1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to brain stuff, a production of IHEART radio. Hey 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: brain stuff, Lauren Vobibon here. A rise in global temperatures 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: fueled by climate change have caused catastrophic droughts from Arizona 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: to a rock. Take Lake Mead, for instance, just outside 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Lake Mead is the reservoir spanning the border 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: between Arizona and Nevada and the largest by volume in 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: the US, or it should be. According to the U 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: S Bureau of Reclamation, Lake Mead was full to only 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: of its capacity as of early September. So Lake Mead 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: has landed in the headlines, but not only because it's receding. 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: There's also what's been uncovered since then. Five sets of 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: human remains. Experts believed there could be more remains still submerged, 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: most of which are likely innocent drowning victims, but it's 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: almost certain that there are fair number tied to crime 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: as well. On a less nefarious note, officials also discovered 16 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: an unapproved boat ramp in the lake in August. But 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: Lake Mead isn't the only body of water to have 18 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: dried up and revealed some hidden ruins and relics this summer. 19 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: Take the dinosaur tracks found in Texas and okay, dino 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,839 Speaker 1: tracks are nothing new to Texas's Dinosaur Valley State Park. 21 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: In fact, they're very, very old. But severe drought conditions 22 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: on the Paluxi River uncovered a set of massive tracks 23 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: in mid August. They date back about a hundred and 24 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: thirteen million years and likely belonged to Acrocanthosaurus, which was 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: a huge therapod that probably stood fifteen feet, or four 26 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: and a half meters, tall and weighed about seven tons. 27 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: The tracks are in a layer of limestone sediment that 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: hardened over time. Or take the Buddhist statues found in 29 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: the Yanksee river in August two. The drought in China 30 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: caused water levels to drop across the southwestern part of 31 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the country. The plunging water levels exposed a formerly submerged 32 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: island and revealed three Buddhist statues estimated to be about 33 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: six hundred years old. The statues are on the highest 34 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: part of the island reef. At the time of the 35 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: discovery in mid August, as many as sixty six rivers 36 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: in the region had dried up, but no other artifacts 37 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: had made headlines. And there's the team of German and 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: Kurdish archaeologists who found what they believe is a lost 39 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: city in a rock estimated to be about three thousand 40 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: four hundred years old. The discovery was made when water 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: levels at the massoule reservoir dropped because of extreme drought. 42 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: The site, described as an extensive city with several large buildings, 43 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: is believed to have been Jacquie coup, an ancient center 44 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: in the Mattani Empire, which was active circle fifteen fifty 45 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: to thirteen fifty b c e. not everything revealed has 46 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: been so old or so valuable, though. In Italy, the 47 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: river po dried up this summer, and what it was 48 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: hiding just beneath its waters was a one thousand pound, 49 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: or four hundred and fifty kilo, bomb that was dropped 50 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: during World War Two and mercifully failed to detonate at 51 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: the time. A fisherman found the bomb on the river 52 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: bank near a village, prompting officials to shut down nearby 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: air and river traffic until the scene was safely contained. 54 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: In August, the unexploded bomb, which Italian military officials had 55 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: contained three hundred and fifty pounds, that's two hundred and 56 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: forty kilos, of explosives, was safely detonated after about three 57 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: thousand nearby residents were evacuated. Today's episode is based on 58 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: the article worldwide droughts uncover ancient relics, ruins and remains 59 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: on how staff works dot Com, written by stres three 60 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: wit green stuff. 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