Emily J. Beverly
Security, Africa
 
It's happened before.
Lake Victoria, in East Africa, is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake. At 68,800km², it’s also the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in North America. On a clear day you cannot see the other side of Lake Victoria, yet this vast body of water has dried up several times in the past – and it could happen again.
Over the past 100,000 years, the lake has completely dried up at least three times. Читать дальше...