A Magic Trick That No One Wants To See: A Sea Completely Disappearing

CNN documented the loss of the Aral Sea. At one point, one-sixth of all of the Soviet Union’s fish catch came from it. Now, it’s a ship graveyard. The fact that it was shrinking was no surprise to anyone. That it dissapeared this fast in less than 15 years? That’s kind of scary.

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