Experts believe high water temperatures are the most likely cause of the deaths.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — More than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the past week as the region, and many more could die soon if water temperatures remain high, experts say.
Experts believe high water temperatures are the most likely cause of the deaths in the lakes in the region. Temperatures since last week have exceeded 39 degrees Celsius in the Tefe Lake region. There had been some 1,400 river dolphins in Tefe Lake, said Miriam Marmontel, a researcher from the Mamiraua Institute.
Workers have recovered carcasses of dolphins since last week in a region where dry rivers have impacted impoverished riverside communities and stuck their boats in the sand. Amazonas Gov. Wilson Lima on Friday declared a state of emergency due to the drought.
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