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The Aral Sea in Central Asia was once the world’s fourth-largest inland body of water, but it has been steadily shrinking over the past 50 years since the rivers that fed it were diverted for irrigation projects. By 2000, the Large Aral Sea had split into two: an eastern and western lobe. 1964 , Argon satellite photo. 1987 , Landsat.
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NOVEMBER 23, 2010
In contrast to the land surface, the surface temperature and associated trends of inland water bodies can be accurately measured with thermal infrared data from satellite instruments since the emissivity of water is well known. However, such studies are relatively few in number and limited to water bodies. The warming trend was.
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