The concept of a river that is so hot that boils its living victims may sound like something of a story of Greek mythology.
But you believe it or not, it is a reality, deep in the heart of the Amazon.
The river, Shanay-Timpishka, is located in the Mayantuyacu region of Peru, and can reach temperatures of up to 100 ° C.
Andrés Ruzo, an explorer who has ventured to the river, said: ‘The most standard temperature I have measured is 210 ° F (100 ° C).
‘To put that in everyday terms, the average coffee is approximately 130 ° F (55 ° C).
‘It’s hard to physically imagine so much hot water.
“You hit your hand and you will see second or third grade burns in seconds.”
While the river sounds like nightmares, climatic scientists at the University of Miami now say it could provide a ‘window to the future’.
The concept of a river that is so hot that boils its living victims may sound like something of a story of Greek mythology. But you believe it or not, it is a reality, deep in the heart of the Amazon
“I have seen several animals fall, from birds to reptiles,” Ruzo explained. ‘Complex organisms like us, we are not doing well at those high temperatures. We literally start cooking in the bone ‘
The river, Shanay-Timpishka, is located in the Mayantuyacu region of Peru, and can reach temperatures up to 100 ° C
Shanay-Timpishka, which translates as “boiled with the heat of the sun”, was brought for the first time to the attention of the world by Mr. Ruzo in 2011.
The river has long been a legend in Peru, but when the geoscientist learned of him, he thought that such a phenomenon could not exist.
He believed that he would require a lot of geothermal heat to boil even a small river, and the Amazon basin is far from any active Volcanés.
However, after venturing right there, he confirmed that the certain period legend.
Speaking in a documentary, launched in 2017, the geoscientist said that the heat of the air that leaves the river is so intense that it may feel that it burned in the nose and lungs.
“I have seen several animals fall, from birds to reptiles,” he explained.
‘Complex organisms like us, we are not doing well at those high temperatures. We literally start cooking in the bone.
The river boils thanks to the hot springs fed with failures.
The river has long been a legend in Peru, but when the geoscientist learned of him, he thought that such a phenomenon could not exist
Speaking in a documentary, launched in 2017, the geoscientist said that the heat of the air that leaves the river is so intense that it may feel that it burns in the nose and lungs
When the rain falls on the surrounding area, it is located in the porous sedimentary rock.
As it moves through the rock, it is heated from the primary heat of the earth’s crust.
Finally, you meet a great thrust or crack failure.
As the water falls behind it, it forces the water now heated to rise along the fault line to the surface.
The researchers at the University of Miami believe that the Hirar River could now serve as a Pure experiment, and have described it as a “window to the future” in the middle of the World warming.
“It really gives us a window to the future,” said Riley Fortier, lead author of his new study.
‘The Amazon will get hotter or not.
‘Therefore, this allows us to understand what increases the temperature to the composition of the forest.
“You can tell us what species will be lost and how could the composition of the forest be in the future.”
The team visited the river in 2022 and mapped all the tropical plants and trees found in 70 locations.
The team visited the river in 2022 and mapped all the tropical plants and trees found in 70 locations. They started upstream, where temperatures are colder, before venturing to the hottest part of the Hiraring River
They started upstream, where temperatures are colder, before venturing to the hottest part of the Hirar River.
His maps revealed that the diversity of the plants collapsed around the hottest part of the river, with only a few species capable of resisting heat.
“In normal, the tree community is less diverse, so we see less species at warmer points,” said Fortier.
“And the composition of the forest also more homogeneous in the warmest places, while in the coldest forest plots, there was more diversity of plants.”
Occlorably, researchers say this could be a sign of how the entire jungle of the Amazon jungle will be seen in the future.
“As the World warming occurs, everything will change,” Fortier added.
