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A Lake in Bolivia Evaporates, and With It a Way of Life
2016-01-23 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivias second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopó (pronounced po-oh-PO) was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and have left the area. High on Bolivias semiarid Andean plains at more than 12,000 feet and subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has dried...
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