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[–] 342345@feddit.de 109 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Indeed. It's gone since 2018. It took men 70 years to drain it. There is a time lapse of It's last 18 years: Poof.

Now I'm sad.

[–] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 47 points 8 months ago

Ew you got some politicalcompassmemes on your post.

Otherwise good tho

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

More like: 1989 (right) and 2014 (wrong)

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apparently Kazakhstan is trying to do something to refill it in but there's actually some disputes about it because of how the repurposed water is being used elsewhere?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 64 points 8 months ago

because of how the repurposed water is being used elsewhere?

The whole reason it dried up is that the rivers that fed it got diverted for irrigation.

[–] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

It's a big spot on Google earth that is pretty visible even zoomed all of the way out, I found out about this while zooming around on it one day and noticing an oddly colored spot.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 12 points 8 months ago

Now it's a toxic desert.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago

When I first read the title, I thought, “Great another oil spill”