Aerial view of flooded forest in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay. Like the rainforest which takes its name, the Amazon is the largest and most biodiverse river on the planet: the ...

The input of the neighboring Pará River south of the Amazon mouth shows significantly elevated dissolved neodymium and hafnium concentrations. At the same time, it has a low pH value. This led to ...

The debate over extraction at the Amazon River estuary has prompted politicians to take a position and divided the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in particular causing friction between the ...

The United Nations has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará in 2025, the country’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

The dorado catfish, a native of the Amazon River, can grow to be up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. But size isn't this river giant's only superlative: New research finds that these goliath catfish ...

REE behaviour in the Amazon estuary. The suspended particulate matter (SPM) Nd SPM and dissolved Nd <0.45 μm concentrations of the Amazon River endmember in April 2008 were 2,627 ng kg −1 and ...

In comparison, it takes dorado catfish hatchlings about a month to cover 3,595 miles (5,786 km) as they travel from the Andes mountains to the mouth of the Amazon river.

The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. It discharges about one fifth of global freshwater runoff, resulting in a freshwater plume rich in nutrients and trace elements entering the ...