Satellites over Amazon capture choking of 'House of God' river by the Belo Monte Dam

Seattle WA (The Conversation) May 03, 2022

The Xingu River is revered as the "house of God" by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and a crucial source of fish, transportation and water for trees and plants. Five years ago, the Big Bend was a broad river valley interwoven with river channels teaming with fish, turtles and ot