6 Lakes That Are Drying Up: Media
Which of the planet’s major lakes are shrinking?
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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada, U.S. The...
© Marco Sampaolo
Shrinkage of the Aral Sea, 1960–2014.
Adapted from Philip Micklin, Western Michigan University
Three images of Lake Mead taken in 2000, 2016, and 2022 with labeled geographic features,...
U.S. Geological Survey Landsat data—NASA Earth Observatory; (left, right) Lauren Dauphin, (center) Joshua Stevens
An image of Hoover Dam with the bathtub ring effect of Lake Mead featured in the...
Marli Miller—UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Two images of Lake Chad taken in 1973 and 2017, which show significant water loss...
NASA Earth Observatory Landsat Data/U.S. Geological Survey/NASA/JSC
Salt crystals on the shore of Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran.
© Elena Odareeva—iStock/Getty Images
