The Amazon region is facing a serious environmental crisis with river levels continuing to drop due to last year’s record drought and insufficient rainfall this season. According to scientists, the Amazon has suffered the worst drought in 121 years. In this regard, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) has issued a warning that all rivers in the Amazon basin are expected to drop below their levels. This will be a challenging time for local communities as the levels of these rivers drop. The level of the Amazon River in the city of Manaus is the lowest in a 121-year record. Water levels are falling in large areas of the Amazon River basin. Due to which the water temperature is increasing and the dolphins are dying.
2 lakh people died in a drought 41 years ago:
The warm waters of the central El Niño in the eastern Pacific are now spreading into the mid-ocean. Where this central El Niño intensifies. As happened in 1982 and 1997, the effects of El Nino have caused severe drought conditions in the northern Amazon. Also Roraima province on Brazil’s border with Venezuela is known for forest fires. Also in the year 1982, due to the effect of El Nino and the destruction of trees in the Amazon region, drought conditions were created in Ethiopia and neighboring African countries. In which more than 200,000 people died.
