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OIAPOQUE, Brazil — At the northernmost tip of Brazil, where the Amazon spills into the Atlantic, a fragile web of estuaries, mangroves, submerged reefs and open sea is showing signs of distress. Here, where biodiversity has long flourished, something is shifting. The seismic airguns used by the oil industry to locate underwater oil reserves are [……
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Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
OIAPOQUE, Brazil — At the northernmost tip of Brazil, where the Amazon spills into the Atlantic, a fragile web of estuaries, mangroves, submerged reefs and open sea is showing signs of distress. Here, where biodiversity has long flourished, something is shifting. The seismic airguns used by the oil industry to locate underwater oil reserves are