内容摘要：“I’d pushed against this world for a long time and it felt like it came right at me full throttle,” she says.

“I’d pushed against this world for a long time and it felt like it came right at me full throttle,” she says.

Local residents collect acai palm hearts for sale on an island in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Local residents collect acai palm hearts for sale on an island in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Data is limited: There is no monitoring at the mouth of the Amazon River. The closest official monitoring station is in Obidos, about 700 kilometers (430 miles) upstream.“Brazil does not have the most basic information to face the challenges of climate change in coastal and maritime areas,” said Santos. “We need ongoing monitoring to have a steady flow of information to plan mitigation and adaptation.”One of the region’s few studies on climate change is led by oceanographer Wilson Cabral, from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology. His team’s field research focuses on Marajo. Located south of Bailique, it is the world’s largest fluvial island, about the size of Switzerland.

Based on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios, their analysis estimates that at least half the Marajo municipality most exposed to the sea, Soure, should be underwater by the end of this century.Projected diminished rainfall in the region means lower flow for the rivers that surround the islands and pour their waters into the Marajo Bay, the study said. In addition, sea level rise will likely increase the advance of seawater toward the island’s interior. The consequences are more saline soils and freshwater near the coast.

Passenger boats stopped at dawn in front of Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Passenger boats stopped at dawn in front of Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Winnie Keben helps her neighbor’s kids and her own to do homework as others take a nap at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Winnie Keben has her hair combed by her husband Laban at their home at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Winnie Keben has her hair combed by her husband Laban at their home at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

They left their community, the final loss.A resident from another village, Meisori, learned of their ordeal and offered to take them in, a gesture of kindness for which she is grateful.