The Second Largest Lake in Bolivia, Lake Poopó, is Gone: Is Global Warming to Blame?

Where Lake Poopó once sat, is now an empy lakebed of cracked terrain. Reuters reported on December 17, 2015, that the lake had only .0001% of surface water remaining. (Source: Reuters)

Lake Poopó in Recent times

The site of Lake Poopó is in the Andes mountains, and routinely experienced fluctuating water levels. As recently as the 1990's, the lake held as much as 772 square miles of water. It even had its fair share of droughts, but never did it dry completely out -- until now. Rain has diminished in recent years, causing the lake to recede to record low levels, until December 2015, when it completely disappeared off of the face of the Earth.

Environmentalists are Quick to Cite Global Warming

Many environmentalists quickly blame global warming and climate change for the disappearance of Lake Poopó, as it directly affects the economy of 8 surrounding municipalities in the country of Bolivia. But is there enough proof to say that it is truly caused by global warming (as we know it), or could it just be a dry spell and a period of drought over a span of decades?

Bolivia Demands Payment for the World's actions

Interesting enough, Bolivia is among a list of developing countries that is seeking punitive damages from industrialized countries "causing climate change". Leaders from many countries came together in Paris, France Nov. 30 - Dec. 11 at COP21 conference, which discusses the world climate crisis. The countries at the top of the list for greenhouse gases are #1 China, and #2 United States. (Source: Wikipedia)

At COP21, the Community of Latin American and Carribbean States (CELAC) urged world leaders to hold the world's global warming between 1.5 to 2 * Celcius (max.), as to not send the world into an unrecoverable state.

Do you think that the countries of the world can "control" climate change?

According to this May 2015 Forbes article, NASA satellite instruments have been measuring the Earth's polar ice caps since 1979. The startling discovery for most global warming advocates here is that the polar ice caps have remained above the 1979 average, until 2012. Since then, it has receded about 10%.

Al Gore predicted that the Arctic ice cap could completely disappear by 2014. That prophecy did not come true, and not even close, which is one very good reason why I am still skeptical that global warming is a thing.

Disclaimer: The author of this article does not hold climate change as 100% science fact, as there are experts on both sides of the issue. There are legitimate scientists, professors, and intellectuals in the science field that do not agree with the climate change hysteria, and resulting regulations derived from it.

However, the author did intend to pose the information presented in this article as factual and unbiased as possible. The author also believes that humans should be good stewards of the Earth, preserving human, plant, and animal life for future generations.