NASA revealed the frightening state of Salt Lake with a post it shared on Twitter yesterday. It has been observed that the amount of water in the lake has decreased significantly in the last 33 years.
climate changes and droughts caused by human activities degrade the nature of our planet and have serious consequences. Many natural areas in our country are also badly affected by this situation, revealing how deplorable the situation is.
Turkey’s second largest lake and home to many bird species Salt Lake It is one of the drought-affected areas. In the past weeks, experts have predicted that the lake’s withdrawal rate is due to drought. to 65% He stated that it is getting closer, getting smaller and smaller and that it is necessary to be very careful about irrigation. Now, NASA, in the post shared on Twitter, worrying He showed us his condition once again.
There has been a great decrease in the amount of water in the last 33 years.
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), on the official Twitter account of the water amount of Tuz Gölü. 1988 with the years 2020 He shared the change between the years. In the published images, there is a terrible decrease in the amount of water in the Salt Lake, even when there is almost no water left in the lake during the summer season of 2008 to 2016, completely dry observed. In 2020, it turned out that the amount of water in the lake was quite low.
NASA used the following statements in the post it shared:Once the second largest lake in Turkey Salt Lake, now it can barely take up the size of a small puddle.” In addition to this, NASA also described the lake in the report it published on its website.in danger of drying outHe underlined the danger of extinction.
‘The lake almost completely dried up in July of 2021’
Experts also noted that the region is heating up more than usual; Therefore, he states that it is considered as a ‘hot spot’ and that droughts have increased significantly after 2000. Finally, from Akdeniz University Fulya Aydın-Kandemir In his statements, he also states that the lake is in danger of extinction and that birds such as flamingos are in danger:
Unfortunately, Tuz Gölü is in danger of drying out. The situation is getting worse. The extraordinary meteorological drought became very bad after 2000. People are suffering from decreasing surface waters due to droughts. to underground resources headed. It turned out that in 2008 and 2016 the lake completely dried up. This situation has worsened since 2019. In July 2021, there was almost no water in the lake. This caused the mass death of the baby flamingos that came to the lake. How the lake will look in the future is quite uncertain.
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149211/disappearing-lake-tuz?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAEarth&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=144751062