reply to post by The_Seeker
Its an interesting Theory, to say the least. Its easy to point the finger at Human activity in this case from coal mining and natural gas drilling.
But let us not forget that the earth is constantly changing.
50,000 years ago 3 of the largest fresh water lakes in the world were located in the middle of the Sahara. Today you will find nothing but sand. In
the Great Lakes in North America at one time were lower than they are now. From evidence recently obtained we have found traces of ancient rivers and
water fall that flowed during a period when the glaciers were retreating north back in to Canada.
Another example is the Black Sea, at one time it was a small fresh water lake. But at the end of the last ice age as the water started to rise, water
from the Mediterranean Sea began to flow in to the Black Sea filling the valley and raising the sea level. This same type of event happened in the
Mediterranean as well, new archaeological evidence has discovered the ruins of ancient villages on the sea bed.
Only time will tell if this theory is correct, but then again we may never know.

