Historic Drought to Get Worse in Brazil’s Amazon, Scientist Says
- Key Amazon rivers at lowest levels in more than a century
- Rainy season in the Amazon was supposed to start in September
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There is no relief in sight for a historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon that has been disrupting river transport, causing forest fires and killing wildlife, according to a prominent climate scientist.
No precipitation is expected for the immediate horizon in northern Brazil even though the rainy season normally starts in late September or early October, atmospheric physicist Paulo Artaxo said in an interview. Climate change has left weather models imprecise and outdated, and any projection for when the rainy season will start is a shot in the dark, he added.