3 ms·
The Canaries have 32% of the economy based on tourism, and a good chunk of that depends on the local ecology (scuba, nice beaches, etc.) If you want to see wha
by bobthepanda 3y ago
The Canaries have 32% of the economy based on tourism, and a good chunk of that depends on the local ecology (scuba, nice beaches, etc.)
If you want to see what a tourism place looks like when you destroy its ecology, you only need look at the abandoned areas around the Salton Sea.
- palmfacehn 3y agoThe Salton Sea in its current iteration was created by the failure of an irrigation canal. Before that there was no Salton Sea as we know it or tourist area.
- bobthepanda 3y agoSure, but that’s beside the point of the question, which is “how do we know salinifying an area enough to kill species is bad”