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Video time lapse of dryness of the Aral Sea in the past 50 years
NASA has just shared the time lapse with data for 50 years to show how the former Soviet Union's Aral Lake has converted from sea to lake and into a dry land.
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Oceanography
Save the Aral Sea
When the Sun began to appear on the Aral Sea (located in Central Asia, north of Kazakhstan, South to Uzbekistan), Alek sailed to the sea. After a moment of letting go of…
Environment
The world's fourth-largest sea disappeared completely, inertly dry
This land used to be a busy port town by the Aral Sea, but the sea was completely empty, leaving residents with ecological disasters.
Environment
The Aral Sea is slowly disappearing
According to NASA, 'for the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the Aral Sea has completely evaporated'.