The rhythms of the waterways of the Amazon Basin, marked by low- and high-water periods, are vital to the health of the aquatic ecosystem, yet have been disturbed by a number of factors, such as a ...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...

Scientists would like to better understand the physical processes in Amazon hydrological systems. To explore the water storage and dynamics in the Amazon basin, researchers have used data from the ...

Portions of the Amazon basin are experiencing a transition in energy and water cycles. Evidence suggests that the Amazon may also be transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source. This ...

Multi-level governance in the Amazon basin, including transboundary cooperation is essential to ensure adequate integrated water management to safeguard water and sanitation as a human right, as well ...

At the hydrological level, the basin constitutes a system of large-scale connectivity, as Mr. Sebastian Heilpern, a member of the Science Panel for the Amazon, described during his intervention during ...

Factors controlling water-column respiration in rivers of the central and southwestern Amazon Basin ...

Arizona, which grows most of the lettuce eaten in the US each winter, will be losing about a fifth of the water it gets from the Colorado River as drought and climate change diminish the key water ...

Field tests in the Amazon have for the first time measured daily and seasonal movements of soil moisture through the deep roots of trees. This water management, which enables the plants to ...

The vast forest–river system of the Amazon basin is changing rapidly owing to human impacts. Humans have been there for many thousands of years, but the region is now home to some 25 million people.