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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 humanitarian problem, but new research shows that it has also been a significant driver of climate change. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/aral-sea-emissions #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature