[2013-02-12] Middle East river basin has lost Dead Sea-sized quantity of water + http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212121902.htm + http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrcr.20078/abstract + http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-049_Middle_East_Groundwater.html + http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-054&rn=news.xml&rst=3688 + http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/nsfc-nsf021213.php + http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/satellites-reveal-depletion-of-a-vital-middle-east-water-supply/ + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/middle_east_water_loss__is_starkly_documented_by_nasa_satellites/3766/ + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBI9XFNBe8 + http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004042/ in Tietoukka Monitor > 2013 > 2013-07with groundwatermiddle_east Note: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/satellite-tracking-of-middle-east-aquifers-points-to-end-of-data-denial/