EssAeEm, 17 days ago to 13thFloor

The Amazon River is the domain of Iara. Once an indigenous warrior, Iara was drowned as punishment for killing her jealous brothers in self defense, but instead of dying, she became a mermaid. Now, Iara gets her revenge by luring men into the river to drown them. #MythologyMonday

📷: Nsey Benajah

#Mythology #Folklore #Mermaid #Iara #AmazonRiver #Mermay

thejapantimes, 23 days ago to environment

Brazil has experienced its largest blazes on record this year amid a firefighting budget cut. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/05/21/brazil-amazon-firefighting-budget/ #environment #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #rainforest #deforestation #amazonriver #climatechange #wildfires

Albatrossity, 4 months ago to nature

Bird of the Day — Red-billed Scythebill, Brazil 2011
Arapaçu-beija-flor

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Brazil #AmazonRiver

KeithDJohnson, 6 months ago to climate

1/ Record drought could keep Amazon dry through 2026
"From killing hundreds of endangered river dolphins -
to threatening the livelihoods of millions of people.

This is the impact of the Amazon #rainforest's historic #drought.

Its sapped the #AmazonRiver and four of its biggest tributaries to their lowest level in at least half a century.

And the worst may be yet to come.

Experts are predicting an even more intense drought next year - due to extreme ocean temperatures worsened by global warming." #climate #Brazil
https://news.yahoo.com/record-drought-could-keep-amazon-225516156.html

Norobiik, 10 months ago to Bolivia

"The group’s members – #Bolivia, #Brazil, #Colombia, #Ecuador, #Guyana, #Peru, #Suriname and #Venezuela – signed a joint declaration in #Belem, at the mouth of the #AmazonRiver, laying out a nearly 10,000-word roadmap to promote #SustainableDevelopment, end #deforestation and fight the #OrganizedCrime that fuels it." #ClimateCrisis

#Amazon nations launch alliance to protect #rainforest at key summit | #Environment News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/9/amazon-nations-launch-alliance-to-protect-rainforest-at-key-summit

niklas, 11 months ago to random

An #AmazonRiver plume stretches thousands of kilometres across the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

🛰️ #Copernicus Sentinel-3, 19-06-2023
📷 Full-size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/191444271@N08/52994079196/in/dateposted-public/

Image is about 525 kilometers wide.