What is Pororocas? Surfer struggles for conservation of rare phenomena in danger on Amazon
Sergio Los has two Records surfing the longest waves in the worldFear Sea level ascending and dried dried climate change, as well as the erosion caused by agriculture and dams, has an imbalance of natural energy.
In the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, the power of the giant rivers combines with the charm of the moon and forms a dozens of kilometers. Brazilian Surfer Sergio Los, Serginho is well known for Loss, I am afraid that these waves, known as Pororocas, are counted for days.
On the morning of April, as the moon is still in the sky, to the tenth kilometers of the mud, at the eastern tip of Amazon, to surf the largest Pororoka and to highlight the risk that this phenomenon disappears. In the green tubes of margins, the narrow two -meter -muddy waves of the river impressed Sergio Loss as usual.
“A wave is broken and dissolved”Surfer said to the Reuters Agency, Represents the waves of the sea. “It’s getting intensified. It’s Amazonian tsunami.”
However, the waves are half the size of the lass used a few years ago – and before the erosion caused by agriculture and dams caused by the drying of the most powerful Pororocas in Brazil is smaller than the five -waves on the Araguri River, the waves on the Araguri River, the waves.
Pororocas, also known as Makarius, is not a unique phenomenon of this region of the world, but They are clearly weakened on Amazon.
Already Serginho Los Beat two records to surfing the longest waves in the worldFear Sea level ascending and dried dried climate change, as well as the erosion caused by agriculture and dams, has an imbalance of natural energy.
Los has already surfed Pororocas Indonesia to Canada
Or surfer hopes 30th UN meeting on climate change (Cap 30. It takes place in the Amazonian city of beleme in November. “Bring new hope.”
The name Pororoka is a great crash in Tupi Swadeshi – The Crash from shock between sea and river. Produces the tide wave.
When the moon reaches the ground, some rivers are pushed by seawater that increased by its gravity strength. The wave increases as the deep river becomes shallow.
Studies show it Climate change has changed some parts of Amazon to warm and disrupts rain samples that keep water in their stable rivers.
Los has already surfed the worldwide pororocos Indonesia, China and Alaska, and are planning to look for new tide waves in Papua New Guinea and Canada around Amazon.
