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Central Asia's Aral Sea, once one of the largest inland bodies of salty water in the world, is shrinking.
The image on top, taken in 2000, shows the effects of water being drawn off from rivers for crop irrigation.The sea has shrunk, causing changes in the climate, dust storms, and insufficient drinking water. By 2009, shown in the bottom image, the Aral Sea had lost four fifths of its water volume.
April 21, 2012 3:57 AM PDT
Photo by: NASA's Earth Observatory.
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