"shrinking size"

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11 October 2025

A mother carries her baby in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Sri Lanka's birth rate drops below replacement level, now at 1.8 children per woman. Experts warn this decline, driven by economic hardship, changing lifestyles, and urbanization, could lead to a shrinking workforce and aging population.

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#12817094

1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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#12817095

1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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#12817096

1 October 2025

Kashmir's Lakes and Waterways Authority uses vessels to collect weeds from Dal Lake as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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#12817097

1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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#11085367

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#11085368

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#11085369

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#11085370

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#11085371

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#11085372

19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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#3302008

16 October 2018

Abandoned beach by Urmia Lake in North-West region of Iran on September 26, 2018. Urmia lake, former tourist attraction and one of Earth’s wanders, has shrunk 80% over last 30 years. Global warming and lack of proper protection caused the lake to dry out. The beaches by the lake today are abandoned and full of rubbish.

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#3302010

16 October 2018

Abandoned beach by Urmia Lake in North-West region of Iran on September 26, 2018. Urmia lake, former tourist attraction and one of Earth’s wanders, has shrunk 80% over last 30 years. Global warming and lack of proper protection caused the lake to dry out. The beaches by the lake today are abandoned and full of rubbish.

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#3302012

16 October 2018

Abandoned beach by Urmia Lake in North-West region of Iran on September 26, 2018. Urmia lake, former tourist attraction and one of Earth’s wanders, has shrunk 80% over last 30 years. Global warming and lack of proper protection caused the lake to dry out. The beaches by the lake today are abandoned and full of rubbish.

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#3302014

16 October 2018

Abandoned beach by Urmia Lake in North-West region of Iran on September 26, 2018. Urmia lake, former tourist attraction and one of Earth’s wanders, has shrunk 80% over last 30 years. Global warming and lack of proper protection caused the lake to dry out. The beaches by the lake today are abandoned and full of rubbish.

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#3302016

16 October 2018

Abandoned beach by Urmia Lake in North-West region of Iran on September 26, 2018. Urmia lake, former tourist attraction and one of Earth’s wanders, has shrunk 80% over last 30 years. Global warming and lack of proper protection caused the lake to dry out. The beaches by the lake today are abandoned and full of rubbish.

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