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Deader then ever…

Interesting story in Time today about the Dead Sea.  Apparently, it is losing 3 vertical feet of water each year, exposing 65 ft of seabed along the shore!  The usual culprit?  Less than 2% of freshwater from the Jordan River makes it into the Dead Sea compared to the amount just a few decades ago.

Mountaintop Removal

Mountaintop removal is an extremely destructive strip mining technique used in the Appalachia by coal industry. This method is devastating the pristine landscapes of the Appalachia. It is also destroying several communities that call this area home. “Not since the glaciers pushed toward these ridgelines a million years ago have the Appalachian Mountains been as […]