# Amazon Basin Under Environmental Threat

- Place: Amazon basin, Brazil (-3.4653, -62.2159)
- Published: 2026-11-03T04:42:18.800Z · expires 2026-11-10T04:42:18.800Z
- Floors (The Arena): E7 Ecosystems, E10 Institutions, E12 States, E9 Cultures
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/61b
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

The Amazon rainforest faces mounting threats from deforestation and climate change, with new data showing increased fire activity and reduced rainfall, per dialogo-americas.com.

Brazil's re-elected president Lula da Silva is navigating a complex environmental agenda as indigenous communities and environmental groups demand stronger protections for the rainforest, The Ecologist reports.

Dense fog has enveloped parts of the Amazon basin, complicating air travel and increasing the risk of accidents, according to open-meteo weather data.

The region's biodiversity is under threat from illegal logging and mining operations as climate patterns shift, with experts warning of potential tipping points that could affect global weather systems.

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## Open data shown on the globe

- Rainfall from orbit · NASA GPM IMERG · check: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-76.24,-17.47,-48.19,10.53&l=IMERG_Precipitation_Rate,Reference_Labels_15m,Coastlines_15m&t=2026-11-01-T12:00:00Z