Shrinking Footprint (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Shrinking Footprint

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The landlocked Dead Sea is shrinking rapidly. A new study suggests it has largely dried up in the past during natural warm periods, suggesting that human-influenced climate change could make the surrounding region much more arid than it already is.

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