Sunday, July 29, 2007

Africa Lakes

African lakes are shrinking, due to increased drought frequency, overexploitation of water resources, and a rapidly changing climate. The google earth-linked Atlas of Our Changing Environment documents these amorphous waterbodies through a collection of sattelite images, scientific evidence, and on-site photographs.
Lake Chad in 1972 and 2001


The Atlas is a UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) aims to "depict and describe humanity's past and present impact on the environment" through a database of altered places worldwide.

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