what is also interesting is that as the Aral/Ural sea has dried up is that the land bridge that has formed has opened greater access to a former Soviet biologic

what is also interesting is that as the Aral/Ural sea has dried up is that the land bridge that has formed has opened greater access to a former Soviet biological weapons lab/military base https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vozrozhdeniya_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vozrozhdeniya_Island