The Aral Sea Has Been Drying Up For 60 Years. New Research Shows It's Also Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon

If you've ever walked past a drying lakebed in the peak of summer, you might have noticed some very unpleasant smells ...
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Ancient mystery on K’gari as world’s largest sand island lakes dried up during rainy era

Ancient sediment reveals that some of K’gari’s deepest lakes vanished around 7,500 years ago, despite unusually heavy ...
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The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest inland lake, was drained dry. Now it’s a ticking carbon bomb

The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the ...

‘Dead’ coral reef found alive and thriving off West Africa

A deep-ocean coral reef presumed dead for nearly 60 years off the coast of Benin was recently rediscovered and is teeming with life. A team of oceanographers led by Gérard Zinzindohoué at the Institut ...