Lake chad basin crisis - How Africa plans to save the shrinking mega lake chat from climate change

Lake chad basin crisis - How Africa plans to save the shrinking mega lake chat from climate change. Since the recurring droughts began in the early 1970s, the size of the lake chad has dwindled by over 90%, particularly in the last 60 years. Back in 1963, the lake's surface size was 26,000 square kilometers, yet, it presently stands at less than 1,500 square kilometers. 

This can be attributed to chronic drought and desertification, which have triggered diminished inflows into the lake chad basin. Other factors attributed to the dramatic shrinking is the result of poor human management, improperly designed and used dams and irresponsible irrigation. Our video today, will take a look into the lake chad basin crisis, and how the Lake Chad replenishment project or how the $50 billion transaqua project lake chad, intend to revive the shrinking lake