11/09/2024
The dry season has arrived once again in the Amazon, what used to be an almost infinite extensive flooded forest, lagoons and rivers now has reverted to very limited, small and dry bodies of water. All of the aquatic fauna is now concentrated, this makes seeing pink river dolphins, caimans, turtles and other inhabitants of the water a sure thing while making exponentially more likely his sighting of rarer animals like the giant river otters, the anaconda or even the manatee.
While this cycle between rain season and dry season is normal and needed for the ecosystem all it's species, with climate change, the difference between both seasons, the duration of major floods and major droughts as well as the frequency have seen a significant and worrying increase. Furthermore, the transition between both season and the water level used to be drawn out and gradual while now, most of the time it is a drastic and quick change in weather and conditions.