China’s Lake Ebinur Is Shrinking Dramatically, NASA Image Shows

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By Yale Environment 360Nov 25, 2014, 12:50 pm239 pts
As this NASA satellite image shows, Lake Ebinur, located in northwestern China near the border of Enlarge China's Lake Ebinur Kazakhstan, has shrunk by 50 percent since 1955 as a result of development, agriculture, and natural fluctuations in precipitation. The lake’s saline water is light blue, and the dried…

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