Drying Lakebeds Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon, Study Finds

"In many parts of the world, lakes are drying out at a scale so massive that scientists are warning they may be emitting enough greenhouse gases to rival our fossil fuel habit," reports ScienceAlert: In a new study published in Science, scientists say the Aral Sea - the world's largest desiccated lake - has emitted a whopping 204 megatons (225 million US tons) of carbon dioxide since it was drained in the 1960s The study estimates that between 1960 and 2022, the evaporating sea has r...