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Irans devastated Lake Urmia wins recognition
2016-07-03 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Green Prophet: Like Israel and Jordans Dead Sea, Iran has its own inland salty lake called Lake Urmia. Climate change and dam construction has caused its demise to about 10% of its of former glory. Local protestors who have dared called on the government to fix it have been tied up, beaten and tortured. One trusted source I have in Iran says this is the countrys top 2 environmental problem to solve. One young photographer Pedram Yazdani summarized the devastation in a photograph, above, which has just one...
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Rwanda harnesses lake "demons" to power the economy
2016-07-02 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some Rwandans tell stories of "demons" in Lake Kivu causing the deaths of fishermen and swimmers who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa's great expanses of water in the heart of the continent. Now Rwanda is turning the methane gas which can bubble up from the lake bed, sometimes with fatal consequences, into a lifeline by generating electricity to help businesses expand and light up a nation with a chronic power shortage. Across Africa, governments are struggling to increase power...
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Diversion of Lake Michigan water approved for Wisconsin city
2016-06-29 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slithersmusiczine: Gallo said the process had been very thorough and amendments that reduced the service area of Waukesha's water application, essentially to the city's existing boundaries, limited potential avenues for a challenge. Environmental groups that opposed the deal were still studying the final agreement but applauded restrictions on the amount of water to be drawn by Waukesha and the area served by the diversion. "Protecting and preserving our Great Lakes - one of Mother Nature's most magnificent treasures...
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Climate change blamed for depletion of water level in Dumba lake
2016-06-18 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
My Republica: The existence of the mesmerizing Dumba lake located at Jomsom 9 is in peril. The rise in temperature, natural disasters and other human causes are being blamed for the depletion of water levels in the lake and deformation of soil in the surrounding areas. The lake situated at around 3,500 meters above sea level can be reached at an hour's walk from the district headquarters of Jomsom. The lake which is 400 meters in length and one hundred meter wide is assumed to be 10 meters deep. The water...
May's top stories: Salt Lake City Airport to construct North Concourse, Montréal PierreElliott Trudeau Airport improvements
2016-06-07 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Salt Lake City Airport to construct $740m North Concourse, and Aéroports de Montréal inaugurates $350m improvements at Montréal Pierre-Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Airport-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from May 2016.
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