The Face of Water Shortages: A Lake That Serially Vanishes

In the high plains of Bolivia, a man surveys the baked remains of what was the country’s second largest lake. For centuries locals rafted on the waters and lived off the fish and waterfowl of Lake Poopó. Once covering some 1,100 square miles, the lake had shrunk and resurged in the past—but in late 2015 it virtually vanished. In a coming issue Kenneth R. Weiss will report on its demise.

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