Alarming 41°C Temperatures in Amazon Lake Killed Dolphins and Revealed Growing Climate Crisis

Nov 07, 2025 02:27 pm CST

Research reveals how extreme drought and heat in 2023 transformed Brazil's Lake Tefe into a 41°C hot zone, killing over 200 Amazon River dolphins and highlighting the accelerating impact of climate change on tropical ecosystems, with Amazonian lakes warming faster than the global average at 0.6°C per decade.