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Disappearance of Bolivian lake a harbinger

2016-01-20 23:57:00| 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 Poopo was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and gone. High on Bolivias semi-arid Andean plains at more than 12,000 feet and long subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has essentially dried up before only...

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