Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water


              Passenger boats stopped at dawn in front of Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Sea erosion is swallowing houses, schools and other facilities in the area. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Salted fish are dried in the sun on a stall at the Igarape das Mulheres port, in the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              An employee carries red bags with acai fruits to be taken by passenger boats to the fairs in the capital, on Rio Marinheiro, in front of the Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste different. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Acai fruits brought from the Bailique archipelago region are sold in baskets at a fair in the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste salty. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Alcindo Farias Junior, who works in the production of acai, shows the fruit, reached by the salty waters in the community of Vila de Sao Pedro in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste different. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Acai fruits brought from the Bailique archipelago region are sold in baskets at a fair, in the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste salty. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Passengers lounge in hammocks on a boat that travels from Macapa to the community of Vila Progresso, in the Bailique Archipelago, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Sea erosion is swallowing houses, schools and other facilities in the area. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              A boat crosses a branch of the Amazon River  at dawn in front of the community of Vila Progresso, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Sea erosion is swallowing houses, schools and other facilities in the area. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Raimundo Brazao dos Santos transports acai palm hearts collected for sale in an island in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste different. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Local residents collect acai palm hearts for sale on an island in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the widespread açai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the açai berries began to taste salty. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Alcindo Farias Junior, who works in the production of acai, shows the fruits that were reached by the salty waters in the community of Vila de Sao Pedro in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent acai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the acai berries began to taste different. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Alcindo Farias Junior, who works in the production of acai, shows fruits reached by the salty waters, in an area close to his house, in the community of Vila de Sao Pedro in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent açai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the açai berries began to taste different. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Alcindo Farias Junior, who works in the production of acai, climbs a palm tree to extract the fruit, in an area close to his house, in the community of Vila de Sao Pedro in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The changes in the region are also an increasing threat to the omnipresent açai palm trees. In many places, sea erosion is taking them. And in areas closer to the sea, the açai berries began to taste salty. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Buffaloes walk inside a stream in the community of Sao Pedro, at the point where the river meets the sea at Bailique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The advance of seawater typically occurs in Bailique during the dry season when the Amazon River’s flow diminishes. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
            
              Children walk on a walkway in the middle of the Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Sea erosion is swallowing houses, schools and other facilities in the area. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Water flows in at the point where the river meets the sea in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. The Amazon River discharges one-fifth of all the world’s freshwater that runs off land surface. Despite that force, the seawater pushed back the river that bathes the archipelago for most of the second half of 2021, leaving thousands scrambling for drinking water. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Houses destroyed by sea erosion sit along the water at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Market owner Reginaldo dos Santos observes the front of his market at the Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Sea erosion is swallowing houses, schools and other facilities in the area. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Empty gallons of water for human consumption brought from communities in the Bailique Archipelago are piled up in a port area of the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The Amazon River discharges one-fifth of all the world’s freshwater that runs off land surface. Despite that force, the seawater pushed back the river that bathes the archipelago for most of the second half of 2021, leaving thousands scrambling for drinking water. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Children play in a stream in front of a water tank to collect rainwater for consumption in the Elozay community, of the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The Amazon River discharges one-fifth of all the world’s freshwater that runs off land surface. Despite that force, the seawater pushed back the river that bathes the archipelago for most of the second half of 2021, leaving thousands scrambling for drinking water. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Sabrina Fernandes, her husband Elielson Elinho and their children pose in front of their house, in the Perpetuo Socorro neighborhood, in the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The family moved in August from Bailique to Macapa due to the advance of seawater and electric outages. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              A boat sails in front of a wave caused by the advance of sea water on the river during the dry season  in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. During a full moon, the sea invades the river with such strength that, in some places, it turns into a single giant wave of up to 4 meters (13 feet), a phenomenon known as pororoca. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Sabrina Fernandes holds her baby at her house, in the Perpetuo Socorro neighborhood, in the city of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The family moved in August from Bailique to Macapa due to the advance of seawater and electric outages. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
            
              Gallons of water for human consumption are transported on passenger boats to serve communities located on the islands of the Bailique Archipelago in the district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. The Amazon River discharges one-fifth of all the world’s freshwater that runs off land surface. Despite that force, the seawater pushed back the river that bathes the archipelago for most of the second half of 2021, leaving thousands scrambling for drinking water. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water