全球主要的河流因為氣候變化出現斷流, 再加上水霸工程, 五分之一的淡水魚, 已經/即將絶種.
The world's great rivers are drying up at an alarming rate, with
devastating consequences for humanity, animals and the future of the
planet.
The
Independent on Sunday can today reveal that more than half the world's
500 mightiest rivers have been seriously depleted. Some have been
reduced to a trickle in what the United Nations will this week warn is
a "disaster in the making".
From the Nile to China's Yellow River, some of the world's great
water systems are now under such pressure that they often fail to
deposit their water in the ocean or are interrupted in the course to
the sea, with grave consequences for the planet.
Adding to the disaster, all of the 20 longer rivers are being
disrupted by big dams. One-fifth of all freshwater fish species either
face extinction or are already extinct....