Freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon are highly vulnerable to environmental degradation. On Living Lab, Heather Goldstone talks with Dr. Leandro Castello with the Woods Hole Research Centerabout a new study showing that Amazon waters are being increasingly degraded by deforestation, pollution, construction of dams and waterways, and over-harvesting of plant and animal species.
A Vulnerable and Damaged River System
Credit Woods Hole Research Center