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As Amazon’s waves weaken, surfer fights to protect them

Brazilian surfer Sergio Laus rides the thunderous pororoca tidal bore wave on the Mearim River, in the Amazon jungle

Brazilian surfer Sergio Laus rides the thunderous pororoca tidal bore wave on the Mearim River in the Amazon jungle near the northern Brazilian city of Arari on April 29.

 Adriano Machado/reuters

ARARI, Brazil � Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the power of mighty rivers combines with the pull of the moon's gravity to form waves that run for dozens of miles. Record-breaking Brazilian surfer Sergio Laus fears that climate change and environmental degradation mean their days may be numbered.

One early morning in late April, with a supermoon still in the sky, he trekked dozens of miles through the mud up the Mearim River, at the eastern tip of the Amazon, to surf the country's biggest remaining "pororoca" and highlight the risk.



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