Boats and houseboats stranded in Lake Tefé in the Brazilian Amazon, which was severely affected by drought, on October 3, 2023. - Bruno Kelly/Reuters Lakes in the Amazon became hotter than the maximum ...

The drought in the central Amazon was already showing signs of unusual severity in early September 2023, but the situation turned catastrophic by the end of the month, when the carcasses of two ...

In 2023, a severe drought heated several Amazonian lakes until they became hotter than a hot tub. Brazil's Lake Tefé hit 41.0 °C (105.8 °F). The resulting conditions killed more than 200 dolphins, ...

Severe drought and soaring temperatures are causing lakes and rivers in the Amazon to reach dangerously high temperatures, threatening species like the Amazon river dolphin, according to a recent ...

Pink river dolphins and tucuxi dolphins perished after Amazon lakes reached temperatures hotter than most spa baths and hot tubs REUTERS/Bruno Kelly In 2023, Amazon lakes reached deadly temperatures ...

Lakes in the Amazon became hotter than the maximum temperature recommended for hot tubs as unprecedented heat and drought in 2023 turned them into “shallow, simmering basins,” according to a new study ...