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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 03:36 PM
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Many major rivers are in danger of dying
Many major rivers are in danger of dying:
WWF By Nita Bhalla
Tue Mar 20, 8:28 AM ET



NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Climate change, pollution, over extraction of water and development are killing some of the world's most famous rivers including China's Yangtze, India's Ganges and Africa's Nile, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.

At the global launch of its report "World's Top 10 Rivers at Risk," the Geneva-based group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic life.

"If these rivers die, millions will lose their livelihoods, biodiversity will be destroyed on a massive scale, there will be less fresh water and agriculture, resulting in less food security," said Ravi Singh, secretary-general of WWF-India...>


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/sc_nm/wwf_rivers_dc;_ylt=AtVpBbVP8kSTM3LbGjxaJEjMWM0F
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 03:55 PM
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1. Saw this on bbc online too
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 10:54 PM
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2. And this

A disaster to take everyone's breath away
Email this storyPrint this story 12:00AM Monday July 24, 2006
By Geoffrey Lean


Amazon water levels have fallen so far that boats are stranded and communities are rationing water. Picture / Reuters

Climate Change
Nasa scientist accuses White House of global warming cover-up
Cargo ships could take polar route






MANAUS - Deep in the heart of the world's greatest rainforest, a nine-day journey by boat from the sea, Otavio Luz Castello is anxiously watching the soft waters of the Amazon drain away.

Every day they recede further, like water running slowly out of an immense bathtub, threatening a worldwide catastrophe.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10392615
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 08:27 AM
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4. The Amazon too shallow in places to navigate by canoe???
This story really is stunning.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 08:12 AM
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3. I wonder why the Colorado wasn't included.
It's rare for even a drop of it to show up in the Gulf of California.

http://www.counterpunch.org/colorado.html
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:17 AM
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5. Maybe because the story was on Yahoo?
Wouldn't want to cause any alarm with the sheeple, I'd imagine. :(
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