More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit [38.8 °C].

The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according to the Mamirauá Institute, a research facility funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science.

The institute said such a high number of deaths was unusual and suggested record-high lake temperatures and an historic drought in the Amazon may have been the cause.

The news is likely to add to the concerns of climate scientists over the effects human activity and extreme droughts are having on the region.

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    1 year ago

    Don’t invest in the future, don’t have kids. Be here for a good time not a long time. Fuck the world.

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      That’s kinda where I’m at, but I already have kids, and now they’re having kids. I worry about them.

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        1 year ago

        Because FUCK YOU you destroyed the fucking world and simp.for billionaires, corporations and dictators!

        This shit is NOT worth preserving let it burn the fuck down and die. Humanity is a failed experiment. Death is Inevitable just fucking embrace it, just don’t bring others into this shit fucking hole.