Underground Lake may ease Darfur Crisis

[illinoisprogressive]

We know that part of the reason for the Darfur tragedy is the lack of water. It is a cause for other wars as well.
But, there is a lake, the size of Wales, that has been located underground. this is lifeblood for them and it just may help end the crisis.
Funny that I've heard nothing about this on the news or in papers here.


In the dry wasteland of Sudan's war-racked Darfur region, the imprint of an ancient 8,000sq-mile underground lake has been discovered by geologists from Boston University. If confirmed, a lake as big as the area of Wales could replenish the region for a century. It is also raising hopes that one cause of the devastating civil war could be alleviated if drinking water is pumped to the surface.

The Egyptian geologist Farouk El-Baz, who led the research, hopes up to 1,000 deep wells would bring some relief to an area where conflict between nomadic herders and farmers has been exacerbated by climate change and dwindling water supplies.

Using satellite and radar images, Mr Baz and a team of 20 researchers found what appear to be streams emerging from a 5,000-year-old lake deep under the sands of northern Darfur, once replenished by surging rivers fed by rain.

Mr Baz says he showed the Sudanese government images of what appears to be an underground lake, and plans to return for an aerial survey by helicopter. He made a similar discovery in Egypt in the 1980s, which resulted in the drilling of 500 wells in arid regions. Mr Baz says he has a promise of equipment and manpower to drill the first 20 wells in Sudan.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2782508.ece

[Patsy Stone]

1. Wow!

Amazing.

[proud patriot]

2. fantastic

:)