Iran’s Lake Urmia Is Drying Up Fast
Salt crystals in Lake Urmia. Photo: Ehsan Mahdiyan / Creative Commons . About 100 years ago, my grandfather emigrated to the United States from a village near Lake Urmia, in what is now northwestern Iran. He died long before I was born, leaving me with little connection to my ancestors in the region, but a strong desire to someday visit the place — tantalizing close to Turkey, where I now live, though difficult to reach due to visa restrictions — where they apparent… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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