Lake Tuz, Turkey's 2nd largest lake disappearing

Please add your voice to this important crisis.Thanks.

il problema del surriscaldamento del pianeta, il ritiro dei ghiacciai e la conseguente crisi idrica porterà la terra in un prossimo futuro ad alimentare nuove guerre per ridurre la popolazione

The problem of the over-warming of the planet, the shrinking of glaciers and the consequent water crisis will in the near future bring and feed new wars on earth for the purpose of reducing the population.

(rough translation of dagos' post, for those who don't understand Italian)

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Another consequence of these lakes shrinking is the release of methane gas into the atmosphere. So, will we kill each other in wars over the few remaning drops of water or will the planet hickup and shrug us off like worrisome gnats?

We take fresh water for granted and waste waste waste. How long do we plan on being here?

Everyone has to do thier part.

1. don't flush unless #2 or smells( get a yellow toilet)

2. cut bath water down and shower times

3. fix leaks
4. don't let water run when brushing teeth(barney song)

5. wash with full load of clothes

6.DOn't play in fire plug at all( summer is over)

These are just a few things that I have been to save water and money on bill( which was cut into half)

JUST TRYING TO HELP THE PLANET!!

What I do not get is why this isn't on the news instead of articles about Johnnie Cash's daughter etc....do I really care if Brittany Spears has lost weight?

Come on! When will we wake up? I know when someone has bought the last bottle off the shelf and there are no more deliveries.

Sorry for my sarcasm today. I feel worried and angry at the ignorance of so many. I don't even think it is malicious as much as poor educations, the ME first thinking, and I do think USA citizens (certainly not all and not meaning to offend) have entitlement issues.

--shrunk by 85 percent over the last 90 years due to global warming ----

um.....was it not during the late 60's and 70's they claimed global cooling?

How can global warming be to blame for the past 90?

Someone needs to stick to one story and stick to it right.

Megan: I agree. However, as you stated, Americans on the whole have issues one being that unless it is in their backyard they don't give a damn. When the Western US is a desert then maybe people here will start taking notice. It seems that one of the worst traits of being human is realizing we are experiencing a crisis when it is too late to do anything about it, or only do something after a catastrophe happens. And come on, you know that showcasing a story about a monkey being loose in a subway station in Japan, or what someone said about a campaign, and other assorted filler stories with accompanying big boobed pictures in them are way more important than the survival of the human species... ::sarcasm::

And JJammer: The key words here are "climate change." Even if places in the world are cooling not all are, and in the case of Turkey, it has been experiencing global warming and semi arid to arid conditions for years. If you also read the story instead of reading into it what you wanted, you would also have gotten from it that while this has been occurring for years, it has recently escalated precipitously. The story is right, you simply have to have some knowledge of the subject at hand and not be politically predisposed with certain biases to understand it.

When I read the comments like the one's above that global warming is silly and that someone needs to get their facts straight I cringe at their ignorance.

I stop and I think about how when today's little children become teens and adults they are going to be mighty pissed, scared, and desperate when temperatures are 10+ degrees hotter, water is a scarce resource, the cities of the US coast and other coastal cities are imperiled by rising seas and hurricanes that we can only imagine in horror films.

I challenge both of you, Saladin and J_Jammer, to read some books not funded by oil companies and corporations with an investment in making money today and screw tomorrow.

How many books have you read lately? How sad that you would be a part of destroying an incredibly beautiful world.

We need our governments to make laws to limit our consumption.

I think it is wonderful to bring attention to the global fresh water supply shortage. This issue is going to be much more important in the years to come.

Using grey water for flushing is one easy move. It is criminal that all toilets are currently flushed with fresh water.

Since everyone's part of the problem concerning our resource management, we can all start to be part of the solution by implementing the excellent examples mentioned here in our everyday routines. If we all contribute in our own ways, however small or large, we can make positive changes to these growing problems, because if we don't (lead by example) than who will?

slowly were becoming mars and in the end will we too be a vast red desert?