#AralSea #Kazakhstan #Uzbekistan The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2. But scientists say there's still time to reverse course https://grist.org/science/the-aral-sea-isnt-just-an-ecological-nightmare-its-a-carbon-bomb/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate