湖泊消失、河流干涸、农业用水紧张、饮用水稀缺,这听起来似乎有点像关于非洲的灾难报道,但事实上它却是目前美国西部的状况。美国最近遭遇千年一遇的超级大干旱,这次干旱已经持续三年之久了,但却远未到结束的时候。美国气象学家指出,这次干旱将会持续十几年乃至数十年以上,未来美国西部将会完全干涸吗?当水分流失后,剩下的是什么 The disappearance of lakes, the drying up of rivers, the shortage of water for agriculture and the scarcity of drinking water may sound like a bit of a disaster story about Africa, but in fact it is the current state of the western United States. The United States recently suffered a super drought hit by a thousand years. The drought has lasted for three years, but it is far from over. American meteorologists pointed out that the drought will last ten or even decades or more and the western United States will completely dry up in the future. When the water is lost, what is left behind