Amazon lake where hundreds of dolphins died was hotter than a jacuzzi

El Economista

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When dozens of bodies of freshwater dolphins began to appear on the shores of Lake Tefé, in the Brazilian Amazon, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to investigate.A sudden drought and an extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 had transformed the lake into a boil, with water reaching 41 degrees, a temperature similar to that of a Jacuzzi.His findings, published this Thursday in Science magazine, highlight the effects of climate change…