– this (11) (a)   what some recent disturbing pictures of the Aral Sea

pictures of the Aral Sea (12) (a)   Central Asia show.

The damage caused by draining lakes and rivers has resulted in thousands of changes in (13) (a)   newly-published 10th edition

of ‘The Times Concise Atlas (14) (a)   the World’.

The Dead Sea could disappear in 20 years and Lake Chad in Africa is 95 per cent smaller (15) (a)   it was in 1963.

The Colorado River in America and the Aral Sea could(16) (a)   lost entirely.

Global warming has caused massive changes to mountains that were once covered with snow. Even Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa will lose its famous snows (17) (a)   the planet continues to heat up at this rate.

Atlas spokesman Simon Judges said: “Our latest edition shows the fact (18) (a)   humans are

humans are creating and destroying both our geography (19) (a)   our weather system. The consequences could be catastrophic.”