Global Warmings Trickle-Down Effect
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22/07/2008
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Tribune (New Delhi)
Survival of Ganga, Dead Sea at risk
Man Mohan
Our Roving Editor
New Delhi, July 22
Because of climate change, not only the mighty Ganga's survival is at stake but even the Dead Sea - one of the world's first health resorts - is dying. It is feared that the Dead Sea, which is 1,378 ft below sea level, may disappear by 2050.
The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and and the West Bank and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of the earth on dry land.
On Monday, The Tribune carried an India-centric report, based on an exclusive interaction with Lester R. Brown, known the world over as "environment guru'.
The Washington-based Brown has warned that the Ganga is facing a major threat and may become a