Thursday, April 6, 2017

Another Water Crisis

National Geographic has a section on their website called: Water Crisis News. This is a great resource to check for issues around the world. Below is an intro to one of the current articles:


Wildlife Dying En Masse as South American River Runs Dry


            "The Pilcomayo River in Paraguay is littered with dead caiman and fish carcasses as the government scrambles to find a solution.

           Vultures rest in the tree’s upper branches, their black bodies in stark contrast to the blanched wood beneath their feet. Below them, caimans and capybaras crawl in sucking mud through the Agropil lagoon, seeking water that is unlikely to arrive for many months. The river has dried up, and there is nowhere for them to go.

           Paraguay is in the midst of an ecological crisis."

Read full article here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/pilcomayo-river-paraguay-caiman-capybara-fish-drought-death-water/

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