The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up. https://t.co/CDvdjrdH6U

— Live Science (@LiveScience) April 17, 2025

As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to rise up, lifting the emptied sea bed an average of 7 millimetres per year https://t.co/vUjEpb5cp1

— New Scientist (@newscientist) April 17, 2025