From NBC News: New satellite images from NASA show how Lake Mead's shoreline has mineralized and the water level has fallen over the past 22 years. It now sits at just 27% capacity. The largest reservoir in the country, on the Nevada-Arizona border, is nearly unrecognizable, a “stark illustration of climate change,” according to NASA. Read the full story here . What is particularly frightening is the change from 2021 to 2022. The lake actually filled to capacity in 1983 and 1999. However, today the level equals the lowest point since April of 1937 when it was first being filled. According to NASA: The largest reservoir in the United States supplies water to millions of people across seven states, tribal lands, and northern Mexico. It now also provides a stark illustration of climate change and a long-term drought that may be the worst in the U.S. West in 12 centuries. Today is nostalgia day, and I again insert two postings fr...
New SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY: This blog site derives from the original version of Planet Earth & Humanity, but will be more WE than ME. The coverage will remain similar, but perhaps these postings will seem to come from a parallel universe, or maybe even Purgatory. But truth and reality will prevail, with dashes of whimsy and levity to help make your day.