Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

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The carcasses of around 200 river dolphins were floating across the seven-foot (two-meter) deep waters of Lake Tefé, as a ...

Scientists attributed the mass dolphin deaths in Brazil to record heat and shrinking lakes during a 2023 drought in the ...

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More than 200 river dolphins died in Brazil's Lake Tefé in the fall of 2023, with water temperatures soaring as high as 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a new study. Gustavo Basso / NurPhoto via ...

Over the course of six weeks in late 2023, a "massive, unprecedented mortality" event occurred in Brazil's Lake Tefé. In total, 209 deceased river dolphins washed ashore "by the dozens." Lead study ...

In 2023, parts of the Amazon got so hot that some lakes hit a temperature of 105.8°F (41°C). Researchers measured the spike across a network of lakes in the central basin during a severe heat wave and ...

When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. What he and his colleagues discovered was startling: a ...

When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. The Barron's news ...

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 ...