Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Drought in the Chinese Water Tower - Black Dragon Lake

Already, "when we look into the annual precipitation index we use, we can see that there has been no 'wet' month in Yunnan in the last four years," said Marco Gemmer, a senior adviser of the China Meteorological Administration in Beijing.

LIJIANG, China -- After photographing Black Dragon Lake here for eight years, He Jiaxin knows of more places where he can get the lake to mirror the majesty of its surrounding mountains than anyone else. But this year, he has a problem: The lake has disappeared.

http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2013/04/16/1

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