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 ecologica...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/science/the-aral-sea-isnt-just-an-ecological-nightmare-its-a-carbon-bomb/)