2024-09-02 22:25:59
Brazil is experiencing the most severe drought in recent history, according to data from the National Center for Monitoring Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), which states that more than a third of its national territory –more than three million square kilometers– currently affected by “extreme drought.”
More than three million square kilometers
Since records began to be systematically taken in 1950, the country “never before experienced a drought as extensive and severe as this one,” according to a statement from the scientist from the Council. CEMADENAna Paula Cunha, collected at the G1 portal.
The pressing drought has not only increased the number of fires in various parts of the country, but has also put a check on hydroelectric energy production. The low water level in some rivers means they are no longer navigable.
“Before, only isolated regions suffered from drought cycles, but this time it is a general phenomenon,” said Cunha, warning that “the country is facing a big problem.”
This urgent drought has not only increased the number of fires in different parts of the country, but has also put a check on hydroelectric energy production and has left some foreign regions completely isolated due to the low water level in some rivers which no more. navigable
Meteorological phenomenon of The Child
Experts from CEMADEN and other scientific evaluations have expressed this drought has no single identifiable causebut it is the result of a convergence of several factors.
One of the main elements in explaining this reality is the so-called meteorological phenomenon The Childwhich changed the values of temperature –increasing– and precipitation –decreasing– throughout the countrybut especially in the north.
Similarly, atmospheric barriers caused by persistent high pressure areas had a decisive influence, which blocking cold fronts that could add to the rain.
Finally, we must take into account warming of the northern tropical Atlanticwhich caused longer the dry seasonaccording to the Brazilian portal.
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