These photos provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows the Aral Sea is visible on Aug. 25, 2000, left, and on Aug. 21, 2018 between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A new study Thursday, May 18, 2023, says climate change’s hotter temperatures and society’s diversion of water have been shrinking the world’s lakes, including the Aral Sea, by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s. (NASA Earth Observatory via AP)
