Archive for ‘lake’
Africa’s largest lake under threat as bleak future predicted
December 4th, 2007
“Lake Victoria is doomed,” lake specialist Eric Odada says with certainty regarding the future of the world’s second largest body of water. And on closer inspection, the dire prediction seems like it might be right.
Popularity: 8%
Group Says Chesapeake Bay Is In Bad Shape
December 3rd, 2007
An environmental group gave the bay health a D grade for the ninth consecutive year.
Popularity: 4%
Ugandan Lake Eating Workers Alive
October 28th, 2007
Uganda’s poor are braving salty, flesh-scarring water to make a meager living mining salt at Lake Katwe. Experts say chemicals in the lake are clearly unhealthy but the Ugandan government is not studying the risks.
Popularity: 3%
China announces $14 billion lake cleanup
October 27th, 2007
China has announced a multibillion-dollar plan to clean up a severely polluted lake where an algae bloom forced the suspension of water supplies to millions of people this summer.
Popularity: 3%
Ga. to build lakes amid drought fight
October 25th, 2007
With an epic drought gripping the region, Georgia lawmakers announced plans Thursday for a network of state reservoirs, while the governors of Alabama and Florida warned that Georgia’s consumption threatens their downstream states.
Popularity: 5%
Boaters Frustrated By Low Lakes
October 23rd, 2007
Some Spartanburg-area boaters said they’ve noticed the affect of the drought on lakes.
Popularity: 2%
