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A heart-shaped island has formed in Salt Lake, Türkiye as it diminishes due to climate change.

Salt Lake, Türkiye's second-largest lake and a UNESCO Tentative List site, is shrinking due to climate change. Recent drone footage captured a heart-shaped island as water levels recede, revealing the lake's dramatic reduction.

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"The lake, with its unique natural structure and listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is shrinking year by year due to the effects of drought related to climate change."