Bowden, Rob (2007). Earth's Water Crisis. Pleasantville, NY: World Almanac Library.
The Aral Sea, which is located in Khazakhstan and Uzbekistan, used to be a part of the world’s 4th biggest lake in 1950’s. By 2005, the shoreline had moved about 150 miles, because people used a lot of water for irrigation of cotton and other uses (p.16). Scientists say that by 2025, the global need for water will increase by 40%. Here are some other examples of how we changed the world in its fresh water supply. For about 200 years the Huang He river in China couldn’t reach the sea because people used too much of the water somewhere upstream. Recently, the Colorado River and Nile River faced the same problem (p.16). The Dead Sea, which is located by Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, is shrinking by 3 feet every year (p.17). If people continue with the same usage for irrigation, then this sea could disappear by 2050 (p.17). Then there used to be an Owens Lake in California. It dried up completely in 1920s, and since then the dry dust from the lake bed contributed to the air pollution in Los Angeles.
The Aral Sea, which is located in Khazakhstan and Uzbekistan, used to be a part of the world’s 4th biggest lake in 1950’s. By 2005, the shoreline had moved about 150 miles, because people used a lot of water for irrigation of cotton and other uses (p.16). Scientists say that by 2025, the global need for water will increase by 40%. Here are some other examples of how we changed the world in its fresh water supply. For about 200 years the Huang He river in China couldn’t reach the sea because people used too much of the water somewhere upstream. Recently, the Colorado River and Nile River faced the same problem (p.16). The Dead Sea, which is located by Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, is shrinking by 3 feet every year (p.17). If people continue with the same usage for irrigation, then this sea could disappear by 2050 (p.17). Then there used to be an Owens Lake in California. It dried up completely in 1920s, and since then the dry dust from the lake bed contributed to the air pollution in Los Angeles.
Oh, It is so serious.. we have to change the way we live.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree with Ji Eun.
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