What's A Lake Doing In The Middle Of The Desert?
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One place you don't expect to see waves lapping against the shore is in the middle of a desert. But that's exactly what's happening deep inside the United Arab Emirates, where a recently formed lake is nestled into the sand dunes, and a new ecosystem is emerging. Drive through the desert in the United Arab Emirates, and all you see mile after mile are red, rolling dunes. Maybe some occasional trees or shrubs, but otherwise a dry, red sandscape. And then, suddenly, a bright blue spot comes into view. It must be a mirage, you think. But it's not. Enlarge Brigitte Howarth A midas fly touches down on the sands of the desert in the United Arab Emirates. A lake in the area has brought new forms of wildlife, but some scientists are concerned it could harm the habitat of the midas fly.
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Brigitte Howarth
Overall Sentiment: -0.057255
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| 0.091003 | "Just because the sand dunes look on the surface to be fairly barren doesn't mean that they are. They are full of life," says Brigitte Howarth, ... |
| 0 | "All of a sudden, this fly started to dip its abdomen into the sand. And so, it's about an inch deep in the sand, and it's egg-laying," Howarth says. ... |
| -0.20671 | "For them, the encroachment is in fact a death sentence," Howarth says. ... |
| -0.221144 | "With every species that we lose, it's like rolling the dice. The whole ecosystem could crash down," Howarth says. |
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Dave Clark
Overall Sentiment: 0.112829
Relevance: 0.59161
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| 0.102483 | "You see local families out here and they're all just enthralled," Clark says. ... |
| 0.112338 | "You see local families out here and they're all just enthralled," Clark says. "It's water in the desert, so everybody's pleased. But it's definitely water that's had a human touch to it. People have had their hand in this water, maybe literally." |
| -0.0145983 | "It goes to the sewage treatment plant, and they treat it, and they bring it back into town. And they water the parks and the gardens and things like that, and that percolates down into the groundwater," Clark says. ... |
| 0.0974935 | "If I look through the binoculars, there's, like, seven different kinds of herons. There's greater cormorants. There's ferruginous ducks, which are another very rare worldwide species," Clark says. ... |
| 0.0980442 | "If I look through the binoculars, there's, like, seven different kinds of herons. There's greater cormorants. There's ferruginous ducks, which are another very rare worldwide species," Clark says. "There's about 15 of them out here." |
| -0.213054 | "Every year, we find two or three or four or five birds that have never been seen before in the UAE. So it's one of the few places in the world that the number of birds is actually increasing, instead of decreasing," Clark says. ... |
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Daniel Shapiro
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.224479
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Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Overall Sentiment: 0.308323
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Country: United Arab Emirates
Overall Sentiment: 0.0661405
Relevance: 0.742224
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City: Al Ain
Overall Sentiment: -0.200247
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What's A Lake Doing In The Middle Of The Desert?
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In the United Arab Emirates, a new ecology is emerging at a lake formed by desalinated water that's been pumped in from the Persian Gulf.
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