Climate Change Causes Severe Damage, Is Turning Spain's Gorgeous Reservoirs Into Dry-lands

Human activities aren't inconsequential anymore.

There is no dearth of the instance and live examples that validate just how much we have messed with our environment. Cutting down trees, increase use of plastic, air pollution, contaminated water system - everything is on the verge of falling apart.

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Southern Spain, the most recent victim of climate change is going through a terrifying transformation.

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Once thriving with mightly reservoirs and water bodies, the region is now slowly turning into dry-dotted-landscapes.

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The water levels are constantly dropping, resulting in a dramatic change.

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As a result, the land that one hosted huge reservoirs and areas for boating and taking a dip is now nothing but cracked arid soil...

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Other than the environment, even locals who benefited from the tourism are going through unfavourable changes.

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The entire area is hit by a severe drought, forcing in the formation of larger landscapes across the region.

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Last year, a study revealed disaster for the lush Mediterranean region due to human activity.

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It further reveals that by 2100, southern Spain will have transformed into a desert.

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Researchers say that if dramatic measures aren't taken, this phenomenon won't be that rare anymore. They said that we need to curb carbon emissions to slash the worsening effects of global warming.

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¡°The effect of the human is to deforest, to replace with agriculture and so on," lead author of the study, Joel Guiot of Aix-Marseille University, told The Guardian last year.

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Let's take charge of the things we put to waste, the mess we leave around, and the pollution we create. We only have one planet!