I'm from Urmia. I clearly remember the days we used to go to the lake and effortlessly float on it. It was a great sight, with magnificent wildlife, beautiful f

I'm from Urmia. I clearly remember the days we used to go to the lake and effortlessly float on it. It was a great sight, with magnificent wildlife, beautiful flowers and odd looking rocks. I haven't been back to Urmia in almost 9 years but from what I hear the drying up of the lake has ruined the surrounding climate and destroyed the wild habitat. The causes are known. We just used more water that we had. We built dams all over the rivers feeding it. Dug deeper and deeper wells to extract the ground water and here is the result. It's the sort of story you keep hearing over and over again, in different places with similar outcomes. When will it end? Probably with us.