Mesofacts: slowly changing facts

Both the Aral Sea, bordering Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and the Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, are not of constant shape. Their sizes have been shrinking over the past decades. The Soviets diverted water from the Aral Sea for irrigation projects leading to the collapse in size, and the Dead Sea is shrinking due to water from the Jordan River (which feeds into Dead Sea) being diverted.

A NASA website shows the amount the Aral Sea has shrunk since 1960, focusing on the amount it has grown smaller in the past decade.

And here is an animated graphic showing the change in size of the Dead Sea from 1960 to 2007:

However, there has recently been some talk of connecting the Red Sea to the Dead Sea.

(thanks Pete for bringing this topic to my attention!)