Aral Sea's shrinkage boosts Central Asian dust emission by 7 percent

Aral Sea's shrinkage boosts Central Asian dust emission by 7 percent

Terra Daily

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2024

The desiccation of the Aral Sea has resulted in a 7 percent increase in dustiness across Central Asia over the past three decades. Research from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) and Free University of Berlin indicates that annual dust emissions in the region nearly doubled from 14 million to 27 million tonnes from 1984 to 2015. These findings were presented at the Second

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