증발량이 강수량의 12배! 세계에서 가장 빨리 말라버린 호수의 끔찍한 눈물 | KBS 특집 20120905 방송
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※ This video was produced in 2012 and may differ from the current situation.
■ This video exposes the reality of desertification and yellow dust, catastrophes caused by human greed and reckless development. The terrifying sandstorms, which the Chinese call the "Yellow Dragon," threaten humanity by engulfing the Korean Peninsula in just three days after crossing Beijing. Originally, deserts were lands of life where flora, fauna, and humans coexisted, and were the cradle of civilization, featuring oases (Green Pearls) and the "Karez system," an irrigation facility from a thousand years ago. However, rapid population growth, excessive development, and the construction of dams upstream have tragically destroyed the natural water cycle. The crescent-shaped sacred spring "Yueyaquan" (Crescent Spring) dried up in the 2000s due to a drop in groundwater levels and is now surviving as an artificial lake, while Lake Chakan Nuur in Inner Mongolia is drying up faster than any other lake in the world, experiencing a phenomenon known as "whitening" that scatters alkaline mud dust.
A more serious cause is human economic greed. The grazing of goats surged in pursuit of high-priced cashmere, and the goats' habit of digging up and eating even grass roots rapidly turned the grasslands into barren land. As the government banned grazing and implemented relocation policies to prevent desertification, residents who had lived a nomadic life for generations lost their livelihoods. Having lost their livestock and drifted into refugee camps in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, these nomads barely manage to make a living on a daily wage of just over 20,000 won and through their young children's street vending; however, lacking land to settle on, they are constantly on the move. The human selfishness that destroyed oases is ultimately producing countless "environmental refugees," and this disaster is no longer a matter concerning other countries but an uncomfortable truth facing all of humanity.
※ This video is [Special Feature - The Wrath of the Yellow Dragon: The Lost Oasis], aired on September 5, 2012.
#Desert #YellowDust #Sand
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증발량이 강수량의 12배! 세계에서 가장 빨리 말라버린 호수의 끔찍한 눈물 | KBS 특집 20120905 방송
KBS 다큐
51,348 views
※ This video was produced in 2012 and may differ from the current situation.
■ This video exposes the reality of desertification and yellow dust, catastrophes caused by human greed and reckless development. The terrifying sandstorms, which the Chinese call the "Yellow Dragon," threaten humanity by engulfing the Korean Peninsula in just three days after crossing Beijing. Originally, deserts were lands of life where flora, fauna, and humans coexisted, and were the cradle of civilization, featuring oases (Green Pearls) and the "Karez system," an irrigation facility from a thousand years ago. However, rapid population growth, excessive development, and the construction of dams upstream have tragically destroyed the natural water cycle. The crescent-shaped sacred spring "Yueyaquan" (Crescent Spring) dried up in the 2000s due to a drop in groundwater levels and is now surviving as an artificial lake, while Lake Chakan Nuur in Inner Mongolia is drying up faster than any other lake in the world, experiencing a phenomenon known as "whitening" that scatters alkaline mud dust.
A more serious cause is human economic greed. The grazing of goats surged in pursuit of high-priced cashmere, and the goats' habit of digging up and eating even grass roots rapidly turned the grasslands into barren land. As the government banned grazing and implemented relocation policies to prevent desertification, residents who had lived a nomadic life for generations lost their livelihoods. Having lost their livestock and drifted into refugee camps in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, these nomads barely manage to make a living on a daily wage of just over 20,000 won and through their young children's street vending; however, lacking land to settle on, they are constantly on the move. The human selfishness that destroyed oases is ultimately producing countless "environmental refugees," and this disaster is no longer a matter concerning other countries but an uncomfortable truth facing all of humanity.
※ This video is [Special Feature - The Wrath of the Yellow Dragon: The Lost Oasis], aired on September 5, 2012.
#Desert #YellowDust #Sand
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