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The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth-largest lake, but after Soviet irrigation diverted its rivers, fishing boats were left stranded in a 23,000-square-mile desert while Kazakhstan revived part of the water and Uzbekistan planted 4.2 million acres of the exposed lakebed
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Mass extinction: our fossil study reveals which types of species are most at risk from climate change
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State of Global Water Resources 2025
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Big Oil Backs Mazama's $135 Million Bet On Superhot Geothermal
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Massive Ozone Hole bigger than Antarctica opens up: Is Earth's protective layer healing or getting worse?
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (247+ words) Published September 16, 2026 A large hole in the ozone layer is developing at an alarming rate in Antarctica, with scientists estimating it now covers almost as big an area as the entire continent itself. On September 12, the 2026 Antarctic ozone hole was…...