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More than half of the world’s largest lakes are drying up

More than half of the world’s largest lakes shrank over the last three decades, researchers report in the May 19 Science. That’s a big problem for the people who depend on those lakes for drinking water and irrigation. Drying lakes also…

Syria’s war affects tourism and fishing in Ja’bar Lake

Long ago, Ja’bar Lake used to be crowded with fishermen, since people there depend on fishing from the lake and selling fish to tourists who arrive in large groups to the castle, to enjoy it along the lake. The fishing and tourism sector in…