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Uttarakhand’s extreme weather wreaks havoc on crops, livelihoods & futures

Groundwater overuse puts Brazil’s river flow at risk, study finds

Longer periods of drought threaten Brazilian amphibians

A tale of two cities: What drove 2024’s Valencia and Porto Alegre floods?

Will Brazil’s President Lula wake up to the climate crisis? (commentary)

Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems

Adjusting to temperature and providing water can help save Kenya farmers’ bees, study says

Brazil has seen a 460% increase in climate-related disasters since the 1990s

Latin America in 2024: politics, turmoil and hope

Rainforest Outlook 2025: Storylines to watch as the year unfolds

Andes glacier melt threatens Amazon’s rivers & intensifies droughts

The uncertain future of Amazon river dolphins amid historic drought

Severe drought in Peruvian Amazon isolated more than 130 Indigenous communities

Paraguay’s Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã communities fight invaders, fires and drought

Western Kenya’s most important water-capturing forest is disappearing, satellites show

As climate change upends Ethiopia’s pastoral wisdom, adaptations can help

Organizations tackle droughts, floods in Brazil by planting forests

As global fire risk rises, modern homes become toxic plastic traps

Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land

Despite court ruling, Yaqui water rights abuses ignored

Drought & climate change force Ethiopia pastoralists to go job hunting

‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says

Extreme drought pushes Amazon’s main rivers to lowest-ever levels

Lack of research as contaminated Yaqui River poses health risks

Drought forces Amazon Indigenous communities to drink mercury-tainted water

In the Brazilian Amazon, seedlings offer hope for drying rivers

Record drought in Yucatán prompts revival of ancient Maya rain ceremony

Eucalyptus expansion worsens droughts and fires in Brazil’s Cerrado, conservationists say

Climate change threatens public health, raising the spread of food-borne diseases

Cerrado’s current drought impossible without human-caused climate change: Study

Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon combat droughts and floods

Loss of water means loss of culture for Mexico’s Indigenous Yaqui

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