The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb

Grist
By Tik RootJul 16, 2026, 2:00 pm67 ptsTrending
The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the past 60 years, though, humans have bled it nearly dry irrigating cotton crops, leaving behind a salty plain the size of Ireland. Its loss has long been seen as an ecological and…

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