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

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Record-breaking Brazilian surfer fears climate change and environmental degradation mean their days may be numbered.

The name pororoca means great roar in the Tupi Indigenous language - the thunderous clash between the ocean and the river that generates a tidal bore.

Research shows climate change has made parts of the Amazon hotter and disturbed rain patterns that keep the volume in its rivers steady.

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