River Experiencing Second – Century Drought

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The Amazon River has fallen to its lowest level in decades, leaving scores of towns and cities along its length, and those of its tributaries, stranded as water levels either fall too low for safe navigation by boat, or evaporate entirely. Rivers such as the Rio Negro, which flows into the Amazon, have dried up completely and the Brazilian government has declared a state of emergency in several dozen towns in the river system. Read More