Lake Mead Oct. 2007 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Lake Mead Oct. 2007

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Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, October, 2007. According to Scripps researchers, Lake Mead could be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed.

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Photo courtesy of Dr. Ken Dewey, Applied Climate Sciences Group, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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