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Dry, Dry, Dry: Lake Balaton, Hungary
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Legend has it that a young girl sits at the center of Lake Balaton in a church - perhaps kneeling in front of the altar with her face pressed gently in her hands - and she cries. Legend has it that as she sobs, her tears fill central Europe’s largest freshwater lake to the brim.

But recently something has changed. Lake Balaton is shrinking. Has the girl been reunited with the lover she lost long, long ago? Has the local fire department pulled her cat safely out of the tree it’s been stuck in for so long? Fairytale fans and global warming skeptics alike might celebrate the girl’s newfound happiness. Scientists, however, see it a little differently.

With its incredibly shallow waters averaging barely over 3 meters, Lake Balaton can be seen as a climate change barometer. Normally, water from the lake has to be drained through a canal on the lake’s northern coast. But over the past 4 years the water has been evaporating far more rapidly than it’s been collecting, disturbing the lake’s steady cycle of depletion and replenishment in just four years of intense planetary warming. As the water level drops, the climate change meter rises in step.

Not only is the lake disappearing, but so is your chance to vacation around it: as the lake dries, the region’s formerly-booming tourism industry alongside it suffers. The quaint, paprika scented inns and resorts that surround the lake are rapidly closing, so get to Lake Balaton before the region’s unique charm and beauty disappear forever. Now that’s something to cry about.

For more:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2003/09/01/936355.htm?site=catalyst&topic=latest

September 30, 2008 | 12:53 PM Comments  0 comments

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