North Pole Then and Now (3 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       5 Jan 2011       22253

It's not a secret that the North Pole is shrinking. Here are the comparative photos from 2000 and the end of 2010. Sometimes we don't realize that the North Pole and all its inhabitants run a big danger but looking into these pictures, may bring us to reality more quickly. It's also kinda scary what may wait on us in the near future…

January 2000

North Pole Then and Now
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Dying Aral Sea (18 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       12 Aug 2009       17580
Once the world's fourth-largest inland saline body of water, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s, after the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya that fed it were diverted by Soviet Union irrigation projects. By 2004, the sea had shrunk to 25% of its original surface area, and a nearly fivefold increase in salinity had killed most of its natural flora and fauna. The once prosperous fishing industry has been virtually destroyed, and former fishing towns along the original shores have become ship graveyards.

Dying Aral Sea (18 pics)
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