CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper August 9, 2021 20:41:00
Dramatically increased as the water body shrinks, wreaking havoc on farm crops around here. the day the soil will become unfarmable is not far away, he says. the water is now so salty that microorganisms that flourish in these conditions have dyed it reddish-pink. the deputy head of this province's environmental protection agency tells me he believes there are now about 6 billion tons of salt around the lake. still, he says, he's confident they can stop the lake from drying up. pausing all dam construction projects has been very effective, he says. those measures are making a big difference, t...