Amazon river

The project with the Shuar, a forager-farming population of about 50,000 in the Amazon River basin, began in 2005. Earlier in the project, which also tracks the effects of economic development and market integration on adult health, researchers had identified the chronic exposure among Shuar youth to ...

The 43-year-old had been 42 days into her 4,000-mile trip along the Amazon River when she was robbed and shot. Cops later revealed her alleged attackers killed her for her two mobile phones, cash, GoPro camera and drone. The region - notorious for its drug trafficking routes - has also been plagued by ...

The northern sector of the reef is the area most influenced by the Amazon River and has been less studied by scientists due to the strong marine currents in the region. It is also the most threatened area, because in its vicinity are the blocks that oil companies plan to explore. Total has applied for a license to ...

Drinking water from wells dug in the Amazon Basin to cope with river pollution contains arsenic levels sometimes up to 70 times the normal limits, warned a group of scientists, today. They concluded that Amazon river toxicity reached a damaging level. Analysis of samples taken from 250 sites along the ...

Why the Amazon River Can't Be Crossed By Bridge. by Ken Jennings. April 9, 2018. In this week's Maphead, Ken Jennings explores why the 4,300 mile-long river has to be crossed by boat. Share via Twitter · Share via facebook dialog · Share via Pinterest · Share via Email. intelillo WEEK1_maphead1.jpg. Illustration by ...

Before Spanish invaders conquered South America, sparse groups of nomadic people clustered around the Amazon River, leaving the surrounding rain forest pristine and untouched. Or did they? New research suggests a very different story—an Amazonian region peppered with rain forest villages, ...

Travel the Amazon River, explore the forest floor and spend time with scientists in the Peruvian jungle on a 10-day workshop that focuses on conservation and wildlife. International Expeditions has organized a trip that gives participants an opportunity to join experts for hands-on investigations and science ...

One single tree can produce enough oxygen to support two people. The Amazon rainforest is ten times the size of Texas producing 20x more oxygen than the people of the Earth could consume, but not one breath of it leaves the Amazon. Aerial view of Amazon River (Image: Robert Harding World Imagery).

The move comes as the government sends out mixed signals about the future of hydroelectric dam projects, particularly on the Amazon River. Activists and locals fear the plans would have a devastating ecological impact on the entire Amazon basin. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Santarem.

DEWITT — The Amazon River and Tropical Islands are the destination for the Tuesday, Feb. 6, travelogue sponsored by the DeWitt Noon Lions Club. Thomas Gibbons of Clinton will take armchair travelers on a trek through Brazil along the Amazon River from its mouth as far up as Manaus, located where ...

Rynchops niger, a bird that reproduces on the sandy beaches of the Tapajos River. The planned dams on the Tapajos will cover those beaches with water. F. d'Horta. During the waning days of August 2014, workers in northwestern Washington State finished dismantling the Glines Canyon Dam on the ...