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Shrinking Lake Chapala
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Shrinking Lake Chapala

Published Sep 14, 2003

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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes
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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes

Long and short. Deep and shallow. Salty and fresh. Blue and brown. These are Africa’s Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa.

Published Jun 20, 2019

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Salt Lake Water Woes
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Salt Lake Water Woes

In October 2016, one of America’s largest lakes reached its lowest level on record.

Published Nov 3, 2016

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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Floodwaters have worked their way through a series of parched channels, watering holes, and lagoons to start filling the iconic Australian lake.

Published May 28, 2019

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Mono Lake, California
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Mono Lake, California

Published Jan 13, 2008

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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks
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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks

By mid-June 2009, the rare filling of this lake in Australia’s Simpson Desert appeared to have reached its peak.

Published Jun 21, 2009

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Devils Lake, North Dakota
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Devils Lake, North Dakota

Acquired on August 11, 1984 (top), and September 1, 2009 (bottom), these true-color images show dramatic expansion of Devils Lake in North Dakota. In the 1990s, the lake began flooding, spilling into neighboring Stump Lake.

Published Feb 14, 2010

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Algae in Great Salt Lake
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Algae in Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake of northern Utah is a remnant of glacial Lake Bonneville that extended over much of present-day western Utah and into the neighboring states of Nevada and Idaho approximately 32,000 to 14,000 years ago. The north arm of the lake, displayed in this astronaut photograph from April 30, 2007, typically has twice the salinity of the rest of the lake due to impoundment of water by a railroad causeway that crosses the lake from east to west. The causeway restricts water flow, and the separation has led to a striking division in the types of algae and bacteria found in the north and south arms of the lake.

Published Jul 16, 2007

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Shrinking Lake Ebinur
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Shrinking Lake Ebinur

Declining water levels in this saline lake in northwestern China have exposed playa prone to producing dust storms.

Published Nov 25, 2014

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Bolivia’s Lake Poopó Disappears
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Bolivia’s Lake Poopó Disappears

Drought and water-diversion projects have caused Bolivia’s second-largest lake to dry up.

Published Jan 23, 2016

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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead
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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead

In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.

Published May 27, 2016

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Brightening Lake Elton
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Brightening Lake Elton

Satellite data suggests this Russian salt lake is getting brighter due to the installation of check dams.

Published Dec 3, 2014

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